Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) NAM Fellowship

Dr. Freed is the Executive Vice Chair, Director of Clinical/Translational Research, and Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW).  A strong advocate for the future generation of physician-scientists, Dr. Freed is also the Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) T32 program at MCW; is a member of the Medical Scientist Training Program admissions committee; and has developed an institution-wide program to develop effective mentoring teams for junior clinician-investigators to support their career development. 

As a cardiac anesthesiologist, Dr. Freed specializes in providing anesthesia for patients with advanced cardiac disease.  She also manages her NIH-funded laboratory within the Cardiovascular Center at MCW, which focuses on understanding microvascular dysfunction, the precursor to coronary artery disease, to uncover mechanisms that regulate vascular reactivity in the human microcirculation during both health and disease.  In addition to her role as a clinician-scientist, she holds numerous other leadership roles within and outside of MCW, including Chair of the Cardiovascular Center’s Human Tissue Bank; advisor for the Therapeutic Development and Preclinical Studies scientific review panel at the NIH; Chair of the Translational Physiology Interest group through the American Physiological Society; editorial leadership positions for Microcirculation and Journal of the American Heart Association; and Chair of the External Scientific Advisory Board for the International Anesthesia Research Society. 

Dr. Freed, a Wisconsin native, earned her BA from the University of Minnesota before earning her MD and PhD and completing a research track (NIGMS T32) residency in anesthesiology and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship at MCW.