Rick A. Friedman, M.D., PhD

M.D., PhD University of California San Diego
Residency in Otolaryngology, University of California San Diego
Clinical Fellowship in Neurotology/Skull Base Surgery, House Clinic, Inc.
M.D., PhD University of California San Diego
Residency in Otolaryngology, University of California San Diego
Clinical Fellowship in Neurotology/Skull Base Surgery, House Clinic, Inc.

CURRENT EFFORTS

Chief of Skull Base Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Associate Professor, USC Keck School of Medicine

• Microsurgery for acoustic neuroma &
• Gamma Knife radiosurgery
• Surgery for otosclerosis, cholesteatoma and Meniere’s disease
• Genetics of complex hearing disorders

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Slattery WH 3rd, Fisher LM, Hitselberger W, Friedman RA, Brackmann DE. Hearing preservation surgery for neurofibromatosis Type 2-related vestibular schwannoma in pediatric patients. In: J Neurosurg. 2007 Apr;106(4 Suppl):255-60

Kutz JW Jr, Friedman RA. Congenital middle ear cholesteatoma. In: Ear Nose Throat J. 2007 Nov;86(11):654.

Li XC, Friedman RA. Hereditary Hearing Loss. In: The Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. In press 2004.

Friedman RA, House JW. Facial Nerve Functional Assessment: The Development of a Facial Nerve Grading Scale. In: Update on Facial Nerve Disorders, ed., Shelton C, AAO-HNSF, Inc., Alexandria VA, 2001.

Li, XC, Friedman RA. Recent Advances in Hereditary Hearing Loss. In: Advances in Otolaryngology. Myers, E. ed., in press 2004.

Friedman RA, Kesser BW. Surgery of Ventilation and Mucosal Disease. In: Otologic Surgery, 2nd edition, eds. Brackmann DE, Shelton C and Arriaga M, WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 2001.

Friedman RA, Brackmann DE. Jugulotympanic Paragangliomas. In: Tumors of the Ear and Temporal Bone.

Friedman RA, Brackmann DE, van Loveren HR, Hitselberger WE.: Management of the contracted mastoid in translabyrinthine acoustic tumor removal. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1997;123:342-344.

Friedman RA, Pensak ML, Tauber M, Tew JM, Jr., van Loveren HR. Anterior petrosectomy approach to infraclinoidal basilar artery aneurysms. Laryngoscope. 1997;107:977-983. Pensak ML, Friedman RA. The fallopian bridge technique in chronic ear surgery. Laryngoscope. 1997;107:1451-1456.

Sanford LP, Ormsby I, Gittenberger-deGroot A, Friedman RA, Sariola H, Boyvin G, Cardell ELS, and Doetschman, T. Transforming growth factor ß2: Essential for multiple epithelial mesenchymal interactions in mouse development. Development. 1997;124:2659-2670.

Friedman RA, Pensak ML, Osterhus DR, Tew JM, Jr., van Loveren HR. Trigeminal schwannomas: the role of the neurotologist in their multi-disciplinary management.Otol Head Neck Surg. 1999;120:355-360.

Pensak, ML., Friedman RA. The role of endolymphatic mastoid shunt surgery in the managed care era. American Journal of Otology. 1998;19:337-340.

Kozel, PJ, Friedman RA, Erway LC, Yamoah EN, Liu LH, Riddle T, Duffy JJ, Doetschman T, Miller ML, Cardell EL, Shull GE. Balance and hearing deficits in mice with a null mutation in the gene encoding plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase isoform 2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1998:273;18693-18696.

Friedman RA, Brackmann DE, Mills D. Auditory-nerve Integrity After Middle-Fossa Acoustic-tumor Removal. Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, 1998;119 Number 6:588-592.

Brackmann DE, Owens R, Friedman RA, et al. Prognostic factors for hearing preservation utilizing the middle cranial fossa approach to acoustic tumor removal. (submitted for publication).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Listed in Who's Who of America for his contributions to his field.
  
• Member of the Scientific Review Committee of the Deafness Research Foundation

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