Barry Ira Freedman MD FACP
John H. Felts, III Professor; Chief, Section on Nephrology; Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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S Hawthorne RdWinston-Salem, NC 27157
Phone+1 336-716-2255
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Education & Training
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 1987 - 1989
Old Dominion UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1984
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 1989 - Present
NC State Medical License 1987 - 2026
SC State Medical License 1991 - 1992
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Clinical Trials
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Real-World Associations of KidneyIntelX Risk Stratification With Guideline-Directed Therapy, Kidney Outcomes, and Metabolic Trajectories in Early Diabetic Kidney Disease.David Lam, Barry I Freedman, Joji Tokita, Fergus Fleming, Mayte Suarez-Farinas
Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. 2026-09-01 - Apolipoprotein L1 Gene Genotype and Kidney Outcomes After Living Kidney Donation.Chi-Yuan Hsu, Ying Gao, Barry I Freedman, Mitchell R Lunn, Anthony N Muiru
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2026-08-01 - Colocalization of eQTLs With Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Traits Using Whole-Genome Sequences in Diverse Populations From the NHLBI Trans-Omics in Precision Medicine (...Ningyuan Wang, Daniel A DiCorpo, Yixin Zhang, Erica Kleinbrink, Donna K Arnett
Diabetes. 2026-08-01
Journal Articles
- PTH, FGF23, and Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Chronic Kidney Disease Participants in SPRINTUdayan Y Bhatt, Clinton B Wright, Vasilios Papademetriou, Joachim H Ix, Michael G Shlipak, Alfred K Cheung, Mark J Sarnak, Jing Chen, Charles Ginsberg, Glenn M Chertow..., Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
- APOL1-Associated Nephropathy: A Key Contributor to Racial Disparities in CKDBarry I Freedman, Jeffrey B Kopp, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
- Volumetric Bone Mineral Density of the Spine Predicts Mortality in African-American Men with Type 2 DiabetesB I Freedman, S C Smith, L Lenchik, Osteoporosis international
Authored Content
- APOL1-Associated Nephropathy: A Key Contributor to Racial Disparities in CKDOctober 2018
Press Mentions
The Changing Treatment Paradigm for IgANMay 12th, 2023- Some Doctors Want to Change How Race Is Used in MedicineJune 10th, 2022
- What a Gene and Its Risks Could Mean for Kidney TransplantsMay 17th, 2022
Grant Support
- Trans-omics Analysis of African American Deceased Donor Kidneys for Transplant Outcomes.WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2024–2028
- 13/14 APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) Clinical CenterWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2017–2028
- 14/14 APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) Scientific Data Research CenterWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2017–2028
- Cerebrovascular Disease And Cognitive Performance In African AmericansNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2011–2012
- An Integrative Genomic Approach To Apol1-Associated Nephropathy.National Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2011–2012
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