Background
Freni, D. Richard was born on January 12, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis and Pauline (Patti) Freni.
consultant General and thoracic surgeon
Freni, D. Richard was born on January 12, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis and Pauline (Patti) Freni.
AB, Harvard College, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, Tufts University, 1942.
Intern department surgery, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1942-1943;
resident department surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital., West Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1948-1950;
assistant chief of surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital., West Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1948-1950;
general surgery, Lynn and Lynnfield, Massachusetts, 1950-1977;
physician, General Electric Dispensary, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1939-1942, 50-51;
surgical consultant, Raytheon, West Andover, Massachusetts, 1974-1976. Surgical assistant West Roxbury Veterans Administration Hospital. and affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1946-1948. Assistant chief surgery West Roxbury Veterans Administration Hospital., 1948-1950.
Visiting surgeon Lynn (Massachusetts) Hospital, 1950, Union Hospital, Lynn, 1950. Consultant surgeon Mary Alley Hospital, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1950, Danvers (Massachusetts) Eastern State Hospital, 1952. Courtesy surgeon North Shore Children's Hospital, Salem, Massachusetts, 1950.
Assistant surgeon in hand surgery Veterans Administration Hospital., West Roxbury, 1950-1956, Veterans Administration Hospital., Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 1950-1962. Assistant vis.surgeon Medical School Tufts U., 1949-1953. Director teaching services surgery Lynn Hospital.
Associate chief surgery Lynn Hospital 1961-1969, Union Hospital, 1961-1969. Chief surgery Union Hospital, 1969-1974, president medical staff, 1969-1974, bd.trustees, 1969-1984.
Lieutenant United States Navy Medical Corps, 1943. Fellow American College Surgeons (trauma committee), American Geriatric Society, Harvard Engineering Society. Member American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society (county 1958-1960), Boston Surgical Society, Massachusetts Society Examining Physicians and Surgeons, New England Surgical Society, Essex Surgical Society (president 1968, 69), governments Island Club, Senior Physicians Association, Salem Country Club, Harvard Club Boston, Laconia CountryClub.
Married Dorothy A. Hannon, June 20, 1943. Children: Richard Hannon, Donna Ann, Edward Christopher, Dorothy Hannon Freni Parker.