Daniel E Freedberg, MD

Gastroenterology
Specialties
Gastroenterology, more

Locations and Appointments


CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
US

CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic

622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
US
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Insurances Accepted


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    Medicare Managed Care
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    PPO
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Student Health
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Special Needs
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    Great West (National)
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    POS
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    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    HMO
    Select Care (Exchange)
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    ConnectiCare
    Essential Plan
    Vytra
    PPO
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
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    Quality Health Management
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    HMO
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    Medicaid (Community Plan)
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    Oxford Liberty
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    Oxford HMO
    SelectHealth
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    Medicare Managed Care
    NY Signature
    NYP Employee Plan
    PPO
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Student Health
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Special Needs
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    Special Needs
    Great West (National)
    Medicare Managed Care
    POS
    EPO
    HMO
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    HMO
    Select Care (Exchange)
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    ConnectiCare
    Essential Plan
    Vytra
    PPO
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicare Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicare Managed Care
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Railroad
    Traditional Medicare
    Multiplan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Essential Plan
    HMO
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    PPO
    POS
    HMO
    Compass (Exchange)
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    Empire Plan
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    SelectHealth
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan

About Daniel E Freedberg, MD


Dr. Freedberg graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency and fellowship training at Columbia University. He received a Master's degree in biostatistics from Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Freedberg's research focuses on the use of acid suppression medications, Clostridium difficile infection, and the gastrointestinal microbiome. Current projects include studies of how acid suppression medications alter the colonic microbiome and of how alterations in the gastrointestinal flora predispose patients to Clostridium difficile and other infections during periods of critical illness. His research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Gastroenterological Association.


Dr. Freedberg is a clinical and translational investigator focused on the relationship between the gastrointestinal microbiome and infections, both enteric and non-enteric. He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and the Mailman School of Public Health and trained in medicine and gastroenterology at Columbia University Medical Center. He is the past recipient of an American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Scholar Award and has received funding from the NIH/NIDDK, Irving Institute (Columbia's CTSA), and the Department of Defense. His work has been published in leading journals across disciplines: Gastroenterology, Clinical Infectious Disease, Intensive Care Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, and Nature. Currently, he focuses on the gastrointestinal microbiome in the intensive care unit (ICU). He has built large ICU cohorts containing longitudinal clinical data, serial rectal swabs, other biosamples, and clinical outcomes data. These samples and data have been collected to understand the dynamic changes that take place within the gastrointestinal microbiome during critical illness and to ask how these changes may impact risk for ICU-acquired infections. His past studies in this area show the importance of colonizing pathogens such as C. difficile and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) as determinants not only of the patient's own health but of outcomes for patients who share the same hospital environment. Ongoing research tests interventions seeking to improve the resistance of the native gut microbiota against pathogens, with a goal of preventing colonization and downstream infection in the ICU.


Board Certifications

  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine

Specialties & Expertise

  • Barrett's Esophagus
  • Celiac Disease
  • Clostridioides Difficile (C. diff) Colitis
  • Colon Cancer
  • Colon Cancer Screening
  • Colonoscopy
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS)
  • Digestive System Disorder
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Esophageal Disease
  • Esophageal Motility Disorder
  • Esophageal Stricture
  • Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT)
  • Gastric Outlet Obstruction
  • Gastrointestinal Cancer
  • Gastrointestinal Disease
  • Gastrointestinal Motility
  • General Gastroenterology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  • Positive Cologuard
  • Virtual Colonoscopy
  • Zenker's Diverticulum

Education

  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor Medicine and Epidemiology

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester

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