Dr. Neil S. Freedman, MD

Years In Practice

14

Gender

Male

Field of Medicine

• Pulmonology

Specialty

• Critical Care Medicine
• Pulmonology
• Sleep Medicine

Clinical Interests

• Asthma
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• General Pulmonary
• Interstitial Lung Disease
• Sleep Apnea Evaluation And Treatment
• Sleep Disorders Evaluation And Treatment

Practice Information

Name

Pulmonary Physicians of the North Shore

Education and Training

Medical School

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, N.Y.

Internship

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: Internal Medicine

Residency

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: Internal Medicine

Fellowship

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

1995 - 1998

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Fellowships in Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

1993 - 1995

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Residency in Internal Medicine

1992 - 1993

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Intership in Internal Medicine

1988 - 1992

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1984 - 1988

Washington and Jefferson College

Board Certifications

• Internal Medicine
  Pulmonary
  Critical Care
  Sleep Medicine, ABSM and ABIM

Hospital Affiliations

• Lake Forest Hospital
  Highland Park Hospital (Northshore University Healthcare System)
  Skokie Hospital (Northshore University Healthcare System)

Professional Experience

1999 - Current

Lake Forest Hospital

1999 - Current

Highland Park Hospital

1999 - Current

Skokie Hospital

1998 - 1999

Assistant Professor of Medcine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Professional Honors

• American College of Chest Physicians, Chairman Annual Sleep Medicine Course 2010
  
  American College of Chest Physicians, Co-Chairman Sleep Medicine Board Review Course 2009
  
  American College of Chest Physicians, Chairman Annual Sleep Medicine Course 2009
  
  Amcerican College of Chest Physicians, Sleep Institute Steering Committee
  
  President of the Medical Staff, Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL

Professional Societies and Committees

Memberships

• American College of Chest Physicians
  
  American Academy of Sleep Medicine
  
  American Thoracic Society

Selected Publications

• Freedman, N. Quatifying sleepiness: Tests of Daytime somnolence. UpToDate. 2009
  
  Phillips, B., Freedman, N., and Stangel, J. Who is taking the ABSM sleep medicine boards and why. ACCP Chest Physician. October 2009
  
  Freedman, N. Determinants and measurements of daytime sleepiness. Primary Care Sleep Medicine. Edited by Pagel, JF and Pandi-Perumal, SR. Pages 61-82. Humana Press. Totowa, NJ. 2007
  
  Freedman, N. Positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnea. Primary Care Sleep Medicine. Edited by Pagel, JF and Pandi-Perumal, SR. Pages 131-46. Humana Press. Totowa, NJ. 2007
  
  Freedman, N. Overview of the treatment of obesity. Primary Care Sleep Medicine. Edited by Pagel, JF and Pandi-Perumal, SR. Pages 161-70. Humana Press. Totowa, NJ. 2007
  
  Hartenbaum, N, Collop, N, Rosen, I, Phillips, B, George, C, Rowley, J, Freedman, N, Weaver, T, Gurubhagavatula, I, Strohl, K, Leaman, H, and Moffitt, G. Sleep Apnea and Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators: Statement From the Joint Task Force of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the National Sleep Foundation
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2006
  
  Freedman, NS., Gazendam, J, LeVan, L, Schwab, RJ. Abnormalities of Sleep and the Effect of Environmental Noise on Sleep Disruption in the Intensive Care Unit. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2000. Vol. 163, 2001.451-57
  
  Freedman, NS, Kotzer, N., Schwab, RJ. Patient perception of sleep quality and etiologies of sleep disruption in the Intensive Care Unit. Am J Resp Crit Care Med. Vol. 159, 1999. 1155-62.