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Philip Friedlander, MD, PhD
Internal Medicine, Cancer (Oncology)
About Me
Dr. Friedlander received medical school training at Columbia University where he obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. degree in Biology. He remained at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center to complete his postdoctoral training in Internal Medicine and subsequently completed a clinical fellowship in Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He then joined the faculty of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women’s Hospital as an attending physician within the Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Programs and as an Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
His clinical interests include the development of targeted therapies and immunotherapies for patients with melanoma, merkel cell carcinoma, advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and sebaceous gland tumors. At the Dana Farber Cancer Institute he acted as a principal investigator testing novel therapeutic approaches for melanoma including PARP inhibition, hsp90 inhibition, anti-apoptotic approaches, and immune modulatory and anti-CTLA4 based strategies. He investigated in non-melanoma skin cancers novel therapeutic strategies such as hedgehog signaling pathway inhibition in advanced basal cell carcinoma.
As a member of the Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology and as the Director of the Melanoma Medical Oncology Program at Mount Sinai, he will be caring for patients with cutaneous malignancies and continue working to develop collaborative translational and basic science projects and treatments for patients with cutaneous malignancies.
In the News:
Watch Dr. Friedlander discuss a new FDA approved treatment (Erivedge) for Basal Cell Carcinoma:
KTVX-TV (ABC/Salt Lake City, Utah)
KRNV-TV (NBC/Reno, Nevada)
WNAV-AM (Baltimore, Maryland)
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Dermatology
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Melanoma
- Skin Cancer
Education
MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Internship, Internal Medicine
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Residency, Internal Medicine
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Fellowship, Medical Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
Physicians who provide services at hospitals and facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System might not participate in the same health plans as those Mount Sinai hospitals and facilities (even if the physicians are employed or contracted by those hospitals or facilities).
Information regarding insurance participation and billing by this physician may be found on this page, and can also be obtained by contacting this provider directly. Because physicians insurance participation can change, the insurance information on this page may not always be up-to-date. Please contact this physician directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
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Publications
Selected Publications
- PGV001, a Multi-Peptide Personalized Neoantigen Vaccine Platform: Phase I Study in Patients with Solid and Hematologic Malignancies in the Adjuvant Setting. Mansi Saxena, Thomas U. Marron, Julia Kodysh, John P. Finnigan, Sayali Onkar, Anna Kaminska, Kevin Tuballes, Ruiwei Guo, Rachel Lubong Sabado, Marcia Meseck, Timothy J. O’donnell, Robert P. Sebra, Samir Parekh, Matthew D. Galsky, Ana Blasquez, Gustavo Gimenez, Mesude Bicak, Cansu Cimen Bozkus, Daniela Delbeau-Zagelbaum, Denise Rodriguez, Ana Acuna-Villaorduna, Krzysztof J. Misiukiewicz, Marshall R. Posner, Brett A. Miles, Hanna Y. Irie, Amy Tiersten, Deborah B. Doroshow, Andrea Wolf, John Mandeli, Rachel Brody, Andres M. Salazar, Sacha Gnjatic, Jeff Hammerbacher, Eric Schadt, Philip Friedlander, Alexander Rubinsteyn, Nina Bhardwaj. Cancer Discovery
- Diagnosis and management of bispecific T cell–engaging antibody toxicity: A primer for emergency physicians. Monica K. Wattana, Jonathan Rowland, Aiham Qdaisat, Hannah Levavi, Theodora Anagnostou, Larysa Sanchez, Philip Friedlander, Nicholas Rohs, Demis N. Lipe, Joshua Richter. Cancer Treatment Reviews
- Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network 12: Pembrolizumab in HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma. Kathryn Lurain, Ramya Ramaswami, Irene Ekwede, Vanessa Eulo, Gaurav Goyal, Manoj Menon, Thomas A. Odeny, Elad Sharon, Michael J. Wagner, Chia Ching Wang, Nina Bhardwaj, Philip A. Friedlander, Maher Abdul-Hay, Elena M. Cornejo Castro, Nazzarena Labo, Vickie Ann Marshall, Wendell Miley, Kyle Moore, Romin Roshan, Denise Whitby, Angela Shaulov Kask, Judith Kaiser, Emma Han, Anna Wright, Robert Yarchoan, Steven P. Fling, Thomas S. Uldrick. Journal of Clinical Oncology
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Friedlander during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Miscellaneous MedicoLegal
- Sun Pharma Global FZE
Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)
- Iovance Biotherapeautics
- elanco
- GE Healthcare
- Gilead Sciences
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.