Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Medical Education

Education

• BA, Northwestern University, 2004
• MS, Drexel University College of Medicine , 2006
• MD, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences , 2011

Training

• Resident in Pediatrics, Saint Louis University School of Medicine , 2012 - 2015
• Neonatology Fellow, The Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 2015 - 2018

Licensure and Board Certification

• Provider, Neonatal Resuscitation Program , 2012
• Provider, Pediatric Advanced Life Support , 2012
• American Board of Pediatrics , 2016
• Master Trainer, Helping Babies Breathe , 2017
• Instructor, Neonatal Resuscitation Program , 2017
• MO, Missouri Medical License , 2018
• IL, Illinois Medical License , 2018

Honors

• Dean's List, Northwestern University, 2004
• Barbara E. Clarke Health Services Fellowship Grant, 2009
• Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2010 - Pres
• Best Resident Teacher Award, 2014
• Exceptional Neonatology Resident Award, 2015
• Cohen Exemplary Physician in Residency Award, 2015
• Salonstall Foundation Research Travel Award, 2017

Recent Publications view all (4)

1. Biobaku, F, Babata, K, Friedman, H, Goddard, A, Yen, E. A Term Newborn with Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Severe Fetal Brain Anomalies NeoReviews. 2018;19(10). 
2. Friedman H, Parkinson G, Tighiouart H, Parkinson C, Tybor D, Terrin N, Lester B, Harvey-Wilkes K, Davis JM. Pharmacologic treatment of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome in community hospitals compared to academic medical centers. J Perinatol. 2018. PMID:30237476 
3. Pommert L, Friedman H, Wathen D, Saini S. Case 3: Acute Jaundice in a 16-year-old Boy. Pediatr Rev. 2016;37(12):542-545. PMID:27909110 
4. Mavers M, Blaufuss T, Friedman H, Becker B, Jain A. Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Pediatric Patient with Herpes Simplex Virus Esophagitis: A Cause or Consequence? Open J Clin Med Case Rep . 6(1):1036.