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 effects of therapeutic hypothermia on cerebral metabolism in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: An in vivo 1H-MR spectroscopy study. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2016 06; 36(6):1075-86.. View in PubMed
  • “Tele-rounding” with a remotely controlled mobile robot in the neonatal intensive care unit. J Telemed Telecare. 2016 Mar; 22(2):132-8.. View in PubMed
  • Sexual Dimorphism in Newborn Vertebrae and Its Potential Implications. J Pediatr. 2015 Aug; 167(2):416-21.. View in PubMed
  • Changes in mean arterial blood pressure during sildenafil use in neonates with meconium aspiration syndrome or sepsis. Am J Ther. 2015 Mar-Apr; 22(2):125-31.. View in PubMed
  • Complication risks associated with lower versus upper extremity peripherally inserted central venous catheters in neonates with gastroschisis. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Apr; 50(4):556-8.. View in PubMed
  • Acetazolamide for the management of chronic metabolic alkalosis in neonates and infants. Am J Ther. 2014 Nov-Dec; 21(6):477-81.. View in PubMed
  • Brain temperature in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy during therapeutic hypothermia. J Pediatr. 2014 Dec; 165(6):1129-34.. View in PubMed
  • Maintenance of whole-body therapeutic hypothermia during patient transport and magnetic resonance imaging. Pediatr Radiol. 2014 May; 44(5):613-7.. View in PubMed
  • Antithrombin III administration in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia during the first three days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Pediatr Surg. 2013 Sep; 48(9):1837-42.. View in PubMed
  • Novel FOXF1 mutations in sporadic and familial cases of alveolar capillary dysplasia with misaligned pulmonary veins imply a role for its DNA binding domain. Hum Mutat. 2013 Jun; 34(6):801-11.. View in PubMed