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Dr Martin D Fried is a board certified pediatrician and a board certified nutrition specialist as well as a pediatric gastroenterologist. He graduated from SUNY Stony Brook in 1980 with the distinction of being a charter member of Etta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi- both are engineering honor societies. At SUNY Upstate Medical University, he was awarded a scholarship in clinical nutrition. He used that scholarship to do a medical elective at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. After graduating from Medical school, Dr Fried was a resident in Pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital from 1986-1989. In 1989 Dr Fried traveled to Toronto Canada where he worked as a nutrition doctor in training at the Hospital for Sick Children. In 1990-1991, While at the Hospital for Sick Children, Dr Fried performed original research on 1) cystic fibrosis, 2) stomach emptying in handicapped children, 3) body composition of children and 4) nutrition and energy requirements of handicapped children. He received a research award for his work on stomach emptying in handicapped children. Dr Fried continued his training as a fellow in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at THE BABIES Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian Medical center from July 1991-June 1992 and then became the director of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, NJ. During his tenure at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Dr Fried conducted original research on Lyme disease and is noted to be the first doctor to show in research published papers that Lyme disease and coinfections such as bartonella and Mycoplasma occur in the stomach, intestines and colon of children. He Published 5 papers on Lyme disease and tic associated infections. As a result of these publications, he was awarded Research recognition awards twice from Jersey Shore University Hospital. Dr Fried also served as assistant Program director in the department of pediatrics and clinical assistant professor of Pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He was given an outstanding teaching award from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School for his efforts at education medical students who had their pediatric rotation at Jersey Shore Medical Center. In 2005, Dr Fried went into Private Practice at Healthy Days, LLC- a Physician Nutrition practice for all ages and a Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition practice. In 2005 he also started designing acrylic art, pastel art, chalk art and he was featured in Med monthly article for his artwork. His artwork, like his medicine displays his ability to think along many different planes when analyzing a problem and working towards a solution.