Daniel Friedman

MBBS(Hons)

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BIO

Dr Daniel Friedman is dedicated to helping people of all ages and abilities achieve their health and performance goals. After graduating with First Class Honours from his medical degree at Monash University in 2019, Daniel has gained diverse sport and exercise medicine experience in Australia and abroad. Most recently based at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Daniel served as the team doctor for Basketball Australia’s Men’s Centre of Excellence Program and the NBA Global Academy.

At the AIS, Daniel also supported a range of junior and senior teams across Olympic and Paralympic sports, including national Rowing and Paddle teams at the AIS European Training Centre in Italy. Other international experience includes providing medical services at World Athletics and World Aquatics Championships. Closer to home, Daniel has spent time working across all levels of Australian Rules Football and Rugby.Beyond his clinical work, Daniel is actively involved in research and public health. He has authored textbook chapters, published in leading journals, and contributed to World Health Organization physical activity initiatives. Daniel is currently an Associate Editor for the British Journal of Sports Medicine and previously hosted their podcast for multiple years. His academic interests span female athlete health, nutrition and chronic disease, and physical activity as medicine. If not making coffee, you will likely find Daniel on the bicycle or tennis court.
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SPECIALIST AREAS

Athletics, Australian Rules Football, Basketball, Cycling, Tennis

Running and endurance medicine, Female athlete health

Physical activity for prevention and management of chronic disease.

2023 – 2025


Sport and Exercise Medicine Registrar

Australian Institute of Sport

Canberra , Australia

2023 – 2025


Team doctor

Basketball Australia Men’s Centre of Excellence Program

Canberra , Australia

2023-2025


Team doctor

NBA Global Academy

Canberra, Australia

2024


Event doctor

World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships

Antalya

2023, 2024


Camp doctor

Junior Wallabies

Canberra , Australia

2024


Camp doctor

Aussie Stingers Water Polo

Canberra , Australia

2024


Touring Doctor

Australian National Diving Team, World Aquatic Championships

Qatar

2023


Event doctor

World Athletics Championships

Hungary

2023


Event doctor

World Athletics Cross Country Championships

Australia

2021-2022


Team doctor

Casey Demons Football Club

Australia

2019 – 2021


Team doctor

University Blues Football Club

Australia

2021


League doctor

Medical Spotter, AFL Review Centre (ARC)

Match day doctor

AFLW, VFL, NRL, NRL U21, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Women’s, A-League Women’s,Para Football

2019


Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours

Monash University

Australia

PUBLICATIONS

“ Nutrition for health. In: Brukner P, Khan KM, editors. Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: The Medicine of Exercise”

Mason P, Friedman D.

5th ed, vol 2. Australia: McGraw-Hill Education; 2019.

“Cancer. In: Brukner P, Khan KM, editors. Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: The Medicine of Exercise”

Friedman D, Agostinho M, Campbell K, Schmitz KH. Cancer.

5th ed, vol 2. Australia: McGraw-Hill Education;2019.

“Older people. In: Brukner P, Khan KM, editors. Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: The Medicine of Exercise”

Friedman D, Agostinho M, Campbell K, Schmitz KH. Cancer.

5th ed, vol 2. Australia: McGraw-Hill Education;2019.

“Wind and Overuse Injuries: A Recap of the Interprofessional Management of Endurance Medicine Conference – Boston, April 2019. Endurance and Sports Medicine. 2019”

Friedman DJ. Rain

“ACTIVE: a technical package for increasing physical activity.”

World Health Organization; 2018.

“ Preventing overdiagnosis and the harms of too much sport and exercise medicine. Br J Sports Med. 2019.”

Friedman DJ, Khan KM.

“Prescribing physical activity: the written prescription. In: Brukner P, Khan KM, editors. Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: The Medicine of Exercise.”

Friedman D.

5th ed, vol 2. Australia: McGraw-Hill Education;2019.

“ Prescribing physical activity: motivational interviewing. In: Brukner P, Khan KM, editors. Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: The Medicine of Exercise.”

Friedman D, Vishnubala D.

5th ed, vol 2. Australia: McGraw-Hill Education; 2019.

“Benefits and risks of physical activity. In: Brukner P, Khan KM, editors. Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine .The Medicine of Exercise”

Friedman D.

5th ed, vol 2. Australia: McGraw-Hill Education; 2019.

“Prescribing physical activity: the clinical assessment. In: Brukner P, Khan KM, editors. Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: The Medicine of Exercise.”

Friedman D.

5th ed, vol 2. Australia: McGraw-Hill Education;2019.

“Physiotherapist-led treatment for young to middle-aged active adults with hip-related pain: consensus recommendations from the International Hip-related Pain Research Network, Zurich 2018. Br J Sports Med. 2019”

Kemp et al.

“Physical inactivity: a global public health problem. In: Brukner P, Khan KM, editors. Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: The Medicine of Exercise. ”

Friedman D.

5th ed, vol 2. Australia: McGraw-Hill Education;
2019.

“ Batting against mental health in elite cricket. Br J Sports Med. 2021.”

Mahmood HJS, Friedman DJ.

“Promoting physical activity through primary health care: a toolkit.”

Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021

“Global Health Risk Factors: Physical Inactivity. In: Haring R, Kickbusch I, Ganten D, Moeti M, editors. Handbook of Global Health. Cham: Springer; 2021.”

Bull F, Guthold R, Friedman DJ, Katzmarzyk P.

“Peeling off musculoskeletal labels: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but diagnostic labels can hamstring me forever. Br J Sports Med. 2021.”

Friedman DJ, Khan KM, Tulloh L.

“Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine.”

Fried K, Friedman D. Managing pain. In: Brukner P, Khan KM, editors .

6th ed, vol 1. Australia: McGraw-Hill Education; 2024.

“Global status report on physical activity 2022.”

World Health Organization, 2022.

"The effects of eating frequency on changes in body composition and cardiometabolic health in adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized trials.”

Blazey P, Habibi A, Hassen N, Friedman D, Khan K, Ardern C.

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2023.

“Exercise across the lifespan: Exercise and obesity.Exercise to prevent and manage chronic disease across the lifespan”

Friedman DJ, Brukner P, In: Apostolopoulos V, Feehan J,
Tripodi N, editors

Elsevier

AFFILIATIONS

Sports Medicine Australia (SMA)
AFL Doctors Association (AFLDA)
Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP)

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