Barry Freedman Wake Forest University School of Medicine United States

Barry I. Freedman, MD is the John H. Felts Professor and Chief of the Section on Nephrology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer at Health Systems Management, Inc. His research focuses on identifying genes underlying complex kidney and cardiovascular disease and his team works on functional, clinical and translational aspects of apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1)-associated nephropathy. Dr Freedman chaired the NIDDK Family Investigation in Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND) Consortium and is contact PI on the NIDDK APOL1 Long-Term Kidney Transplant Outcomes (APOLLO) Coordinating Center.