Dr. Friedman trained in Nephrology at Peter Bent Brigham with Dr. John Merrill. In 1963 he opened the dialysis facility at Downstate Medical Center as part of the early government-funded demonstration project. He has cared for nephrology patients in Brooklyn while traveling around the world lecturing about the care of kidney patients. Slices and Tastings from this interview highlight Dr. Friedman's friendship with Dr. Kolff and Dr. Merrill, his observation of early dialysis care and his vision for advances in kindey care in the future. At the time of this interview Dr. Friedman continued to work as a distinguished teaching professor of medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
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DWM: Terrific, it is January 21, 2008, and today I am talking to Dr. Eli Friedman. We are conducting this interview over dinner in Manhattan. Dr. Friedman was born in Brooklyn, New York in April of 1933. He grew up in Brooklyn and attended Brooklyn College for his undergraduate education. He also attended medical school at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, and of note, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, is the oldest, hospital-based medical school in the United States. After graduating from medical school in Brooklyn, Dr. Friedman traveled to Boston for internship, residency and fellowship training at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Dr. Friedman started the first federally funded dialysis facility at Downstate Medical Center in 1963. He has been involved in a number of nephrology-related organizations and has served as the president of both the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs, and the International Society of Artificial Internal Organs. He has been involved in the American Association of Kidney Patients since the organization began, and received the AAKP medal of excellence award in 1963. Dr. Friedman has published and lectured extensively about nephrology issues including treatment, modalities and diabetes care, while continuing to practice medicine at Downstate Medical Center. He is currently a distinguished teaching professor of medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, and I thank you for being here tonight...
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Slices: A Kiss for Merrill 3 min. 22 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Willem Kolff 6 min. 54 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. A Prior Terrible Time 5 min. 42 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Kolff and Friedman - Pioneers Meeting 2 min. 12 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Acute to Chronic Dialysis: Changing the World 4 min. 39 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Early Dialysis at Downstate 5 min. 24 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. PD 5 min. 28 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Tastings: From Brooklyn to Boston
1 min. 47 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Why We Do What We Do 2 min. 25 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Being Innovative 1 min. 1 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. "I'm seeing people alive who should be dead." 3 min. 10 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. John Merrill 1 min. 43 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. The Future of Dialysis 1 min. 42 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Probiotic 1 min. 53 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. ASAIO 2 min. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Kolff & Friedman 2 min. 28 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Scribner Shunt 42 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. The Drive To Excel 1 min. 45 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. People Who Change The World 2 min. 59 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. | ||
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