Philippe Friedlich, MD

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Surgery

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Overview

Dr. Philippe Friedlich is a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Surgery at the University of Southern California and Interim Director & Division Chief for the Center for Fetal and Neonatal Medicine.

A fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Friedlich holds memberships with the Society of Pediatric Research and the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Perinatal Pediatrics. Dr. Friedlich is a member of the California Children’s Medical Services /California Children’s Services NICU Technical Advisory Committee.

Dr. Friedlich earned his medical degree from the University of Southern California and completed his pediatric residency and internship at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He completed a fellowship in neonatal and perinatal medicine at the University of Southern California Women’s and Children’s Hospital before joining the faculty of the USC division of Neonatal Medicine in 1998. Dr. Friedlich completed in 2004 a Master of Science in Applied Biostatics and Epidemiology from the University of Southern California and earned a MBA in Medical Management from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2006.

His areas of research interests include the epidemiology of congenital malformations and neonatal healthcare delivery and outcomes. Dr. Friedlich has published over 150 abstracts, peer review articles, book chapters and support strong research collaborations between surgical, medical and healthcare related disciplines in areas of clinical, translational and basic science.

Publications

  • The financial burden experienced by families of preterm infants after NICU discharge. J Perinatol. 2022 02; 42(2):223-230.. View in PubMed
  • Neonates with mild hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy receiving supportive care versus therapeutic hypothermia in California. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2022 May; 107(3):324-328.. View in PubMed
  • Readmissions in neonatal ECMO survivors: a pediatric health information system database analysis. J Perinatol. 2021 07; 41(7):1777-1781.. View in PubMed
  • The association of inborn status and resource utilization among neonates who received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec; 56(12):2311-2317.. View in PubMed
  • Maternal post-traumatic stress and depression symptoms and outcomes after NICU discharge in a low-income sample: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Jan 12; 21(1):48.. View in PubMed
  • The association of care transitions measure-15 score and outcomes after discharge from the NICU. BMC Pediatr. 2021 01 04; 21(1):7.. View in PubMed
  • Postoperative Opioid Analgesia Impacts Resource Utilization in Infants Undergoing Pyloromyotomy. J Surg Res. 2020 11; 255:594-601.. View in PubMed
  • Impact of Confounding on Cost, Survival, and Length-of-Stay Outcomes for Neonates with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Undergoing Stage 1 Palliation Surgery. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Jun; 41(5):996-1011.. View in PubMed
  • Proportion of Retinopathy of Prematurity That Was Treated across Regions in the United States. Am J Perinatol. 2021 05; 38(6):581-589.. View in PubMed
  • Association of WIC Participation and Growth and Developmental Outcomes in High-Risk Infants. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2020 01; 59(1):53-61.. View in PubMed