Barry I. Freedman, M.D.
John H. Felts, III M.D. Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology
Chief, Section on Nephrology
Office: (336) 716-6192
Nights/Weekends: (336) 716-4650
Undergraduate: | Brooklyn College, CUNY, B.S. 1980 |
Postgraduate: | Downstate Medical Center, SUNY, M.D. 1984 |
Internship: | Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, 1984-1985 |
Residency: | Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, 1985-1987 |
Fellowship: | Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 1987-1989 |
Board Certifications: | Internal Medicine, Nephrology |
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Teaching: | Clinical Nephrology; Clinical Hypertension; Fluid/Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders |
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Research: | Genetic Susceptibility to Atherosclerosis, Hypertensive, and Diabetic Nephropathy |
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Clinical: | Racial Differences in Renal Failure, Hypertension, and Diabetes Mellitus |
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Notable publications:
Satko SG, Sedor JR, Iyengar SK, Freedman BI. 
Familial clustering of chronic kidney disease.
Semin Dial. 2007 May-Jun;20(3):229-36.
Freedman BI, Dubose TD Jr. 
Chronic kidney disease: cause and consequence of cardiovascular disease.
Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jun 11;167(11):1113-5.
Patel TS, Freedman BI, Yosipovitch G. 
An update on pruritus associated with CKD.
Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Jul;50(1):11-20.
Yosipovitch G, Duque MI, Patel TS, Ishiuji Y, Guzman-Sanchez DA, Dawn AG, Freedman BI, Chan YH, Crumrine D, Elias PM. 
Skin barrier structure and function and their relationship to pruritus in end-stage renal disease.
Sale MM, Smith SG, Mychaleckyj JC, Keene KL, Langefeld CD, Leak TS, Hicks PJ, Bowden DW, Rich SS, Freedman BI. 
Variants of the Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 (TCF7L2) Gene are Associated with Type 2 Diabetes in an African American Population Enriched for Nephropathy.
Diabetes. 2007 Jun 29;
Leak TS, Keene KL, Langefeld CD, Gallagher CJ, Mychaleckyj JC, Freedman BI, Bowden DW, Rich SS, Sale MM. 
Association of the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin-type 2 (PCSK2) gene with type 2 diabetes in an African American population.
Mol Genet Metab. 2007 Jul 5;
Shikany JM, Lewis CE, Freedman BI, Arnett DK, Leiendecker-Foster C, Jones TL, Redden DT, Oberman A. 
Plasma adiponectin concentrations and correlates in African Americans in the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network (HyperGEN) study.
Metabolism. 2007 Aug;56(8):1011-6.