Nicholas Lee Friedman, DO| Pediatric Pulmonology | MedStar Health
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Nicholas Lee Friedman

Nicholas Lee Friedman, DO
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Pediatric Pulmonology

Languages: English

Clinical areas of focus

  • Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Central Sleep Apnea
  • Chronic Cough
  • Chronic Lung Disease Of Infancy (BPD)
  • Pneumonia
  • Pulmonary Function Tests
  • Sleep Study
  • Wheezing
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Alimentary Tract Foreign Body
  • Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Bronchitis
  • Bronchomalacia
  • Central Sleep Apnea
  • Chronic Cough
  • Chronic Lung Disease Of Infancy (BPD)
  • Chronic Lung Disease Of Prematurity
  • Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Congenital Malformations Of Trachea And Bronchus
  • Family History Of Disabilities And Chronic Diseases
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Pneumonia
  • Problems Related To Life Management
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Shortness Of Breath
  • Snoring Disorders
  • Upper Airway Obstruction
  • Vocal Cord Disorder
  • Wheezing
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Procedures I perform

  • Acne Education
  • Airway Clearance Techniques
  • Airway Dilation
  • Ammonia Level Test
  • Asthma Action Plan
  • Asthma Exacerbation Treatment
  • Asthma Medication Management
  • Bedwetting Education
  • Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
  • Bronchial Challenge Test
  • Bronchitis Treatment
  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Management
  • Capillary Blood Gas
  • Celiac Plexus Block
  • Central Sleep Apnea Treatment
  • Cerebral Oxygen Consumption Index Measurement
  • Chest Physiotherapy
  • Chest X-Ray
  • Chronic Cough Management
  • Chronic Cough Treatment
  • Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
  • Congenital Heart Disease Management
  • Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation
  • Cough Assist Device
  • Cystic Fibrosis Sweat Test
  • Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
  • Cystitis Treatment
  • Diagnostic Laryngoscopy
  • Exhaled Nitric Oxide Test
  • Flexibility Exercises
  • Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide
  • Gastrointestinal Therapy
  • Hypertension Treatment
  • Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Management
  • Impedance Plethysmography
  • Incentive Spirometry
  • Inhaled Prostaglandin Therapy
  • Jejunostomy Care
  • Lung Biopsy
  • Lung Volume Measurements
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Maximum Voluntary Ventilation (MVV)
  • Metabolic Rate Scan
  • Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) Therapy
  • Milk Allergy Treatment
  • Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation
  • Nasal Cannula
  • Nebulizer Therapy
  • Neuromuscular Testing
  • Newborn Screening Tests
  • Non-Invasive Ventilation
  • Pacifier Weaning
  • Palliative Care Program Development
  • Peak Flow Monitoring
  • Polysomnography
  • Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Pulmonary Exercise Testing
  • Pulmonary Function Tests
  • Pulmonary Hygiene
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • Recruitment Maneuvers
  • Rhinitis Treatment
  • Rigid Bronchoscopy
  • Shortness Of Breath Treatment
  • Skin Allergy Testing
  • Sleep Disorder Management
  • Sleep Study
  • Spirometry Test
  • Sweat Collection By Iontophoresis
  • Total Lung Capacity
  • Tracheomalacia Treatment
  • Tracheostomy
  • Transplant Evaluation
  • Vaccinations
  • Vocal Cord Nodule Treatment
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Practice locations

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4200 Wisconsin Ave NW
4th Fl
Washington, DC, 20016

202-243-3555
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Fax 202-243-3434

Insurance

MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • IH-POS Plus
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Aetna HMO
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • CIGNA PPO
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • United Student Resources
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • HighMark
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • Aetna Basic
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • IH-HMO
    • OA Plus
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Optimum Choice
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • CareFirst EPO
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • IH-POS
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • Beech Street PPO
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • CIGNA EPO
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • UHC Passport
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • Sentara Health
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • First Health PPO
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • TRICARE East Select
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • Employee Health Plan
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • Choice POS
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • Navigate
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • Medicare FFS
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • IH-PPO
    • Network OA
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • IH-Open POS II
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • First Health PPO
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • Choice POS II
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • POS OA
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • Medicare Direct

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology

Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics

Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2017)

Residency: Madigan Army Medical Center (2014)

Medical School: Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (2011)