Deborah Friedman, M.D.
Professor

Medical School

Tulane University Medical School (1983)

Internship

Good Samaritan Hospital (1984), Internal Medicine

Residency

Baylor College of Medicine (1987), Neurology

Fellowship

UCLA/Doheny Eye Institute (1989), Neuro-ophthalmology

Other Post Graduate Training

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (2008), Public Health

• Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri)
• Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
• Migraine Therapy

Featured Publications

Revised diagnostic criteria for the pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in adults and children.

De Simone R, Ranieri A, Montella S, Friedman DI, Liu GT, Digre KB Neurology 2014 Mar 82 11 1011-2

Pseudotumor Cerebri Pathophysiology.

McGeeney BE, Friedman DI Headache 2014 Jan

Effect of Patient Positioning on Cerebrospinal Fluid Opening Pressure.

Abel AS, Brace JR, McKinney AM, Friedman DI, Smith SD, Westesson PL, Nascene D, Ott F, Lee MS J Neuroophthalmol 2013 Nov

Tadpole pupil.

Friedman DI, Kawasaki A Neurology 2013 Nov 81 19 1724

Unanswered Questions in Headache: So What Is Photophobia, Anyway?

Friedman DI Headache 2013 Oct

Headache medicine meets neuro-ophthalmology: exam techniques and challenging cases.

Friedman DI, Digre KB Headache 2013 Apr 53 4 703-16

Expert Consensus Recommendations for the Performance of Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Headaches - A Narrative Review.

Blumenfeld A, Ashkenazi A, Napchan U, Bender SD, Klein BC, Berliner R, Ailani J, Schim J, Friedman DI, Charleston L, Young WB, Robertson CE, Dodick DW, Silberstein SD, Robbins MS Headache 2013 Feb

Lemierre syndrome causing bilateral cavernous sinus thrombosis.

Miller B, Khalifa Y, Feldon SE, Friedman DI J Neuroophthalmol 2012 Dec 32 4 341-4

Characteristics of migraine visual aura in Southern Brazil and Northern USA.

Queiroz LP, Friedman DI, Rapoport AM, Purdy RA Cephalalgia 2011 Dec 31 16 1652-8

Stenting of the transverse sinuses in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Ahmed R, Friedman DI, Halmagyi GM J Neuroophthalmol 2011 Dec 31 4 374-80

 Featured Books

Trauma, Drugs and Toxins. In Ophthalmology

Friedman DI, Estronza N. (1998 (revised 2001)). London, Mosby, Lynton House

Pseudotumor Cerebri. In Essentials of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Friedman DI (2005). New York, Thieme

Papilledema. In Walsh and Hoyt?s Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 5th edition

Friedman DI (2005). Baltimore, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

High cerebrospinal fluid pressure. In The Headaches, Third Edition

Friedman DI, Corbett JJ (2005). Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Progressive supranuclear palsy: A quarter century of progress. In Current Neurology

Friedman DI, Jankovic J (1989). Chicago, IL, Year Book Medical Publishers

Progressive supranucle¬ar palsy: Motor, neuro-behav¬ioral and neuro-ophthalmic findings.. In Advances in Neurology

Jankovic J, Friedman DI, Pirozzolo FJ, McCrary JA (1990). New York, NY, Raven Press

Disorders of the neuromuscular junction. In Ophthalmology

Friedman DI (1998 (revised 2001)). London, Mosby, Lynton House

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension. In Neurology: Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Friedman DI (2006). London, Mosby

Headache associated with abnormalities in intracranial structure or function: High-cerebrospinal-fluid-pressure headache and brain tumor. In Wolff?s Headache and Other Face Pain

Friedman DI, Wall M, Silberstein S (2007). New York, Oxford University Press

• Best Doctors in America
  Since 1998 (2011)
• Rochester Business Alliance Women's Council
  Athena Award Finalist (2011)
• US News and World Report Top Doctors
  (2011)
• Who's Who in America
  (2011)
• Fellow of American Headache Society
  (2005)
• 2000 Notable American Women
  (2000)
• Fellow of American Academy of Neurology
  (1998)
• Fellow, North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
  (1991)

• United Council for Neurologic Specialties (2011-2013)
• United Council for Neurologic Specialties (2005)
• International Headache Society (2003)
• American Headache Society (1998)
• American Academy of Ophthalmology (1990)
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (1988)
• North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (1988)
• American Academy of Neurology (1985)