Joseph (joe) MD

Dr. Freund has more than 25 years as a licensed medical doctor in the state of Iowa. He began his practice in rural Iowa serving in a number of communities for 17 years before moving to Des Moines where he has worked for the last 11 years in two different clinics before launching Franklin Family Practice. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota medical school and completed his residency at St. Joseph’s/Mercy in Mason City, Iowa.

In addition to providing full service family medical services, Dr. Freund is a recognized expert for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) healthcare. While working to provide compassionate and well-informed healthcare to his LGBTQ patients, he has also taught extensively on the subject to coworkers, students, professionals and the public. He helped to develop a protocol, which is used nationwide to provide transgender healthcare. Dr. Freund presents on the topic of LGBTQ healthcare across the U.S. and Canada and has been an invited speaker multiple times to the Annual Scientific Assembly for the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Freund has been board certified in Iowa since 1985 and among his professional affiliations are American Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical Association, Iowa Academy of Family Physicians and more.