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Jason Frischer, MD, always aspired to pursue medicine. His interest began through a mentor relationship with his own pediatrician, and, as a seventh grader, he wrote an essay about wanting to study pediatric cardiology, which he worked toward through high school, college and into his early medical career. However, a fateful softball game pivoted him away from cardiology and towards pediatric surgery.

“My path to pediatric surgery began serendipitously on a softball field in Prospect Park in Brooklyn,” Frischer recalled. “While playing third base in a student-faculty softball game for medical school orientation, a junior faculty member also playing third base invited me to join him in the operating room for an appendectomy. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world; I still remember it today.”

That unexpected invitation opened the door to the operating room and to a new purpose in pediatric surgery. Soon after, he joined the lab and supported residents’ work before and after his own classes.

Frischer recently joined Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center as Surgeon-in-Chief and chief of Pediatric Surgery, bringing more than 17 years of experience from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and a strong belief in the power of lifelong, coordinated, compassionate care.

Jason Frischer, MD

After graduating from SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Frischer completed post-graduate training in general and pediatric surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital and New York–Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He took his first job at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and developed expertise in treating complex colorectal conditions, including anorectal malformations, Hirschsprung disease, cloaca, constipation, fecal incontinence and inflammatory bowel disease.

At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Frischer fell in love with the specialization because of his ability to “take care of patients for the better part of a lifetime.”

“I have patients I met when they were tiny and are now nurses, married, parents and I still take care of them today,” said Frischer.

Throughout his tenure at Cincinnati Children’s, Frischer served as the associate director for the division of Pediatric Surgery and directed the Colorectal Center, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program and Pediatric Surgery sub-specialty fellowships. Through these roles Frischer developed a collaborative approach to medicine. In his new role at Le Bonheur, he plans to unite teams across disciplines to deliver comprehensive care for children with complex surgical needs.

“I am a big believer in multidisciplinary care and more specifically an interdisciplinary approach. When you build teams around coordination, they become leaders in the field,” said Frischer.

At Le Bonheur, Frischer sees an opportunity to unite surgical excellence with the personal, lifelong relationships that have defined his career. With his surgical expertise, global perspective, and dedication to serving patients, Frischer is prepared to guide Le Bonheur’s surgical program into its next era.

“I want to be a surgical leader for the patients and families of Memphis, Tennessee, the Midsouth and the whole Southeast and Southern region,” said Frischer. “We can be the leaders of surgical care for that area in the next five to 10 years.”

Throughout his career, Frischer has also been dedicated to medical mission work around the world. In 2015, he discovered the organization Mending Kids, a California based nonprofit focused on providing free life-saving surgical care to children around the world. After five flights away from his wife and two kids in Cincinnati, Frischer landed in Mwanza, Tanzania.

“It was the second craziest thing I’ve done, the first being moving away from New York,” said Frischer.

Frischer met with Sister Alicia Massenga who served as the pediatric surgeon for a 900-bed hospital, Bugando Medical Center, despite training only in general surgery. Throughout the next decade Frischer returned many times, raising funds to support her pediatric surgery training and bringing a team from Cincinnati to help train staff.

“We wanted to train the teams on taking care of a patient from beginning to end, not just in the operating room – a goal we’ve achieved, ten years later.” Frischer now serves on the board for Mending Kids and Sister Massenga recently became director general over the entire hospital.

“Mission work takes you to your roots, it lets you focus on the patient with external pressures removed, and to just rely on surgical skills,” states Frischer. “It influences how we work together in an operating room and a clinic; there's a better understanding of everyone’s role and partnership ultimately leading to incredible team building.” Frischer recently began work in Paraguay at the Hospital General Pediatrico Acosta Ñu. He hopes to continue working with his core team from Cincinnati and to also include Le Bonheur on their mission to improve pediatric colorectal surgical care in Paraguay. 

Jason Frischer, MD

Education and Training

• SUNY Downstate Medical Center – Medical School
• Mount Sinai Hospital – Internship and Residency in General Surgery
• New York–Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center – Pediatric Surgery Research/ECMO Fellowship, Pediatric Surgery Residency
• Harvard Surgical Leadership Program – Surgical Leadership Certificate

Awards and Honors

• Arthur H. Aufses Jr. Award – Surgical Mentorship
• David A. Dreiling Award – Scholarly Excellence
• Mending Kids Hero of the Year
• Top Doctor – U.S. News & World Report, Castle Connolly, Cincy Magazine

Global Experience

• Consulting roles in Abu Dhabi and Tanzania – Advancing Pediatric Surgical Care

Society Membership

• American College of Surgeons – Fellow
• American Academy of Pediatrics – Fellow
• American Pediatric Surgical Association – Program Committee Chair Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation