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David Z. Frankel, M.D.
Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician
Dr. Frankel specializes in Primary Care Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics with advanced training and skills to be a caregiver for active patients of all ages.
Dr. Frankel is interested in the promotion of life-long wellness and fitness, as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of activity-related musculoskeletal illness and injury. He has advanced training in the evaluation, treatment, and return-to-play decision making for musculoskeletal and non-musculoskeletal medical problems of sick or injured athletes and active individuals of all ages. Dr. Frankel is an integral member of the Sports Medicine “team” of caregivers, serving as a coordinator of global medical and rehabilitative care of athletes, and working together with Orthopaedic Surgeons in the care of teams and athletes.
Education
- B.S.E. Princeton University, 1997
- M.D. Jefferson Medical College, 2002
Residency/Fellowship
- General Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2002-2003
- Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2003-2006
- Primary Care Sports Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2006-2008
Awards
- Best Case Abstract Poster Presentation, First Place, 2008 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting/Rendezvous II
- Best Case Abstract Poster Presentation, Third Place, 2007 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
- J. Leonard Goldner Award Finalist 2001 for Best Basic Science Paper at American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting
Current Appointments
- Attending Physician, Pennsylvania Hospital
Professional Memberships
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
- American Academy of Family Physicians
Selected Publications
- Green, G.A., Frankel, D.Z., and Puffer J.C. Drugs and Doping in Athletes. In Ed: Madden, C. and Putukian, M. Netter's Sports Medicine: The Team Physician's Handbook (in publication).
- Frankel, D.Z. and DiFiori, J.P. Stress Reaction of the Fifth Metatarsal Head in a College Basketball Player. Current Sports Medicine Reports. 6 (2007) 285-287.
- Imhauser, C.W., Siegler, S., Abidi, N.A., and Frankel, D.Z. The Effect of Posterior Tibialis Tendon Dysfunction on the Plantar Pressure Characteristics and the Kinematics of the Arch and the Hindfoot. Clinical Biomechanics. 19 (2004) 161-169.
- Imhauser, C.W., Abidi, N.A., Frankel, D.Z., Gavin, K., and Siegler, S. Biomechanical Evaluation of the Efficacy of External Stabilizers in the Conservative Treatment of Acquired Flatfoot Deformity. Foot & Ankle International. 23 (2002) 727-737.
- Lomax, L.D., Snedden, M.H., Good, R.P., and Frankel, D.Z. False Negative MRI Scans and Osteonecrosis of the Knee. The Jefferson Orthopaedic Journal. XXVIII (1999) 24-27.
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