Department of Ophthalmology

Alan H. Friedman, M.D.

Alan H. Friedman, M.D.

Dr. Friedman is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. His major clinical interests are Uveitis and Ocular Tumors. Uveitis involves the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory diseases of the interior of the eye. He has published a textbook on the subject. He is the author of nearly 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

  • B.A., Cornell University, 1959
  • M.D., New York University, 1963
  • Medical Intern, Bellevue Hospital, 1963-1964
  • U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1964-1966
  • Resident in Ophthalmology, New York University Medical Center, 1966-1969
  • Fellow in Ophthalmic Pathology, New York University Medical Center, 1969-1970
  • Fellow in Morbid Anatomy (Pathology), Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, 1972
  • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1970-1977
  • Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1977-present

Memberships

  • American Ophthalmological Society
  • Fellow, International Uveitis Study Group
  • Member, American Uveitis Society
  • Editor and co-author: Intraocular Tumors and Uveitis, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1978-1988
  • Member, Verhoeff Society (Ophthalmic Pathology)
  • Member, Eastern (Zimmerman) Ophthalmic Pathology Society
  • Member, American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists (President, 1992-1994)
  • Fellow, Royal College of Ophthalmologists (United Kingdom)

Honors

  • American Ophthalmological Society Herman Krieger Goldberg Lecture, Baltimore, MD, 1988
  • Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1980
  • Senior Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1991

Publications

  • Author or coauthor of more than 170 papers, chapters, and two textbooks

Alan Friedman, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology
Department of Ophthalmology
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
One Gustave L. Levy Place
Box 1183
New York, NY 10029

Tel: (212) 794-2277
E-mail: alan.friedman@mssm.edu