# Peter Frishauf

> Peter Frishauf is a New York publisher, entrepreneur, investor, and civic organizer. He founded Medscape in 1995 and served as its first CEO until February 1998. His career includes SCP Communications, mentoring and investing in other ventures, and neighborhood work with Park to Park 103 and StreetsPAC.

- **Role:** Volunteer Coordinator at Park to Park 103
- **Organizations:** Medscape, SCP Communications, F&F Publications, Park to Park 103, StreetsPAC, NYC H2O, Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia High School, West 102nd & 103rd Streets Block Association, Crossix Solutions (former chairman), Osmosis (investor and advisor)
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree; journalism studies, New York University, MS; Nate Haseltine Fellow in Science Writing, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
- **Known for:** Founded Medscape and led its early development., Built a collaborative electronic publishing environment at SCP Communications., Medical Advertising Hall of Fame inductee, 2013.

## Career timeline

- **1968** — Worked as a New York Daily News copy boy and a student correspondent for UPI.
- **1969-1970** — Reported on student protests for The New York Times while editing NYU’s Washington Square Journal.
- **1972** — Graduated from Columbia’s journalism school and began professional magazine writing.
- **1975** — Cofounded F&F Publications and bought Hospital Physician magazine with a partner.
- **1977** — F&F was sold; became editorial director at PW Communications.
- **early 1980s** — Founded SCP Communications and developed a shared electronic newsroom.
- **1995** — Medscape launched on May 22 with Frishauf as founding CEO.
- **1998** — Left the CEO position in February and became chairman of the executive committee.
- **2000** — Medscape merged with MedicaLogic in May.
- **2002** — Formal relationship with Medscape ended following its December 2001 sale to WebMD.
- **2009** — Worked with KC and the block association on a temporary West 103rd Street parklet.
- **2013** — Inducted into the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame.
- **2019** — Crossix was acquired by Veeva Systems after his tenure as chairman.
- **2020** — The West 103rd Street Open Street revived the earlier park-to-park proposal.
- **2022** — Joined the West 102nd & 103rd Streets Block Association board in April.

## Achievements

- Founded Medscape and led its early development.
- Built a collaborative electronic publishing environment at SCP Communications.
- Medical Advertising Hall of Fame inductee, 2013.
- Helped finance Crossix and served as its board chairman.
- Cofounded Park to Park 103 and serves as a volunteer coordinator.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — S. Yin Ho’s events page records his attendance at her November 18 New York book launch.
- **2025-06** — The Fall 2025 neighborhood newsletter credits him with photographs of the June Make Music New York events organized by Park to Park 103 and the Columbus-Amsterdam BID.
- **2025-02** — Published a recollection of his work on an NYU student newspaper poster edition supporting the October 15, 1969 campus strike.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterfrishauf
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/pfrishauf

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