Dan Friedmann, MD

Dr. Friedmann is one of the best physicians I have visited. He is knowledgable, nice and gentle. I recommended him to anyone who is looking for a doctor.

Dr. Friedmann has been my GP since my early 20’s. As a newly minted 50 year old, I consider myself lucky to have found such a professional, caring and friendly physician for life. He listens, never rushes you and always creates a comfortable environment to ask ANY type of questions. Over the years my three best friends have him as their GP as well. Dan is the man.

Dr. Friedmann is the greatest! He has been my Dr. for about 8 years now and is wonderful. He takes the time to listen to any concerns and has an excellent bedside manner. I highly recommend him.

It’s been YEARS since my last physical. I tend to procrastinate when it comes to being told the good/​bad news about my health.
After searching through the first page of my «in network» providers, I quickly got tired at the prospect of sifting through 50 more pages. So, I did what any reasonable person would do when it comes to finding a doc… I closed my eyes, threw a dart and picked a name. On a serious note, Dr. Friedmann was voted best doc in 2002, so I figured like wine, you can only get better with age.
I went in, he did his thing, and I walked out. Overall, a pretty painless experience (aside from the blood draw). He’s a nice, warm, fuzzy guy. Two thumbs up.

Dr. Friedmann is, hands down, the best Family Practitioner I’ve ever encountered (and just for the record, I used to work in social science research studying doctor-​patient communication, so I’ve observed a LOT of docs). Extremely kind, respectful and conscientious, you never get the sense of being rushed through or unheard. He’s a true gem, as a physician and as a man.
And if you’ve got kids, they will love him. The first time we saw him was for our 3yr old. He came in, addressed my son and they had their own conversation about his medical concern, etc. It was brilliant to watch, and my son was soooo at ease, he actually requests to visit him just to say hello. :)

I recently saw Dr. Friedmann at the Polyclinic in Ballard. I had been having severe intermittent leg pain that I couldn’t relieve with any amount of Aleve, ice, heat, rest, etc. It was the strangest thing and I was hesitant to see a doctor because I could barely even describe the discomfort I was having and wasn’t sure what help I would be able to get.
Lucky me, I ended up getting an appointment with Dr. Friedmann. He took so much time and care to try to understand the issue I was having despite my inability to articulate it. He made sure to understand my overall health, activity levels, recent travels and all of the other outside factors that might be causing my pain. I have recently felt so rushed by all of the doctors I’ve seen but Dr. Friedmann made me feel like I was his only patient.
While we never got to the root cause of my pain, he made sure to rule out any possibly dangerous causes and provided me with a prescription and treatment plans to try. Then the most amazing thing happened… I got an unsolicited phone call from him 2 days after my appointment to see how I was doing!!! I’m feeling much better now thanks to Dr. Friedmann.
I would absolutely recommend him to anyone in search of a smart, thoughtful and genuinely caring doctor.