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Joseph Friedberg, MD, Thoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, PA

Joseph Stewart Friedberg MD

Cardiovascular Surgery


Charles Reid Edwards Professor of Surgery, Thoracic Surgeon-in-Chief

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  • 3509 N Broad StPhiladelphia, PA 19140

  • Phone+1 215-707-8484

  • Fax+1 215-707-3946

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Education & Training

  • Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's Hospital
    Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 1994 - 1996
  • Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital
    Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1986 - 1994
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 2015 - 2022
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1989 - 2002
  • Surgery
    American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
    American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
  • Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2005-2014
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • Survival meta-analysis from fifteen years of a standard systemic therapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma. 
    2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019

Press Mentions

  • 36-Year-Old Yoga Instructor’s Swollen Face Dismissed as Viral Infection, but It Turned Out to Be Stage 4 Lung Cancer
    36-Year-Old Yoga Instructor’s Swollen Face Dismissed as Viral Infection, but It Turned Out to Be Stage 4 Lung CancerMarch 26th, 2025
  • MARF to Host International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma
    MARF to Host International Symposium on Malignant MesotheliomaJuly 20th, 2022
  • An Incredibly Interesting Site Along with Great Posts!
    An Incredibly Interesting Site Along with Great Posts!October 1st, 2020
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Grant Support

  • PDT For Nsclc With Pleural CarcinomatosisNational Cancer Institute2008–2011

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