Alan D. Friedman

Dr. Alan D. Friedman

Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
1800 Orleans Street, Bloomberg 11N, Bloomberg 11N, 
Baltimore, MD 

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
1800 Orleans Street, Bloomberg 11N, Bloomberg 11N, 
Baltimore, MD 
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Overview

Dr. Friedman is the King Fahd Professor of Oncology and Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. He received his M.D. from the Harvard Medical School (1983), did his pediatric internship and residency at Boston Children's Hospital (1983-86), and completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at Johns Hopkins (1986-89). As a fellow, he did post-doctoral research at the Carnegie Institution Department of Embryology located on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus. Dr. Friedman has served on the Pediatric Oncology faculty at Johns Hopkins since 1989. His laboratory focuses on investigation of normal and abnormal blood-cell formation. Dr. Friedman also cares for children with cancer, specializing in the treatment of leukemia.

Dr. Friedman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP). His top areas of expertise are Leukemia, Glioma, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), and Neuroblastoma.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 33 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Residency
Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatrics, 1986
Specialties
Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Licenses
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology in MD
Board Certifications
American Board Of Pediatrics
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 1989
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Children's Center
1800 Orleans Street, Bloomberg 11N, Bloomberg 11N, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 410-955-8751

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Friedman has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


3 Clinical Trials

Pediatric Hepatic Malignancy International Therapeutic Trial (PHITT)
Pediatric Hepatic Malignancy International Therapeutic Trial (PHITT)
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: September 02, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug, Other, Procedure
Study Drugs: Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Doxorubicin, Etoposide, Fluorouracil, Gemcitabine, Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin, Sorafenib, Vincristine Sulfate
Study Phase: Phase 3
Stopping Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI) to Assess Treatment-Free Remission (TFR) in Pediatric Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Chronic Phase (CML-CP)
Stopping Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI) to Assess Treatment-Free Remission (TFR) in Pediatric Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Chronic Phase (CML-CP)
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: August 12, 2025
Intervention Type: Other, Procedure, Drug
Study Drug: Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor
Study Phase: Phase 2
Renal Tumors Classification, Biology, and Banking Study
Renal Tumors Classification, Biology, and Banking Study
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: March 25, 2025
Intervention Type: Other
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33 Total Publications

PSMA antibody, humanized PSMA.CAR10.3, or Cetuximab increases prostate cancer localization of NF-κB p50-deficient immature myeloid cells (p50-IMC) and phagocytosis by their macrophage progeny.
PSMA antibody, humanized PSMA.CAR10.3, or Cetuximab increases prostate cancer localization of NF-κB p50-deficient immature myeloid cells (p50-IMC) and phagocytosis by their macrophage progeny.
Journal: Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII
Published: January 30, 2024
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