Dr. Richard Frisch strives to provide exceptional patient care and contribute to the betterment of his profession and patient outcomes, through active involvement in research and teaching. His primary interest is focused on minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of spinal disorders.
Dr. Richard Frisch strives to provide exceptional patient care and contribute to the betterment of his profession and patient outcomes, through active involvement in research and teaching. His primary interest is focused on minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of spinal disorders.
Dr. Richard Frisch came to the Southeastern Spine Institute in 2011 after three years at the Ochsner Spine Center in New Orleans, where he was co-Medical Director before joining our practice.
EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND
Dr. Frisch graduated from the MCP/Hahnemann School of Medicine in Philadelphia in 2002. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia in 2007 and his Spine Surgery Fellowship at the University of California San Francisco in 2008.
He is a member of the following organizations:
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- North American Spine Society
- South Carolina Orthopedic Association – President-elect 2019-2020
- The South Carolina Spine Society – President 2017
Dr. Frisch strives to provide exceptional patient care and contribute to the betterment of his profession and patient outcomes, through active involvement in research and teaching. His primary interest is focused on minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of spinal disorders. He has taught and presented internationally and extensively throughout the United States.
Dr. Frisch has authored multiple publications and book chapters receiving several awards for his work. Most recently, in 2018, he earned the best paper award by the society of minimally invasive spine surgery (SMISS) at their annual meeting for his study “A Clinical Study to Evaluate Static vs. Expandable Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Devices: with One-Year Follow-up.”
Most important to Dr. Frisch have been his contributions and work at home in South Carolina. He has served as the president of the South Carolina Spine Society and is the incoming president for the South Carolina Orthopaedic Association in 2019.
Saw one of his PA's.
Barely spent 10 minutes with me. Did not call in prescriptions he told me he would. This place is like herding cattle! Went about 10 years ago and thought the same but decided to try again and nothing had changes
Exceptional person! He explained everything to me in a way that was easy to understand. He offered many treatment options and we decided on the best course of action to fit my special needs. He's very grounded in the science of treatments and highly approachable. Most doctors believe in only one way to treat a problem. Medication. He offered no such thing only as a last resort.
The doctor came in and hardly said anything about my concerns. Neither did he ask any questions. He was in and out in a very short period of time. I do not feel like I was heard, nor do I feel like I received a good explanation or details about the MRI. I did let his nurse know how I felt and thankfully she had the PA come in and explain more to me. I drove two hours for this appointment and was very disappointed.
Impressive to home inspector on a treatment. I wasn't told the life expectancy of the treatment, otherwise I would have given 5 stars.
Surgery about month ago. Had visit today. Very good!!
He is the best
Dr Frisch performed xlif and all my pain in legs is gone and now starting to get back to my normal life of working out and enjoying life again.
5 star for Dr. Frisco. Very precise, to the point and gives professional sound advice.
The doctor was very informative and also a great personality. I left with a very good feeling.