Dr. Joseph S Friedberg MD
Surgeon
39th & Market St Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Joseph Friedberg is a general surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Friedberg specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Friedberg provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1986
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pathological response to preoperative chemoradiation worsens with anemia in non-small cell lung cancer patients.
- Innovative therapies: photodynamic therapy.
- Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus.
- Peritoneal perfusion with oxygenated perfluorocarbon augments systemic oxygenation.
- Epigenetic modulation of endogenous tumor suppressor expression in lung cancer xenografts suppresses tumorigenicity.
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic resection of noninvasive thymomas using one-lung ventilation in two dogs.
- Photodynamic therapy as an innovative treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma.
- Postsurgical atypical F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography uptake.
- Pleural malignancies.
- Photodynamic therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma: the future of treatment?
- Disorders of the pleural space: gas, liquid, and solid.
- Photodynamic therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma.
- Radical pleurectomy and photodynamic therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma.
- The state of the art in the technical performance of lung-sparing operations for malignant pleural mesothelioma.
- An IR Navigation System for Pleural PDT.
Awards
- 2012 Philadelphia Super Doctors
- 2005 Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine 's Top Docs issue from t
- 2008, 2008, 2008, 2008 Recognized by America's Top Doctors2007
- 2009 Recognized as America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- 2011-2014 Recognized by Best Doctors in America2009-2010
Treatments
- Lung Surgery, Lung Tumor, Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (lvrs) And More
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