Dr. Friedman’s research has focused on angle closure glaucoma, ophthalmic epidemiology, and glaucoma therapy with an emphasis on medication adherence among glaucoma patients.  Dr. Friedman has published nearly 300 peer-reviewed articles.  He currently leads a CDC-funded program to identify novel approaches to screen underserved populations for eye diseases, especially glaucoma.

Dr. Friedman is world renowned for his contributions to the study of the mechanisms, epidemiology, and prevention of angle-closure glaucoma.  Over the last 20 years he has worked closely with researchers in Singapore, Guangzhou, Beijing, and south India on this research.  He identified novel dynamic risk factors for angle closure.  This work formed the foundation for two seminal studies of angle closure glaucoma treatment including the EAGLE Trial and the Zhongshan Angle Closure Prevention (ZAP) Study, both of which were published in Lancet.  Dr. Friedman is a member of the Glaucoma Research Society (limited to the 100 leading glaucoma researchers) and the Alcon Research Institute (composed of the top 6 researchers in ophthalmology each year).

Education

1985: BA, East Asian Studies, Yale University (summa cum laude)

1992: MD, Harvard Medical School

1997: MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (delta omega alpha)

2007: PhD, Johns Hopkins University Department of Epidemiology

Postgraduate Training

1993: Internship, Internal Medicine, New England Deaconess Hospital

1996: Residency, Ophthalmology, Wills Eye Hospital

1999: Fellowship, Glaucoma, John Hopkins University School of Medicine

Academic Appointments

2020: Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

2019: Member of the Faculty of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

2008-2019: Alfred Sommer Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

2008-2019: Professor, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2011-2019: Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Professional Societies

Glaucoma Research Society

Alcon Research Institute

American Academy of Ophthalmology

American Glaucoma Society

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Pennsylvania Ophthalmology Society (1993-1996)

Honors

2006: Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology

2003-2005: Douglas Jahnigen Award, American Geriatrics Society

2000: Robert E. McCormick Award, Research to Prevent Blindness

1986: Alpha Omega Delta, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health

1996-2001: Mentored Clinical Scientist Training Grant Recipient, National Institutes of Health

1992: Roy O. Scholz Award, Johns Hopkins University

1990: Paul Dudley White Scholarship, Harvard Medical School

1987: Study Abroad Scholarship Taiwan, Stanford University

1987: Fulbright Scholarship Finalist, Fulbright U.S. Student Program