EDUCATION            
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA
August 1999 - May 2003

Brandeis University, Waltham MA
Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude
Majored in Neuroscience and Biology
August 1995 - May 1998

RESIDENCIES  
        
Boston Medical Center, Boston MA
Boston University School of Medicine
Ophthalmology Residency, July 2004 - July 2007

Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge MA
Harvard Medical School
Internship, June 2003 - June 2004

WORK EXPERIENCE
                       Boston Medical Center, Boston MA
  Attending, Comprehensive Ophthalmology, July 2007 – present

Urban Eye Associates, Boston MA
Comprehensive Ophthalmology, July 2007 – present

Boston Medical Center, Boston MA
Research Assistant, June 2002 - August 2002
Examined the molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis

Boston Medical Center, Boston MA
Medical Russian Interpreter, June 1999 - June 2001

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA
Research Assistant, May 1998 - June1999
Examined how the Cystic Fibrosis gene mutation leads to the phenotypic expression of the disease in a mouse genetic knock-out model

Brandeis University, Waltham MA
Research Assistant, June1996 - August 1997
Investigated neurotrophin receptors responsiveness during embryonic
development of the enteric and sympathetic nervous systems in rats

AWARDS

Recipient of the Howard Hughes Fellowship for undergraduate research in life
                                      sciences for two years in a row: Summer 1996 and Summer 1997

ACADEMIC               Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology, Boston University (pending)
APPOINTMENTS     Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

PUBLICATIONS      1. Freedman SD, Weinstein D, Blanco PG, Martinez-Clark P, Urman S, Zaman M, Morrow JD, and Alvarez JG. Characterization of LPS-induced lung inflammation in cftr–/– mice and the effect of docosahexaenoic acid. J Appl Physiol 92: 2169–2176, 2002

2. Freedman SD, Urman S, Bhagat L, Martinezclark P, Steer ML, Saluja A.  Ethanol administration to CFTR(-/-) mice induces acute pancreatitis.  Gastroenterology 1999;116: A 1124

3. Freedman SD, Katz MH, Parker EM, Martinezclark P, Laposata M, Urman S, Alvarez JG.  Role of Arachidonic and Docosahexanoic acids in the pathological manifestations of cystic fibrosis in CFTR(-/-) mice. Gastroenterology 116(4): G4870 Part 2, April 1999

4. Alvarez JG,  Weinstein D, Blanco PG, Urman S,  Urman MY, Lopez MC, Comen E, S.D.Freedman.  Oral administration of Docosahexaenoic Acid to pregnant mice increase phospholipid surfactant levels in lung and amniotic fluid from preterm mouse fetuses.  SGI Year 2000 Annual Meeting; 250147 

PRESENTATIONS     “Relative expression of TrkA and TrkC neurotrophin receptors in enteric and sympathetic nervous systems in rats during development”, Final Howard Hughes Fellows Meeting, August 1996 and 1997

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 
Physical Exam and Diagnosis II Preceptor for Harvard Medical Students
  Taught and evaluated second year medical students to take a history, perform a physical examination, and generate differential diagnoses
                       
Author of Ophthalmology Rotation Syllabus for Medical Students
Created and designed a comprehensive syllabus for ophthalmology rotation at Boston Medical Center for medical students

PROFESSIONAL  MEMBERSHIPS     
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Massachusetts Medical Society
New England Ophthalmologic Society
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
                                   
LICENCURE              Full Massachusetts Medical License 

LANGUAGES            Fluent in Russian and Ukrainian