Pamela U Freda, MD

Neuroendocrinology
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Dr. Pamela Freda is Associate Professor of Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. Dr. Freda received her undergraduate training at Harvard College and her medical training at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed three years of house staff training on the Medical Service at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and her Fellowship in Endocrinology at Columbia, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Freda has been the Clinical Director of the Neuroendocrine Unit of Columbia University since 2000. Dr. Freda belongs to a number of professional societies including the Endocrine Society, the Growth Hormone Research Society (GRS) and the Pituitary Society, of which she has served on the Board of Directors since 2010.

She served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2000-2004). Since 2010 she has been an Endocrine Society Self-Assessment Committee Member and since 2003 has been a Quality Reviewer of the Pituitary sections of 'Up to Date Endocrinology'. She served as Chair of the Endocrine Society Task force for the Clinical Guidelines on Pituitary Incidentalomas, which were recently published in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • Acromegaly
  • Cushing's Syndrome
  • Diabetes Insipidus
  • Hypopituitarism
  • Pituitary Disease
  • Pituitary Neoplasm
  • Pituitary Tumors
  • Prolactinoma

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Gender

  • Female

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CUIMC/Harkness Pavilion
180 Fort Washington Avenue
Floor 5th, Suite 512
New York, NY 10032
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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Internship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
  • Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
  • Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY

Board Certifications

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Honors & Awards

1999-2002 Irving Scholar Award

Research

Dr. Freda's major research interests are clinical and translational investigations in patients with pituitary tumors. One series of studies focuses on patients with acromegaly, a rare disease characterized by excess GH and IGF-I and their multi-system adverse effects. For these studies she has established a very large cohort of newly diagnosed and postoperative patients with acromegaly. One series of studies examines a novel GH-IGF-I excess specific dysregulation of adipose tissue (AT) and lipodystrophy, which is hypothesized to contribute to insulin resistance, adipokine and appetite hormone dysregulation, endothelial cell dysfunction and ultimately increased CV risk in active acromegaly. The study examines muscle lipid by MRI and 1HMRS, hepatic lipid by 1HMRS, subcutaneous adipose tissue for macrophage infiltration and inflammation and the function of biopsied endothelial cells.

A second large study is a multi-disciplinary collaborative prospective study of clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas (CNFA). This project prospectively studies two groups of such patients. A group of patients with asymptomatic pituitary lesions that do not require surgical intervention are followed in order to determine the appropriate initial evaluation and follow up as well as the safety of their conservative, non-surgical management. The outcome of patients with symptomatic CNFAs treated with surgery is also studied. The study examines the safety of conservative follow up for patients with small tumor remnants after surgery and determines in which of these patients radiotherapy is needed by examining the risks vs. benefits of post-operatively radiotherapy for residual/recurrent tumors. This project also studies for the first time, prospectively, the impact of the disease and our therapies on quality of life and neurocognitive function in patients with CNFAs and is establishing a novel bank of pituitary tumor specimens from our cohort that will be linked to the extensive clinical data collected in the prospective study.

For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov(link is external and opens in a new window)