Barry Freedman (Wake Forest University School of Medicine)

Education:

BS (Biology) - Brooklyn College CUNY; Brooklyn, New York

MD - Downstate Medical Center SUNY; Brooklyn, New York

Medicine Residency - Eastern Virginia Graduate Sch of Med; Norfolk, Virginia

Nephrology Fellowship - Wake Forest Univ Sch of Med; Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Professor - Wake Forest Univ Sch of Med; Winston-Salem, North Carolina

APOL1-mediated kidney disease

Inherited aspects of kidney and cardiovascular disease

Apolipoprotein L1 gene variants in deceased organ donors are associated with renal allograft failure. Freedman BI, Julian BA, Pastan SO, Israni AK, Schladt D, Gautreaux MD, Hauptfeld V, Bray RA, Gebel HM, Kirk AD, Gaston RS, Rogers J, Farney AC, Orlando G, Stratta RJ, Mohan S, Ma L, Langefeld CD, Hicks PJ, Palmer ND, Adams PL, Palanisamy A, Reeves-Daniel AM, Divers J. Am J Transplant. 2015 Jun;15(6):1615-22.

Association of trypanolytic ApoL1 variants with kidney disease in African Americans. Genovese G, Friedman DJ, Ross MD, Lecordier L, Uzureau P, Freedman BI, Bowden DW, Langefeld CD, Oleksyk TK, Uscinski Knob AL, Bernhardy AJ, Hicks PJ, Nelson GW, Vanhollebeke B, Winkler CA, Kopp JB, Pays E, Pollak MR. Science. 2010 Aug 13;329(5993):841-5.

APOL1 at 10 years: progress and next steps. Freedman BI, Kopp JB, Sampson MG, Susztak K. Kidney Int. 2021 Jun;99(6):1296-1302.

Diagnosis, Education, and Care of Patients with APOL1-Associated Nephropathy: A Delphi Consensus and Systematic Review. Freedman BI, Burke W, Divers J, Eberhard L, Gadegbeku CA, Gbadegesin R, Hall ME, Jones-Smith T, Knight R, B Kopp JB, Kovesdy CP, Norris KC, Olabisi OA, Roberts GV, Sedor JR, Blacksher E. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Jul;32(7):1765-1778.

ICD-10 codes for APOL1-mediated kidney disease. Freedman BI, Gillespie BS, Egbuna OI. Kidney Int. 2026 Feb;109(2):238-241.