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Barry Freedman, MD, Nephrology, Winston Salem, NC, Atrium Wake Forest Baptist

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Nephrology Winston Salem, NC

John H. Felts, III Professor; Chief, Section on Nephrology; Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Education & Training

  • Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Wake Forest University School of MedicineFellowship, Nephrology, 1987 - 1989
  • Eastern Virginia Medical School
    Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
  • State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
    State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1989 - Present
  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 1987 - 2024
  • SC State Medical License
    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

Journal Articles

  • PTH, FGF23, and Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Chronic Kidney Disease Participants in SPRINT  
    Udayan 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 CKD  
    Barry 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 Diabetes  
    B 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 IgAN
    The Changing Treatment Paradigm for IgANMay 12th, 2023
  • Some Doctors Want to Change How Race Is Used in Medicine
    Some Doctors Want to Change How Race Is Used in MedicineJune 10th, 2022
  • What a Gene and Its Risks Could Mean for Kidney Transplants
    What a Gene and Its Risks Could Mean for Kidney TransplantsMay 17th, 2022
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Grant Support

  • 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
  • Natural History Of Myh9-Associated NephropathyNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2009–2011
  • Subclinical CVD In African American Type 2 DiabeticsNational Center For Research Resources2008–2010
  • Subclinical CVD In African American Type 2 DiabeticsNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2007–2010
  • Genetics Of African American Type 2 Diabetes High Blood PressureNational Center For Research Resources2009
  • Genetic Analysis Of African American Hypertensive End-Stage Renal DiseaseNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2006–2009
  • Genetics Of African American Type 2 DiabetesNational Center For Research Resources2008
  • Continuation Of The FIND StudyNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2005–2006
  • Renal Failure Genes In The Southeastern USNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1999–2004
  • Genetic Analysis Of Human Hypertensive ESRDNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1999–2001
  • Genetic Analysis Of Human Hypertensive ESRDNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1997–1998

Hospital Affiliations