| State House: | Arizona |
| District: | 9th |
| Term Start: | January 5, 2015 |
| Term End: | November 15, 2021 |
| Preceded: | Ethan Orr |
| Birth Name: | Randall Scott Friese |
| Birth Place: | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Susan |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Education: | University of Maryland, College Park (BS, MD) University of Texas (MS) |
| Serviceyears: | 1997–2001 |
| Unit: | Navy Medical Corps |
| Rank: | Lieutenant commander |
Randall Scott Friese (born)[1] 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.[2]
Friese earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1986.[3] 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.[1] [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]