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Richard S. Frankenstein, MD, MACP

Member Since 1981

Internal Medicine

Medical License Number: G37787

Bio

Richard S Frankenstein MD is Vice President for Professional Services, Chief Medical Officer at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia, California.  He continues to practice Internal Medicine part time at Riverside Medical Clinic.

 

From 2007-2008, Dr Frankenstein was President of California Medical Association.  He served the Association as Speaker of the House of Delegates from 2002-2006 after a one year term as Vice-Speaker.

 

Previously, Dr Frankenstein was a solo practitioner in the specialty of Pulmonary Diseases in Orange County, California.  He received his Medical Degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and then pursued Internship, Residency and Fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center, New York City.

 

Twice elected Chief of the Medical Staff of Garden Grove Hospital, he was President of Orange County Medical Association from 1995-1996.  A member of the California Delegation to the American medical Association House of Delegates since 1995, he was Vice-Chair for 5 years.

 

The American Medical Association appointed Dr Frankenstein to the Board of Commissioners of The Joint Commission.  He served as Chair of the Standards and Survey Procedures Committee and member of the Accreditation Committee.  In addition, he was Treasurer and Board Member of the organization’s subsidiary, Joint Commission Resources.

 

He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, where he served as Governor for Southern California and was Chapter Laureate in 2011.

 

The National Association of Medical Staff Services presented Dr Frankenstein with its Leadership Award in 1996. He was honored by the California Medical Association Young Physician Section, which gave him the Joseph F Boyle MD Young at Heart Award in 1998.

Education and Training

Medical School
Albert Einstein College of Medicine -Yeshiva Univ - 1973

Status

Secondary Specialties

Pulmonary Disease

Specialties

Internal Medicine

Pulmonary Disease

Physician Fluent In

English

Staff Fluent In

English
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