Randy Friese | |
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Member of the
Arizona House of Representatives from the 9th district | |
In office January 5, 2015 – November 15, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Ethan Orr |
Succeeded by | Christopher Mathis |
Personal details | |
Born | Randall Scott Friese
[1] c.1964 (age 59–60) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Susan |
Education |
University of Maryland, College Park (
BS,
MD) University of Texas ( MS) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1997–2001 |
Rank | Lieutenant commander |
Unit | Navy Medical Corps |
Randall Scott Friese (born c. 1964) [2] is an American surgeon and politician from the state of Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party, Friese served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2015 through 2021, when he resigned to focus on his medical career. [3]
Friese earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1986. [1] He received a medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1990 [4] and a Master of Science in clinical sciences from the University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School in 2008. [5]
From 1997 to 2001, Friese served in the United States Navy's Medical Corps. He left the service as a lieutenant commander. [6]
Friese is a trauma surgeon, [7] and he served as an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona Medical Center. He now is a surgeon for Banner Health following the 2015 merger with UAHN. [5] He treated Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and nine-year-old Christina Taylor-Green after they were shot in the 2011 Tucson shooting. [2] [8]
Friese ran for the Arizona House of Representatives in District 9 as a member of the Democratic Party in the 2014 elections. He defeated Republican incumbent Ethan Orr by 0.12% of the vote. [9] [10] [11]
On March 25, 2021, Friese announced he would run for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona's 2nd congressional district in the 2022 election. [12] He ended his campaign on September 2, 2021, citing his commitment to practicing medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, and resigned from the legislature effective November 15, 2021. [13] [14]