David A. Friscia, M.D., Director of Foot & Ankle Surgery

David A. Friscia, M.D. Director of Foot & Ankle Surgery

Robert W. Murphy, M.D., M.P.H.
Adrian S. Graff-Radford, M.D.
Stephen J. O'Connell, M.D.
David A. Friscia, M.D.
Robert C. Sullivan, M.D.
James A. Bell, M.D., Ph.D.
Rufus W. Gore, M.D.
Kevin Keunwoong Lee, M.D.
David Tahernia, M.D.
John H. Velyvis, M.D.

Joy M. White, M.D.

Michael W. Seiberg, D.P.M.

John F. Feller, M.D.

Deidre Braun, M.S., L.A.c.

Andrew Charles Allen, M.M.Sc., PA-C
Karen V. Cleary, PA-C
David Delgadillo, PA-C
Jeffrey D. Kohfeld, PA-C
Andy Lovato, PA-C
Jack Sweeney, PA

David A. Friscia, M.D. joined Desert Orthopedic Center in 1990 to serve as director of the Center’s foot and ankle program. A Southern California native, Dr. Friscia was raised in Long Beach.
He says he always had an interest in science and a desire to work with people, which is why he pursued medicine. “I enjoy patients of all ages—from the curious toddler playing with my reflex hammer to the elderly patient giving me sage advice. Orthopedics is a rapidly developing discipline with room for research and technical advances,” comments Dr. Friscia.

Dr. Friscia graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University. Returning to California, he earned his Medical Degree from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). Following medical school in 1984, he spent five years as a resident at UCLA.
In 1990, he went to the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ and received his subspecialty training as a fellow in foot and ankle surgery.

Dr. Friscia is a member of the American Medical Association, California Medical Association, American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society, North American Foot & Ankle Association and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and serves as an assistant clinical professor at USC.

He is currently Chairman of the Membership Committee of the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society and Chairman of the Eisenhower Medical Center Department of Surgery (2002/03). He is a former Chairman of the EMC Surgery Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee (1998-2001). Additionally, he has made numerous presentations on his specialty.

“Foot and ankle surgery is especially challenging with the breadth and diversity of patients, conditions and the need to be creative in your problem solving.”