Nicholas B Frisch, MD

Care Philosophy

Dr. Frisch and his dedicated staff believe in creating a very personalized experience with the highest level of service. His practice focuses on minimally invasive joint replacement and complex primary and revision hip and knee replacement. Dr. Frisch utilizes efficient pain management pathways that allow for rapid recovery and faster return to normal activity. Select patients may qualify for outpatient joint replacement and go home the same day as surgery. For total hip replacement, Dr. Frisch will perform surgery using either an anterior or mini-posterior approach depending on the individual's needs.

Practice Focus

Dr. Frisch specializes in total knee arthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty, revision knee arthroplasty, and revision hip arthroplasty.

Titles

Chief, Department of Surgery - Henry Ford Rochester Hospital: 2025-Present

Research Interests

Dr. Frisch's clinical research interests focus on the treatment of hip and knee degenerative disease, implant design, corrosion and perioperative patient optimization. He is also engaged in larger health policy related topics including risk adjustment for value-based reimbursement and systems-based quality care initiatives.

Videos

www.frischortho.com

Awards and Honors

• John N. Insall Award – The Knee Society 2022
  Layson JT, Markel DC, Hughes RE, Chubb HD, Frisch NB. MARCQI's Pain-Control Optimization Pathway (POP):
  Impact of Registry Data and Education on Opioid Utilization J Arthroplasty, 2022. PMID: 35271973
• Orthopedics Blue Ribbon Article Award 2018
  Campbell KJ, Louie PK, Khorsand DK, Frisch NB, Gerlinger TL, Levine BR. Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
  Perspectives from Orthopaedic Surgery. Orthopedics, 2017. PMID: 29658978
• Orthopedics Best Clinical Article Award 2016
  Frisch NB, Nahm N, Khalil JG, Guthrie ST, Charters MA. Short versus Long Cephalomedullary Nail for
  Pertrochanteric Hip Fractures – Orthopedics, 2016. PMID: 27874910
• Frisch NB, Evans T, Dobson C, Gibson G, Parsons TW, Mott MP. The Validity of a Rat Model for Analyzing miRNA in
  Chondrosarcoma
  Winner Best Poster - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – San Diego, CA March 2017
• AAHKS Healthcare Policy Fellowship 2017-2018