Richard F. Frisch, M.D.

EMPLOYMENT

Spine Surgeon October 2011 to Present
The Southeastern Spine Institute

Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon 09/08 - 9/11
Co-Medical Director Ochsner Spine Center 2011
Ochsner Clinic Foundation

EDUCATION

• University of California San Francisco – Spine Fellowship
  08/07  - 08/08
  San Francisco, CA

• Albert Einstein Medical Center - Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
  07/03 – 06/07
  Philadelphia, PA

• Albert Einstein Medical Center - Surgical Internship
  06/02 - 06/03
  Philadelphia, PA

• MCP/Hahnemann School of Medicine
  07/98 – 05/02
  Philadelphia, PA
  M.D.

• University of Delaware 
  09/91 – 01/95
  Newark, DE
  BA, Biology

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
North American Spine Society

PUBLICATIONS

Kelly MP, Mok JM, Frisch RF, Tay BK.  Adjacent segment motion after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus ProDisc-C cervical total disc arthroplasty: Analysis from a randomized, controlled trial. Spine 2011 July 01; 36 (15): 1171-1179.

McCarthy, KP., Betz, RR., D’Andrea, LP., Frisch RF., Chafetz, RS., Mulcahey MS.  Vertebral Wedge Osteotomies for the Fusionless Treatment of Paralytic Scoliosis:  Two year follow-up.  Spine 2010 Feb 15;35(4): 403-10.

Handal J, Frisch RF, Weaver WL, Williams EA, DiMatteo D. Method for the Physical Analysis of Drug-Bone Cement Composite.  CORR 2007 Jun;459:105-9.

Frisch, RF., Antonacci, MD.  Spinal cord injury repair strategies.  Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil.  2005; 10 (4): 1-31. 

Frisch, R., Singleton, K., Moses, P., Gonzalez, I., Carango, P., Marks, H., Funanage, V.  Effect of triplet repeat expansion on chromatin structure and expression of DMPK and neighboring genes, SIX5 and DMWD, in myotonic dystrophy.  Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 74 (1-2): 281-91, 2001 Sep-Oct.

Funanage, V.L. and Frisch, R. Abnormal regulation of splicing of DMPK mRNA and of transcripts from neighboring genes, DMAHP and H59, in myotonic dystrophy. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 63: A326, 1998

Funanage, V.L., Frisch, R., Singleton, K.S., Moses, P.A., Carango, P., and Marks, H.G. Effect of CTG repeat expansion on chromatin structure and processing of DMPK mRNA in hybrid cell lines derived from myotonic dystrophy patients. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 61: A308, 1997

BOOK CHAPTERS

Frisch RF, Antonacci MD.  Trauma/Spinal Cord Injury.  In: Errico, T, Moulton, A, Lonner, B, eds. Surgical Management of Spinal Deformities.  Phila., PA: Elsevier;  2008  

Frisch RF, Antonacci MD.  Injury modulation and spinal cord regeneration .  In:  Kim DH, Betz RR, Huhn SI, Newton PO, eds.  Surgery of the Pediatric Spine.  New York:  Thieme Medical Publishers; 2006.

Frisch, R.  Orthopaedic Surgery.  In:  Raves, J., Kahan, S, eds. “Surgery… in a page.”  Blackwell Publishing 2003.  

PRESENTATIONS

Kelly MP, Mok JM, Frisch RF, Tay BK.  Comparison of Adjacent Segment Motion Following ACDF versus ProDisc-C Arthroplasty: Analysis from a Randomized, Controlled Trial with 2 Years Followup.  Cervical Spine Research Society.  Salt Lake City, Utah.  December 2009.

Handal J, Frisch R, Weaver W, Williams E, DiMatteo D. Mechanical Analysis and Diffusion Characteristics of PMMA and methotrexate. Poster Presentation, Eastern Orthopaedic Associations 2006 Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, FL, October 18-21, 2006

Handal J, Frisch R, Weaver W, Williams E, DiMatteo D. Mechanical analysis and diffusion characteristics of PMMA and methotrexate. Poster talk: Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Annual Meeting, Key West, Florida, June 8-10, 2006

McCarthy, KP., Betz, RR., D’Andrea, LP., Frisch RF., Chafetz, RS., Mulcahey MS.  Vertebral Wedge Osteotomies for the Fusionless Treatment of Paralytic Scoliosis:  Two year follow-up.  Scoliosis Research Society.  Miami, FL.  October 2005.

McCarthy, KP., Betz, RR., D’Andrea, LP., Frisch RF., Chafetz, RS., Mulcahey MS.  Vertebral Wedge Osteotomies for the Fusionless Treatment of Paralytic Scoliosis:  Two year follow-up.  International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques.  Banff, Alberta, Canada.  July 2005.

Antonacci, DM., Nothias, JM., Humphrey, C., Frisch, R., Murray, M.  Axonal regeneration using transplants of genetically engineered fibroblasts in spinal cord injury.  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery 69th Annual Meeting.  Dallas, TX.  February 2002.

Antonacci, DM., Nothias, JM., Humphrey, C., Frisch, R., Murray, M.  Axonal regeneration using transplants of genetically engineered fibroblasts in spinal cord injury.  Scoliosis Research Society.  Cleveland, OH.   September 2001.  Awarded the Russell Hibbs Basic Science Award.     

Antonacci, DM., Nothias, JM., Humphrey, C., Frisch, R., Murray, M.  Effect of matrix selection and cell number on the regeneration of mammalian CNS axons across complete spinal cord transactions using transplants of fibroblasts genetically modified to secrete neurotrophic factors.  Cervical Spine Research Society.  Charleston, S.C.  September 2000. 

EDUCATIONAL TALKS/COURSE FACULTY

Faculty:  New Orleans 6/2011.  Depuy Spine Nursing Program:  Advanced Spine Cervical and MIS.   Basic Low Back Spine Anatomy and Biomechanics,  Foundations of the Cervical Spine Anatomy, Biomechanics and Conditions, Advanced MIS,  Spinal Deformity, How to interpret Radiological images.

Grand Rounds:  Philadelphia, PA 6/2010.  Albert Einstein Department of Orthopaedic Surgery:  Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.

Faculty: Depuy Pre-Fellows surgical anatomy and techniques course.  Las Vegas Nevada 5/2010.  

Grand Rounds:  Amarillo, TX.  9/2009.  Treating Pathologies of the Aging Spine. 

Hello Health Lecture Series:  New Orleans, LA.  12/2008.  Surgical and Non-surgical  Treatment of Neck Disorders With a Focus On Minimally Invasive and Motion Sparing Techniques.

Grands Rounds:  UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.  5/2008:  Cervical Spine Adjacent Segment Disease and Cervical Disc Arthroplasty.

Grand Rounds:  Albert Einstein Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.  12/2006.  Burst Fractures and Post-traumatic Spinal Deformity in Adults.

Grand Rounds:  Albert Einstein Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.  1/2006.  The Aging Spine:  Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures.

Grands Grounds:  Albert Einstein Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.  5/2005. Spinal Cord Regeneration.

AWARDS

AEMC Resident Research Symposium Competition Award, Philadelphia, PA, May 24, 2006.  Handal J, Frisch R, Weaver W, Williams E, DiMatteo D. Mechanical Analysis and Diffusion Characteristics of PMMA and methotrexate.

Maimonides Society Manuscript Competition Award.  May 2005.
Frisch, R., Antonacci, MD.  Spinal Cord Injury and Current Repair Strategies.

Anna Gayadas Merit Scholarship (MCP/Hahnemann SOM).  1998.