Jennifer Friedman, M.D.

Bio

Dr. Friedman is an expert in movement disorders and has particular interest in genetic and metabolic disorders that affect movement. She directs the Movement Disorders and Tourette/Tic Disorder Clinics at Rady Children's Hospital and does research in the areas of neurogenetics, Tourette's Syndrome and disability awareness education. In addition, she teaches medical students residents, fellows, and undergraduate students.

Dr. Friedman received her undergraduate training at Princeton University and earned her MD from Stanford University in 1991. She completed an internship in internal medicine at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center followed by residency in neurology at Harvard Longwood Training Program. She was a clinical fellow in movement disorders at Boston University Medical Center and a clinical and research fellow in neurogenetics and dystonia at Massachusetts General Hospital.

She served as a neurologist at several Boston hospitals and was an instructor in neurology at Harvard Medical School before joining Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego as senior staff neurologist in 2004.

Dr. Friedman also serves as clinical professor in the UC San Diego Departments of Neurosciences and Pediatrics. Dr. Friedman is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Movement Disorder Society, the Tourette Syndrome Association, and the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society.