Arie Friedman, LCDR USNR-R (MC) (Retired)

Dr. Arie Friedman served a helicopter pilot and instructor in the United States Navy and as a doctor in the Naval Reserve Medical Corps. He is honored by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.

Prior to attending medical school, Friedman served in the United States Navy as a helicopter pilot. During his seven years of active duty, he flew SH-60B Seahawk helicopters out of Naval Air Station North Island, California, from which he deployed twice, including once to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Desert Storm.

Upon completing his fleet tour, he returned to Pensacola, Florida, as a military Instructor Pilot teaching advanced helicopter operations and tactics. During the span of his naval aviation career, he conducted 406 shipboard landings including 183 at night.

After leaving active duty, he transferred to the Naval Reserve Medical Corps from which he retired in 2005. Dr. Arie Friedman practices general pediatrics in the northern suburbs of Chicago and holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern Medical School. In addition, he is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. Friedman graduated at the top of his medical school class in 1998 from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Subsequently, he underwent categorical residency training at the University of Chicago Children's Hospital.

Upon completion of residency, he founded a solo pediatrics practice in Lake County, Illinois. In 2004, he joined Premier Pediatrics of Lincolnshire, Illinois, and currently fills the role of managing partner. He is married to Michelle Rosenthal and is a father of five.

Dr. Friedman is on the Board of Directors at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.