Dr. Rick A Friedman MD, PHD
Ear-Nose and Throat Doctor (ENT) | Otology & Neurotology
2100 W 3rd St Suite 111 House Ear Los Angeles CA, 90057About
Dr. Rick Friedman is an ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor, also known as an otolaryngologist, practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Friedman specializes in diseases and disorders of the ear, nose and throat as well as other parts of the head and neck. Such structures an ENT may work on include the sinuses, larynx (voice box) and mouth in addition to the ear, nose and throat. There are seven areas of expertise that an ENT might specialize in, and these are: allergies; facial reconstructive surgery; head and neck; laryngology; otology/neurotology; pediatric otolaryngology; and rhinology.
Education and Training
UC San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA Medical Degree
UC San Diego, San Diego, CA Other Degree
House Ear Clinic, Los Angeles, CA Other Degree
Neurotologist Medical Degree
Professor of Surgery Medical Degree
Board Certification
OtolaryngologyAmerican Board of OtolaryngologyABOto
OtolaryngologyAmerican Board of OtolaryngologyABOto- Neurotology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Nonsyndromic hereditary hearing loss.
- Biochemical characterization of the mitochondrial tRNASer(UCN) T7511C mutation associated with nonsyndromic deafness.
- A comparative study of Eya1 and Eya4 protein function and its implication in branchio-oto-renal syndrome and DFNA10.
- Eya1 acts upstream of Tbx1, Neurogenin 1, NeuroD and the neurotrophins BDNF and NT-3 during inner ear development.
- Intratympanic steroid injection for treatment of idiopathic sudden hearing loss.
- Identification of two major loci that suppress hearing loss and cochlear dysmorphogenesis in Eya1bor/bor mice.
- Genetics of hearing loss: Allelism and modifier genes produce a phenotypic continuum.
- Controversies in building a management algorithm for vestibular schwannomas.
- Surgical management of skull base chondroblastoma.
- Effect of ciprodex on graft healing in tympanoplasty.
- Correction of progressive hearing loss in superior canal dehiscence syndrome.
- Congenital middle ear cholesteatoma.
- Acute suppurative otitis media.
- Mapping of genetic modifiers of Eya1 ( bor/bor ) in CAST/EiJ and BALB/cJ that suppress cochlear aplasia and associated deafness.
- Amino acid 572 in TMC1: hot spot or critical functional residue for dominant mutations causing hearing impairment.
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