Ivan A. Friedrich, M.D.

Dr. Friedrich trained in Gastroenterology, Endoscopy, and Liver Diseases at the Mt. Sinai Hospital and Medical Center (NYC) and the Veteran’s Administration Hospital (The Bronx, NYC).   After completing his training in NYC, he worked on Advanced Endoscopic procedures with world experts in Europe.   He is Board Certified in both Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine.

His Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine practice is in Englewood, NJ with hospital privileges at Englewood, Holy Name and Hackensack Hospitals.   Dr. Friedrich is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and a published author in the Journal of the American College of Gastroenterology.   He is a past president of the N.J. Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Society,  1997 to 1998.

Dr. Friedrich has been named as a Castle and Connolly “Top Doctor” in the N.Y. metropolitan area for the last 10 years and has been honored with citations in New York Magazine and Inside Jersey Magazine Top Docs, 2010 to 2011.

His particular interests include colon cancer screening, treatment of abdominal and liver disorders, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s Disease, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.   Our group is committed to providing excellent and compassionate care in our state-of-the-art Digestive Diseases Center. 

EDUCATION:    

        Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
        B.A., Biology, 1972

        The Albany Medical College, New York
        M.D., 1976

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

        Medical Internship
        Montefiore Hospital & Medical Center
        Bronx, New York, 7/1976-6/1977

        Medical Residency
        Montefiore Hospital & Medical Center
        Bronx, New York, 7/1977-6/1979

        Gastroenterology Fellowship
        Mount Sinai School of Medicine
        Bronx, New York. 7/1980-6/1982

CERTIFICATION:        

        Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners,
        7/1977
        Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine,
        9/1979
        Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine,
        Gastroenterology, 11/1981

PROFESSIONAL:    
        Past President New Jersey Society of Gastrointestinal
        Endoscopy, 7/1997-6/1998

        Chief, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
        Englewood Hospital, 7/2000-present

LICENSURE:
        State of New York
        State of New Jersey

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

        Montefiore Hosptial & Medical Center
        Provisional Attending in Emergency Medicine
        7/1976-6/1979

        Mount Sinai School of Medicine
        Assistant in Medicine, 7/1979-6/1982

        Englewood Hospital, Englewood, New Jersey
        Active Medical Staff, Section of Gastroenterology,
        7/1982- present
                
        Palisades General Hospital, North Bergen, New Jersey
        Active Medical Staff, 7/1982-6/1999

        Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, New Jersey
        Active Medical Staff, 7/1990-present

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

        National Chapter of the American Medical Association
        Bergen County Chapter of the American Medical Association
        The American College of Physicians
        The American Gastroenterology Association, Trainee Member
        The American Society of Gastroenterology, Trainee Member

PUBLICATIONS:        PEER REVIEWED REPORTS

1.      Friedrich IA, Korsten MA, Gottfried EB:  Necrotizing amebic Colitis with
         Pseudomembrane Formation; Am J Gastroenterology 74:529-531, 1980

2.     Friedrich IA, Wormser GP, Gottried EB: The Association of Recent Streptococcus
        Bovis Bacteremia with Colonic Neoplasia: Am J Gastroenterology 77:82-1982

3.     Friedrich IA, Wormser GPm, Gottried EB:  The Association of Remote Streptococcus
        Bovis Bactermeia with Colonic Neoplasia, Military Medicine 147:584, 1982

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