Dr. Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf

Dr. Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf is Medical Director of the Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative & Integrative Medicine. A pediatric pain and palliative medicine specialist who treats children experiencing acute and chronic pain, he also provides holistic care for pediatric patients with life-limiting diseases and, with his team, adds an extra layer of support to the care of children with serious illness and their families.

Friedrichsdorf is principal investigator for a study by the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute examining the creation, implementation and results of the curriculum "Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC) — Pediatrics," which has trained 990 clinicians worldwide from all six continents. He founded and directs the annual Pediatric Pain Master Class, a weeklong intensive course for interdisciplinary health professionals, which has trained more than 600 clinicians from 40 countries.

Friedrichsdorf has received many awards for his work, including the American Pain Society's Elizabeth Narcessian Award for Outstanding Educational Achievements in the Field of Pain as well as the Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award. Friedrichsdorf has been a newspaper delivery boy, tour guide, factory worker, youth group leader, not-particularly-talented actor, assistant nurse, journalist, paramedic, EMT, lifeguard and children's theater director.