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

  • Delivery timing after laser surgery for twin-twin transfusion syndrome. J Perinatol. 2020 02; 40(2):248-255.. View in PubMed
  • Viewpoints from families for improving transition from NICU-to-home for infants with medical complexity at a safety net hospital: a qualitative study. BMC Pediatr. 2019 07 05; 19(1):223.. View in PubMed
  • Smartphones and Text Messaging are Associated With Higher Parent Quality of Life Scores and Enrollment in Early Intervention After NICU Discharge. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2019 07; 58(8):903-911.. View in PubMed
  • The association of Trisomy 13 and 18 and hospital discharge outcomes among neonates in California: A retrospective cohort study. Pediatr Neonatol. 2019 12; 60(6):617-622.. View in PubMed
  • Resource utilization patterns using non-invasive ventilation in neonates with respiratory distress syndrome. J Perinatol. 2018 07; 38(7):850-856.. View in PubMed
  • The Role of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Simulation Training at Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Centers in the United States. Simul Healthc. 2017 Aug; 12(4):233-239.. View in PubMed
  • Utilization patterns of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in neonates in the United States 1997-2012. J Pediatr Surg. 2017 Oct; 52(10):1681-1687.. View in PubMed
  • The impact of preterm birth <37 weeks on parents and families: a cross-sectional study in the 2 years after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017 Feb 16; 15(1):38.. View in PubMed
  • The Impact of Venoarterial and Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation on Cerebral Metabolism in the Newborn Brain. PLoS One. 2016; 11(12):e0168578.. View in PubMed
  • Cost consciousness among physicians in the neonatal intensive care unit. J Perinatol. 2016 11; 36(11):1014-1020.. View in PubMed