Freilich Dermatology: Abraham Freilich, MD

Specialties

Dr. Freilich has been passionate about dermatology for almost forty years. After graduating the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and doing his internship in internal medicine there, he continued his dermatology training in the Albert Einstein related hospitals, including Montefiore Hospital, Jacobi Hospital and Lincoln Hospital. In his final year of residency, he was the chief resident. Dr. Freilich started the practice of dermatology in the Flatbush– Midwood areas of Brooklyn in 1980. Two years later, he started a dermatology practice in Brooklyn Heights.

During the course of his practice, he had been affiliated with Long Island College Hospital (where he was Director of the Dermatology Clinic 1981 – 87 and Chief of Dermatology 1987 – 90), Maimonides Hospital, Kings Highway Hospital and New York Community Hospital.

Ever since he completed his residency, Dr Freilich has always enjoyed training the dermatology residents at SUNY Downstate School of Medicine, as well as at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is currently an assistant clinical professor of Dermatology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he supervises the residents in the pediatric dermatology clinic. He recently received the Teacher of the Year Award from the Mount Sinai Dermatology Department in recognition of his achievements as a mentor to the residents.

Dr. Freilich enjoys many aspects of the field of dermatology…