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

  • Dose-dependent hemodynamic and metabolic effects of vasoactive medications in normotensive, anesthetized neonatal piglets. Pediatr Res. 2011 Nov; 70(5):473-9.. View in PubMed
  • The use of mobile robotic telemedicine technology in the neonatal intensive care unit. J Perinatol. 2012 Jan; 32(1):55-63.. View in PubMed
  • A meta-analysis of dopamine use in hypotensive preterm infants: blood pressure and cerebral hemodynamics. J Perinatol. 2011 Oct; 31(10):647-55.. View in PubMed
  • Sensorineural hearing loss at 9-13 years of age in children with a history of neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2011 Mar; 96(2):F128-32.. View in PubMed
  • Should patients be screened for 12S rRNA mutations before treatment with aminoglycosides? Mitochondrion. 2010 Jun; 10(4):391-2. Boles RG, Friedlich P . View in PubMed
  • Recovery of multipotent progenitors from the peripheral blood of patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Feb 01; 181(3):226-37.. View in PubMed
  • Outcome analysis of neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia treated with venovenous vs venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Sep; 44(9):1691-701.. View in PubMed
  • Hydrocortisone for hypotension and vasopressor dependence in preterm neonates: a meta-analysis. J Perinatol. 2010 Jun; 30(6):373-8.. View in PubMed
  • Effects of low oxygen saturation limits on the ductus arteriosus in extremely low birth weight infants. J Perinatol. 2009 Aug; 29(8):553-7.. View in PubMed
  • Failure of ductus arteriosus closure is associated with increased mortality in preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2009 Jan; 123(1):e138-44.. View in PubMed