Overview
K. Bailey Freund, MD specializes in diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with all retinal disorders including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinal vascular and inflammatory diseases and is an expert in difficult-to-diagnose and rare conditions. He has been at the forefront of pivotal national clinical trials as a principal investigator for treatments for retinal diseases, providing his patients access to the latest solutions and remedies utilizing the most state of the art diagnostic equipment.
Dr. Freund is internationally recognized in his field and is a member of the Retina Society, Macula Society, and the American Society of Retina Specialists. He is on the Editorial Board of the journal Retina and is an Associate Editor for Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. He has authored over 250 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and has written numerous book chapters. He has received numerous awards including the prestigious Young Investigator Award from the Macula Society.
He is a graduate of Williams College and the New York University School of Medicine and completed his residency training in general ophthalmology and fellowship in medical and surgical retina at the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital. Dr. Freund was born and raised in Manhattan and continues to reside here with his wife and his two children. Dr. Freund enjoys playing the guitar and is a prominent collector of vintage magic apparatus.
Dr. Freund is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Central Serous Chorioretinopathy, Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), and Choroid Plexus Carcinoma.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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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.
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Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Central Serous ChorioretinopathyDr. Freund isDistinguished. Learn about Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.
- Advanced
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
- Late-Onset Retinal DegenerationDr. Freund isAdvanced. Learn about Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration.
- Experienced
- Adult-Onset Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy (AVMD)
- ChalazionDr. Freund isExperienced. Learn about Chalazion.
- Choroid Plexus CarcinomaDr. Freund isExperienced. Learn about Choroid Plexus Carcinoma.
- Cone DystrophyDr. Freund isExperienced. Learn about Cone Dystrophy.
- Cone Rod Dystrophy Amelogenesis Imperfecta
- Cone-Rod DystrophyDr. Freund isExperienced. Learn about Cone-Rod Dystrophy.

