Newborn Brain Society

Susan Cohen, MD

Co-Chair of Financial Committee

Susan Cohen, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics and the medical director of the neonatal neurocritical care program and the HOPE Developmental Follow-Up Program for high-risk infants at Children’s Wisconsin. Her critical leadership role in establishing and expanding these nationally recognized programs has improved patient care, education, and research. Dr. Cohen received her undergraduate degree and her MD from Virginia Commonwealth University. She completed her pediatric residency at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and neonatology fellowship training at Women & Infants Hospital, both with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She joined the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2011 as a clinical neonatologist. Her research spans basic science, clinical research, and quality improvement with the overarching goal of improving the neurological outcomes of high-risk infants in Wisconsin.