Professor of Medicine UTHSC COM at Memphis
Pulmonology
Dr. Amado Freire, MD
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Amado Freire is an expert in the field of Pulmonology. He researched medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine at Elmhurst. He over the years received 20 awards: ""America's Top Doctors" (Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine, CRC)", ""Presidential Citation"", ""Medical Service Honor"", ""Top 20 Teachers, Department of Medicine"", ""Teacher of the Year"", ""Honorary Guest"", ""Leadership Development"", ""Special Award"", ""Master Clinician"", ""Alma Latina Award"", ""Honorary Councilman"", "Listed ", ""Most Improvement-Award" (Medical ICU)", ""Governors Community Service Award"", ""Honorary Member"", ""Honorary Citizenship"", ""Accsesit al Contenta"", ""Mencion de Honor"", ""Primer Premio"" and "Fellow (FCCM)". Amado Freire is also published. He has 34 publications published. The lastest publication: "Neurocysticercosis among patients with cerebral gliomas.' Amado Freire accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Commentary on "characterization of Sleep patterns and problems in healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital".
- Intravenous gammaglobulin as rescue therapy in a patient with sickle cell and septic shock.
- Bone Mineral Density Patterns in Vitamin D Deficient African American Men With Sickle Cell Disease.
- Dual Time Point Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Scan in Evaluation of Intrathoracic Lesions in an Area Endemic for Histoplasmosis and With High Preval...
- Psychiatric disorder does not preclude adequate continuous positive airway pressure titration.
- Abdominal pathology in patients with diabetes ketoAcidosis.
- Parenteral nutrition: lipid (soybean) versus lipid (olive oil); same… or maybe not?
- Diabetic ketoAcidosis presenting with acute pancreatitis and visceral vein thrombosis.
- A comparison study of continuous insulin infusion protocols in the medical intensive care unit: computer-guided vs. standard column-based algorithms.
- Obstructive sleep apnea and immunity: relationship of lymphocyte count and apnea hypopnea index.
- Lung scedosporiosis in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- How "sweet" complexity is and how "bitter" variability can be; the new aspect of intensive care unit hyperglycemia.
- The ICU "golden hour" vs morning admissions: do they compete?
- Intensive care unit (short) and 1-year (long-term) prognosis: data are in for patients with ischemic stroke.
- Methylprednisolone infusion in early severe ARDS results of a randomized controlled trial. 2007.
- Rhabdomyolysis in a patient with West Nile encephalitis and flaccid paralysis.
- Evidence for strict inpatient blood glucose control: time to revise glycemic goals in hospitalized patients.
- Methylprednisolone infusion in early severe ARDS: results of a randomized controlled trial.
- Hypoglycemia risk: a cause for concern in the intensive care unit hyperglycemia control debate.
- Clinical epidemiology of Acute lung injury and Acute respiratory distress syndrome: incidence, diagnosis, and outcomes.
- Admission hyperglycemia and other risk factors as predictors of hospital mortality in a medical ICU population.
- Efficacy of subcutaneous insulin lispro versus continuous intravenous regular insulin for the treatment of patients with diabetic ketoAcidosis.
- Treatment of diabetic ketoAcidosis with subcutaneous insulin aspart.
- Predictors of intensive care unit and hospital length of stay in diabetic ketoAcidosis.
- The use of alkali therapy in severe diabetic ketoAcidosis.
- Characteristics associated with analgesia ordering in the intensive care unit and relationships with outcome.
- Abdominal pain in patients with hyperglycemic crises.
- Predictors of mortality in elderly subjects with Obstructive airway disease: the PILE score.
- Association of Pulmonary artery catheter use with in-hospital mortality.
- Effect of zafirlukast on methacholine and ultrasonically nebulized distilled water challenge in patients with mild Asthma.
- Evidence of biological efficacy for prolonged glucocorticoid treatment in patients with unresolving ARDS.
- [Duration of the diagnostic process for Lung cancer versus other solid tumors at the National Oncology Institute of Ecuador].
- Neurocysticercosis among patients with cerebral gliomas.
Schools
Universidad De Guayaquil Facultad De Ciencias Medicas
Mountainside Hospital
Johns Hopkins University
Elmhurst Hospital Center
Procedures Preformed
- Bronchoscopy
- Ventilation Management
Conditions Treated
- Acidosis
- Acute Pharyngitis
- Asthma
- Atelectasis
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Doctors Specialties
- Pulmonology
- Sleep Medicine
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Network E
- Network S
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- Coventry Health Care of Tennessee PPO
- GEHA
- Choice Care PPO
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- POMCO Group
- Qualchoice PPO
- State Farm
- Tricare
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- "America's Top Doctors" (Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine, CRC)
- "Presidential Citation"
- "Medical Service Honor"
- "Top 20 Teachers, Department of Medicine"
- "Teacher of the Year"
- "Honorary Guest"
- "Leadership Development"
- "Special Award"
- "Master Clinician"
- "Alma Latina Award"
- "Honorary Councilman"
- Listed
- "Most Improvement-Award" (Medical ICU)
- "Governors Community Service Award"
- "Honorary Member"
- "Honorary Citizenship"
- "Accsesit al Contenta"
- "Mencion de Honor"
- "Primer Premio"
- Fellow (FCCM)
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
Mount Sinai School of Medicine at Elmhurst
Hospital
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Le Bonheur Children's Hospital -
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1447217401 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | FREIRE | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | AMADO | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 381322113 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TN | |
| Specialty Description | Pulmonary Disease | |
| Total Claim Count | 51.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1447217401 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | FREIRE |
| First Name Of The Provider | AMADO |
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