Dr. Alexander M Friedman MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Maternal & Fetal Medicine
101 Dudley St Providence RI, 02905About
Dr. Alexander Friedman is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Providence, RI. Dr. Friedman specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Friedman can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Friedman can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Education and Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2005
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pyelonephritis during pregnancy as a marker for quality of prenatal care.
- Performance of lecithin-sphingomyelin ratio as a reflex test for documenting fetal lung maturity in late preterm and term fetuses.
- First-trimester pyelonephritis is associated with later initiation of prenatal
- Ectopic pregnancy after hysterectomy: a case report.
- Epidemiology of moderate preterm, late preterm and early term delivery.
- Underuse of postcesarean thromboembolism prophylaxis.
- Late pregnancy use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors is associated with increased risk of postpartum haemorrhage.
- Transabdominal ultrasonography as a screening test for second-trimester placenta
- First trimester dating by fetal heart rate assessment: a comparison with crown-rump length measurement.
- Ischemic placental disease and risks of perinatal mortality and morbidity and neurodevelopmental outcomes.
- Prediction and prevention of ischemic placental disease.
- Patterns of use and predictors of receipt of antibiotics in women undergoing cesarean delivery.
- Ischemic heart disease in pregnancy.
- Thromboembolism incidence and prophylaxis during vaginal delivery hospitalizations.
- Variation in and factors associated with use of episiotomy.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Endometriosis
- Gestational Diabetes
- Fibroids
- Pregnancy
- High Blood Pressure (hypertension)
- Pain
Professional Memberships
- Member American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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