Professional Status:
Private Practice - Group/partnership,
Awards and Honors:
Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society
HealthGrades Recognized Doctors are board certified in the specialty they practice; have never had their license restricted or
revoked; are free of state or federal disciplinary actions; and are free of any malpractice claims.
Professional Appointments:
National Handicapped Sports Program, Assistant Medical Advisor, 1989-1990
International Classifier for Disabled Skiing
U.S. Disabled Ski Team, Tema Physician, Orthopedic 1986-2005
Professional Affiliations/Memberships:
1979, Colorado Medical Society
1979, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
1988, Western Orthopaedic Association
1979, Clear Creek Valley Medical Society
1979, Orthopaedic Trauma Association
1979, Colorado Orthopaedic Society
Committees:
U.S. Olympic Committee, Sports Medicine Society
Publications:
1979, The Suicide Wrist: Epidemiologic Study of the Injury, Orthopaedics
Running Injuries, Audio Digest
1984, Hip and Thigh Injuries in Field and Track, Consultant, Vol.24
To practice high quality orthopedic care for my patients. The philosophy is the patient drives the practice. The employees are team members who are mutually accountable and pursue our goal of high quality care in a team approach.
Experience / Training
Specialty:
Orthopedic Surgery
(HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Thomas G. Friermood, MD is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery)
A self-designated specialty or practice area is not equivalent to, nor does it imply, ABMS Board Certification or special training and competence.
Medical School:
Creighton University Omaha, NE 1974
Internship:
University Of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA
Residency:
University Of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA
Positions:
University Colo
Denver, CO
Other Education or Training/Positions:
Pediatric Orthopaedic Training, Shriners Hospital Honolulu, HI
Undergraduate School:
University Of Washington Seattle, WA
Professional Status:
Private Practice - Group/partnership
Health Plan / Other
Physicians that Share Call:
Douglas Straehley, Walter Robinson, Mark Conklin, James Johnson, Christopher Hirose, Douglas Wong, Douglas Foulk, Mark Mills, Michael Morley, Amit Agarwala, Courtney Brown, Christopher Brian, Thomas Puschak, Peter Lammens, Patrick Mcnair, Eric Stahl, Edmund Rowland, Bharat Desai, Raeburn Jenkins, Mitchell Seemann, and Charles Gottlob.
Participates in Clinical Trials:
No
Disciplinary Actions
HealthGrades has examined disciplinary actions within the last five years from the Office of Inspector General and 50 state medical boards.
HealthGrades could not detect any disciplinary actions for Dr. Thomas G. Friermood, MD
as of 11/22/2009. Note: HealthGrades reports on state and federal disciplinary actions (if any) from the previous five years.
Malpractice History
HealthGrades did not find any closed malpractice claims for
Dr. Thomas G.
Friermood, MD
in the states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, or West Virginia.
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