Matt Friedman, MD, FACEP, DABEMS

Matt S. Friedman, MD is a board-certified EMS and Emergency Medicine physician. He completed an EMS fellowship with the Fire Department City of New York (FDNY). He is the Associate Medical Director of the Division of Emergency Medical Services in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, a level-one trauma center. He is the EMS Fellowship Director at Maimonides Health, the second-ever EMS fellowship in New York City. 

Dr. Friedman has been involved in emergency medical services (EMS) as an educator, author, and medical director since 2012.  In October 2013, Dr. Friedman became the first physician at Maimonides to successfully challenge the new subspecialty boards in Emergency Medical Services Medicine, offered under the auspices of the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He also serves as the Lead House Physician for Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden, and the US Open. Dr. Friedman is the medical director for CrowdRx and serves as the medical director for numerous annual mass gatherings and large music festivals throughout the country.

Dr. Friedman also serves on the New York City Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee (REMAC), a committee of NYC physicians who develop the protocols for NYC EMS that the entire region follows. As evidence-based medicine enhances the medical care that is provided, the committee makes decisions about the needs of the EMS system in the city and how to best serve the people of NY. Committed to sharing his knowledge with the field and community, Dr. Friedman has authored many journal articles and presents nationally, including at conferences held by the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, Mass Gathering Medicine Summit, and EMS World Expo.

Selected Publications:

Quinn E, Dhanraj S, Liu J, Motov S, Friedman M, Eng D. Nebulized Ketamine Used for Managing Ankle Fracture in the Prehospital Emergency Setting: A Case Report. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2023 Feb;7(1):43-46. PMID: 36859319 

Margolis AM, Leung AK, Friedman MS, McMullen SP, Guyette FX, Woltman N. Position Statement: Mass Gathering Medical Care. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2021 Jul-Aug;25(4):593-595. PMID: 33886431

Fidacaro GA, Friedman MS, Strayer RJ. Medical Utilization Rate at Music Festivals: The Effect of Crowd Behavior. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2021 Dec;36(6):803-804. PMID: 34629119 

Friedman MS, Strayer RJ. Acad Emerg Med. Prehospital Care at the Epicenter of a Pandemic: The New York City EMS Response. 2020 Aug;27(8):797-801. PMID: 32531844 

Friedman MS, Saloum D, Haaland A, Drapkin J, Likourezos A, Strayer RJ. Description of Adverse Events in a Cohort of Dance Festival Attendees with Stimulant-Induced Severe Agitation Treated with Dissociative-Dose Ketamine. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2021 Nov-Dec;25(6):761-767. PMID: 33054495

Friedman MS, Plocki A, Likourezos A, Pushkar I, Bazos AN, Fromm C, Friedman BW. A Prospective Analysis of Patients Presenting for Medical Attention at a Large Electronic Dance Music Festival. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017 Feb;32(1):78-82. PMID: 27978861

Friedman MS, Manini AF. Validation of Criteria to Guide Prehospital Naloxone Administration for Drug-Related Altered Mental Status. J Med Toxicol. 2016 Sep;12(3):270-5. PMID: 27083903 

Friedman BW, Kapoor A, Friedman MS, Hochberg ML, Rowe BH. The relative efficacy of meperidine for the treatment of acute migraine: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Dec;52(6):705-13. PMID: 18632186