John "Nathan" N. Freeman, MD

John "Nathan" N. Freeman, MD

Assistant Professor

Department:
SOM-Pediatrics

Email:
jnfreeman@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-6562

Education

University of Mississippi Medical Center, MD, Medicine2016
University of Southern Mississippi, BS, Biochemistry2012

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Subspecialty Board Certification, American Board of Pediatrics04/2025 - 04/2035
NPI
Certification, Board Certification10/2019 - Present
DEA09/2023
Licensure04/2019 - 06/2022

Current Positions

Fellowship Program Director, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics07/2025 - Present
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics07/2023 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Associate Program Director, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics07/2024 - 06/2025
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics07/2019 - 06/2020

Publications

Journal Article

Freeman JN, Giroux C, King T, Marbrey C, Maready M, Pasha S, Davis J, Variations in Management and Clinical Outcomes for Children With Diabetic Ketoacidosis in an Academic Pediatric Versus Community Emergency Department Setting. Pediatric emergency care, 2024 Aug 1;40(8):e133-e1382024
do Carmo JM, da Silva AA, Freeman JN, Wang Z, Moak SP, Hankins MW, Drummond HA, Hall JE, Neuronal Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3: Role in Modulating Chronic Metabolic and Cardiovascular Effects of Leptin. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2018 Jun;71(6):1248-12572018
da Silva AA, Freeman JN, Hall JE, do Carmo JM, Control of appetite, blood glucose, and blood pressure during melanocortin-4 receptor activation in normoglycemic and diabetic NPY-deficient mice. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2018 Apr 1;314(4):R533-R5392018
Freeman JN, do Carmo JM, Adi AH, da Silva AA, Chronic central ghrelin infusion reduces blood pressure and heart rate despite increasing appetite and promoting weight gain in normotensive and hypertensive rats. Peptides, 2013 Apr;42:35-422013
da Silva AA, do Carmo JM, Freeman JN, Tallam LS, Hall JE, A functional melanocortin system may be required for chronic CNS-mediated antidiabetic and cardiovascular actions of leptin. Diabetes.., 2009 Aug;58(8):1749-562009

Presentations

Platform Presentations, The Altered Toddler: Ingestion Or Something More?, Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA02/2025
Platform Presentations, A Rare Case of Pediatric Tumefactive Multiple Sclerosis, Department of Pediatrics Research Day, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2024
Poster Presentation, A Rare Case of Pediatric Tumefactive Multiple Sclerosis, Department of Pediatrics Research Day, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2024
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Variations in the Management and Clinical Outcomes for Children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis Based Upon Site of Initial Presentation, Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA02/2024
Pediatric Grand Rounds, Variations in the Management and Clinical Outcomes for Children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis Based Upon Site of Initial Presentation, Department of Pediatrics, UMMC04/2023
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Blunt Trauma for the EMS Provider, State Medical Response System Expo, MS State Fire Academy04/2023
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Blunt Trauma for the EMS Provider, State Medical Response System Expo, MS State Fire Academy06/2022
Poster Presentation, The Underweight Adolescent: Anorexia or Something More?, Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA02/2022
Platform Presentations, All That Spins Is Not Vertigo, 2019 Southern Regional Meetings, New Orleans, LA02/2019
Poster Presentation, Central neuropeptide Y (NPY) deficiency does not enhance the dietary or cardiovascular responses to chronic activation of melanocortin 3 and 4 receptors (MC3/4R), Council for High Blood Pressure Research, Chicago, IL09/2009

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Rookie of the Year, Department of Pediatrics2024
SSPR Trainee Travel Award, Southern Society for Pediatric Research2023
All-Star Fellow Exemplary Teaching, Department of Pediatrics2022
All-Star Fellow Exemplary Teaching, Department of Pediatrics2021
S.T.A.R Resident Award, Department of Pediatrics2019
Research Presentation Award - 2nd Place, Southern Regional Meeting2019
S.T.A.R. Resident Award, UMMC Department of Pediatrics2018

Professional Membership and Service

Association of Pediatric Program Directors, Member2024 - Present
AAP, Member2016 - Present

Committee Service

Peds ED Education & Professional Development Council, Chair2024 - Present
Code Blue Committee, Member2023 - Present
Pediatric Code 13 Committee, Co-Chair2021 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS FILE REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member2020 - 2025
Chief Resident Council, Member2019 - 2020
Pediatric Grand Rounds Subcommittee, Member2019 - 2020
Pediatric M&M Subcommittee, Member2019 - 2019
Pediatric Patient Flow Committee, Member2019 - 2021
Pediatric Resident Review Committee, Member2019 - 2020

Teaching Experience

Medicine, Lecture, Course Presenter, Pediatric Case Management SeriesSummer 2024 - 2024
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resident Didactic SeriesAnnual 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Facilitator, Pediatric Residency Case Management SeriesAnnual 2019-2020 - 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Preceptor, M3 Pediatric RotationFall 2018/2019/2020/2021
Medicine, Course, Preceptor, Introduction to the Medical Profession 2Annual 2018 thru 2023

Directed Student Learning

Preceptor, Advised: Abigail Carroll2025 - 2025
Preceptor, Advised: Hannah Talbot, John Salvemini2024 - 2024
Preceptor, Advised: Carlie Reeves, Clarice Swift2023 - 2023
Preceptor, Advised: Jessica McClain, Hannah McCowan2022 - 2022
Preceptor, Advised: Sarah Hillhouse, Elizabeth Gilley2021 - 2022
Supervised Research, Variations in Management and Clinical Outcomes for Children With Diabetic Ketoacidosis in an Academic Pediatric Versus Community Emergency Department Setting
2021 - 2023
Preceptor, Advised: Ellie Carter, Drew Carter2019 - 2020
Preceptor, Advised: Harleen Multani, Pooja Goel2018 - 2019

Fellows supervised

Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Fellowship Director, 5 fellows supervised07/2025 - Present
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised07/2023 - Present
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Assistant Fellowship Director, 5 fellows supervised07/2023 - 06/2025

Residency Training

Pediatric Emergency, Assoc. Program Director2024 - 06/2025