Andrew Freedman, MD

Vice Chairman of Pediatric Surgical Services, Surgery

Director, Pediatric Urology, Urology
Email:andrew.freedman@cshs.org
Phone:310-423-4700

Awards and Activities

Certificate of Added Qualification in Pediatric Urology, American Board of Urology2008
American Urological Association1992
American Academy of Pediatric2000
Society for Fetal Urology2001
Society for Pediatric Urology2001

Research Focus

Prenatal evaluation and treatment of obstructive uropathy
Urinary tract reconstruction in children with neurogenic incontinence
Minimally invasive techniques in pediatric urology

Research Contributions

Provided formalized evaluation of near and long term outcomes of fetal intervention for obstructive uropathy. Evaluated pre-intervention prognostic measures.

Current investigations include:

Evaluating reconstructive surgical techniques for children with neurogenic incontinence

Selected Publications

  1. Freedman AL, : Urologic diseases in North America Project: trends in resource utilization for urinary tract infections in children. J. Urol., 173(3): 949-54, 2005
  2. Freedman AL, Johnson MP, Gonzalez R: Fetal therapy for obstructive uropathy: past, present.future?. Pediatr. Nephrol., 14(2): 167-76, 2000
  3. Freedman AL, Johnson MP, Smith CA, Gonzalez R, Evans MI: Long-term outcome in children after antenatal intervention for obstructive uropathies. Lancet, 354(9176): 374-7, 1999
  4. Johnson MP, Freedman AL: Fetal uropathy. Curr. Opin. Obstet. Gynecol., 11(2): 185-94, 1999
  5. Freedman AL, Qureshi F, Shapiro E, Lepor H, Jacques SM, Evans MI, Smith CA, Gonzalez R, Johnson MP: Smooth muscle development in the obstructed fetal bladder. Urology, 49(1): 104-7, 1997
  6. Freedman AL, Bukowski TP, Smith CA, Evans MI, Berry SM, Gonzalez R, Johnson MP: Use of urinary beta-2-microglobulin to predict severe renal damage in fetal obstructive uropathy. Fetal. Diagn. Ther., 12(1): 1-6, 1997
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