Biography

L. Kaleb Friend, MD, specializes in pediatric orthopaedic surgery with an emphasis on sports-related injuries. After graduating magna cum laude from University of Southern California, he attended the USC Keck School of Medicine. He then completed a surgical internship at Baylor and a research internship in pediatric orthopaedics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He spent the majority of his residency at Tulane and transferred to Albert Einstein School of Medicine for his chief resident year. He also completed a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedics at the Hospital for Special Surgery.

Dr. Friend is an avid rock-climber and hiker, and he enjoys skiing, cycling, and photography. His goal as an orthopaedic surgeon is to get his patients better faster and get them back out on the soccer field, basketball court, ski slope, or dance floor.

Specialties

Education & Training

• Fellowship Program, Pediatric Orthopaedics, 2008
  Hospital for Special Surgery
• Residency Program, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2007
  Albert Einstein Medical Center
• Residency Program, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2006
  Tulane Medical Center
• Internship Program, General Surgery, 2002
  Baylor College of Medicine
• MD, 2001
  Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
• BS, 1997
  University of Southern California

Research & Publications

Advances in the treatment of limblength discrepancy and angular deformity

(2008) Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Femoroacetabular impingement and labral tears in the adolescent hip diagnosis and surgical advances

(2009) Current Opinion in Pediatrics

The effect of surgical delay on acute infection following 554 open fractures in children

(2005) Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery