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Susan Cohen MD

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Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Neonatology

Member of the Cardiovascular Center
Member of the Neuroscience Research Center


I am willing to collaborate on research projects.
I am willing to be a peer mentor.

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Research Experience

  • Astrocytes
  • Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Brain Injuries
  • Hippocampus
  • Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

    • Clinical Expertise

  • Neonatology
  • Neonatal Neurocritical Care
  • Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

    • Methodologies and Techniques

  • Cytokines
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Fetal Distress

    • Leadership Positions

  • Co-Director, Subspecialty/Research Track, Pediatric Residency Program, MCW
  • Director, Neonatal Neurocritical Care Multidisciplinary Group, Children's Wisconsin
  • Co-Chair, Neurosurgery Focus Group, CHNC

    • Publications (37)

  • Prediction of short- and long-term outcomes using pre-operative ventricular size in infants with post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilation. (Serebin M, Zhang J, Yan K, Cabacungan E, Deshmukh T, Maheshwari M, Foy A, Cohen S) Childs Nerv Syst 2024 Mar 27 PMID: 38532147 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85188616293 03/27/2024    
  • Challenges and Opportunities in High-Risk Infant Follow-Up: Progress from the 2022 Networking Session at the Pediatric Academic Societies. (Neel ML, Bora S, Brachio SS, Duncan A, Vanderbilt D, Benninger K, Kendrick-Allwood S, Maitre NL, High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Networking Group) J Pediatr 2024 Mar 12;270:113971 PMID: 38479638 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85189477008 03/14/2024    
  • The Current State of Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-up Programs in North America: A Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Report. (Quiñones Cardona V, Cohen SS, Cook N, Cizmeci MN, Chandel A, DiGeronimo R, Gogcu S, Jano E, Kojima K, Lee KS, McAdams RM, Menkiti O, Mietzsch U, Peeples E, Sewell E, Shenberger JS, Massaro AN, Natarajan G, Rao R, Dizon MLV, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium) Am J Perinatol 2024 Apr 05 PMID: 38458236 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85187936927 03/09/2024    
  • Proceedings of the 14th International Newborn Brain Conference: Long-term outcome studies, developmental care, palliative care, ethical dilemmas, and challenging clinical scenarios in neonatal neurology. (Abramsky R, Alkhadem Z, Alsup S, Anwar T, Arroyo M, Bonfanti C, Boomsma M, Boswinkel V, Cabacungan E, Chang T, Cimino C, Cohen S, Cuzino IA, de Vries L, Demšar J, DiPietro J, Dündar NO, Engur D, Fontana C, Fumagalli M, Gangi S, Garavatti E, Garcia R, Gencpinar P, Glennon C, Goldshtein M, Gont B, Herrera S, Iriciuc M, Kavčič A, Li RP, Lowe C, Marks K, Meijler G, Meloni S, Michaelovsky A, Mosca F, Nijholt I, Farkash Novik E, Obeid R, Ondusko DS, Ozalvo D, Pesenti N, Petcariu B, Phillips J, Porro M, Roth E, Šalamon AS, Schiavolin P, Seghete KM, Shany E, Shelef I, Simsir ME, Soykan A, Toma AI, Tsuchida T, Van Erkel F, Yilmaz C, Zahalka A, Zengi I) J Neonatal Perinatal Med 2023;16(s1):S103-S118 PMID: 37599545 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85168427617 08/21/2023    
  • Proceedings of the 14th International Newborn Brain Conference: Neuro-imaging studies. (Herrera S, Herrera S, Cabacungan E, Cohen S, Thyagarajan B, Jefferies K, Avanaki K, Manwar R, McGuire L, Islam T, Shoo A, Charbel FT, Pillers DM, Verschuur A, van Steenis A, Boswinkel V, Nijholt I, Boomsma M, Steggerda S, Meijler G, Leijser L, Park SG, Yang HJ, Lim SY, Kim SH, Shin SH, Kim EK, Kim HS, Shiraki A, Kidokoro H, Watanabe H, Taga G, Narita H, Mitsumatsu T, Kumai S, Suzui R, Sawamura F, Ito Y, Yamamoto H, Nakata T, Sato Y, Hayakawa M, Natsume J, Buchmayer J, Kasprian G, Giordano V, Jernej R, Klebermass-Schrehof K, Berger A, Goeral K, Garvey A, El-Shibiny H, Yang E, Inder T, El-Dib M, Garvey A, Grant E, Manning S, Volpe J, Inder T, Roychaudhuri S, Pineda R, Sharon D, Singh E, Steele T, Sheldon Y, Cuddyer D, Yang E, Erdei C, Szakmar E, Andorka C, Barta H, Sesztak T, Varga E, Szabo M, Jermendy A, Panzarini I, King R, Verschuur AS, Hendson L, Carlson H, Scotland J, Zein H, Mohammed K, Meijler G, Leijser L, Bach A, Lambing H, Rogers EE, Xu D, James BA, Ferriero DM, Glass HC, Gano D, Igreja L, Ferreira A, Gomes R, Sousa B, Novo A, Alves JE, Proença E, Carvalho C) J Neonatal Perinatal Med 2023;16(s1):S75-S101 PMID: 37599544 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85168427982 08/21/2023    
  • EBNEO Commentary: Interventions to reduce severe brain injury risk in preterm neonates: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (Sewell E, Cohen SS) Acta Paediatr 2023 Oct;112(10):2256-2257 PMID: 37475595 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85165513947 07/21/2023    
  • Discharge Best Practices of High-Risk Infants From Regional Children's Hospital NICUs. (Bourque SL, Machut KZ, Chuo J, Cohen S, Johnson YR, Nanda SH, Parsons K, Ponzek R, Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Transitions of Care and Follow-up Focus Group) Hosp Pediatr 2023 Aug 01;13(8):716-724 PMID: 37395085 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85168559777 07/03/2023    
  • Quality improvement sustainability to decrease utilization drift for therapeutic hypothermia in the NICU. (Kieffer H, Carlton K, Adams S, Jozwik J, Cabacungan E, Cohen SS) J Perinat Med 2023 Sep 26;51(7):956-961 PMID: 36976872 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85151362983 03/29/2023       1 Citation
  • HOPE and DREAM: A Two-Clinic NICU Follow-up Model. (Carlton K, Adams S, Fischer E, Foy A, Heffelfinger A, Jozwik J, Kim I, Koop J, Miller L, Stibb S, Cohen S) Am J Perinatol 2023 Apr 17 PMID: 36918156 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85161080974 03/15/2023       2 Citations
  • Variability in neurosurgical management and associated comorbidities and complications among preterm patients with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in the United States. (Cabacungan E, Adams S, Best B, Foy AB, Singh A, Cohen SS) J Neurosurg Pediatr 2023 Mar 10:1-8 PMID: 36905669 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164475559 03/12/2023    
  • Trends in the early care of infants with myelomeningocele in the United States 2012-2018. (Best BJ, Cabacungan ET, Cohen SS, Kim I, Sherburne EC, Sawin KJ, Roach A, Foy AB) Childs Nerv Syst 2023 Sep;39(9):2413-2421 PMID: 36308541 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140992531 10/30/2022       1 Citation
  • The Relationship Between Placental Pathology and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Complex Congenital Heart Disease. (Segar DE, Zhang J, Yan K, Reid A, Frommelt M, Cohen S) Pediatr Cardiol 2023 Jun;44(5):1143-1149 PMID: 36201029 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85139472378 10/07/2022       3 Citations
  • A pause in pediatrics: implementation of a pediatric diagnostic time-out. (Yale SC, Cohen SS, Kliegman RM, Bordini BJ) Diagnosis (Berl) 2022 Aug 01;9(3):348-351 PMID: 35417931 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85129674062 04/14/2022       4 Citations
  • Astrocytic responses to high glucose impair barrier formation in cerebral microvessel endothelial cells. (Garvin J, Semenikhina M, Liu Q, Rarick K, Isaeva E, Levchenko V, Staruschenko A, Palygin O, Harder D, Cohen S) Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2022 Jun 01;322(6):R571-R580 PMID: 35412389 PMCID: PMC9109795 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85130004068 04/13/2022       6 Citations
  • Diagnostic Time-Outs to Improve Diagnosis. (Yale S, Cohen S, Bordini BJ) Crit Care Clin 2022 Apr;38(2):185-194 PMID: 35369942 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127341354 04/05/2022       2 Citations
  • Current Controversies in Perinatology (Kliegman RM, Cohen SS) Clinics in Perinatology March 2022;49(1):xxi-xxii SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123259321 03/01/2022    
  • Current Controversies in Perinatology. (Kliegman RM, Cohen SS) Clin Perinatol 2022 Mar;49(1):xxi-xxii PMID: 35210013 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123259321 02/26/2022    
  • Treatment of Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus. (Cohen S, Flibotte J) Clin Perinatol 2022 Mar;49(1):15-25 PMID: 35209998 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123384404 02/26/2022       2 Citations
  • Implementation of a pilot electronic parent support tool in and after neonatal intensive care unit discharge. (Lagatta J, Malnory M, Fischer E, Davis M, Radke-Connell P, Weber C, Cohen S) J Perinatol 2022 Aug;42(8):1110-1117 PMID: 35132150 PMCID: PMC8819205 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124345548 02/09/2022       2 Citations
  • Sociodemographic disparities in fetal surgery for myelomeningocele: a single-center retrospective review. (Foy AB, Sawin KJ, Derflinger T, Heffelfinger AK, Koop JI, Cohen SS, Sherburne EC) J Neurosurg Pediatr 2021 Dec 24:1-5 PMID: 34952526 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127533912 12/25/2021       11 Citations
  • Survey of Quaternary Neonatal Management of Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus. (Cohen S, Mietzsch U, Coghill C, Dereddy N, Ducis K, El Ters N, Heuer GG, Sewell E, Flibotte J, Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) Neurosurgery Focus Group) Am J Perinatol 2023 Jun;40(8):883-892 PMID: 34293803 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85111587723 07/23/2021       5 Citations
  • Quality improvement for reducing utilization drift in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy management. (Carlton K, Cabacungan E, Adams SJ, Cohen SS) J Perinat Med 2021 Mar 26;49(3):389-395 PMID: 33141108 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85096149732 11/04/2020       6 Citations
  • Social disparities negatively impact neonatal follow-up clinic attendance of premature infants discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit. (Swearingen C, Simpson P, Cabacungan E, Cohen S) J Perinatol 2020 May;40(5):790-797 PMID: 32203182 PMCID: PMC9610791 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083370657 03/24/2020       31 Citations
  • Effect of high glucose condition on glucose metabolism in primary astrocytes. (Staricha K, Meyers N, Garvin J, Liu Q, Rarick K, Harder D, Cohen S) Brain Res 2020 Apr 01;1732:146702 PMID: 32032612 PMCID: PMC7106974 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85079186997 02/08/2020       15 Citations
  • High glucose conditioned neonatal astrocytes results in impaired mitogenic activity in cerebral microvessel endothelial cells in co-culture. (Cohen S, Liu Q, Wright M, Garvin J, Rarick K, Harder D) Heliyon 2019 May;5(5):e01795 PMID: 31193586 PMCID: PMC6536426 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85066030126 06/14/2019       7 Citations
  • Adverse early life environment induces anxiety-like behavior and increases expression of FKBP5 mRNA splice variants in mouse brain. (Ke X, Fu Q, Majnik A, Cohen S, Liu Q, Lane R) Physiol Genomics 2018 Nov 01;50(11):973-981 PMID: 30240345 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060294084 09/22/2018       19 Citations
  • Risk Factors Linked to Central Catheter-Associated Thrombosis in Critically Ill Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. (Lambert I, Tarima S, Uhing M, Cohen SS) Am J Perinatol 2019 Feb;36(3):291-295 PMID: 30081400 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85061501821 08/07/2018       5 Citations
  • Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow: Response to Cytochrome P450 Lipid Metabolites. (Harder DR, Rarick KR, Gebremedhin D, Cohen SS) Compr Physiol 2018 Mar 25;8(2):801-821 PMID: 29687906 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85044992548 04/25/2018       4 Citations
  • Development of the Blood-Brain Barrier (Badaut J, Cohen SS, Virgintino D, Stonestreet BS) Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, 2-Volume Set 1 January 2017:1314-1325.e4 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85136007692 01/01/2017    
  • Adverse early life environment increases hippocampal microglia abundance in conjunction with decreased neural stem cells in juvenile mice. (Cohen S, Ke X, Liu Q, Fu Q, Majnik A, Lane R) Int J Dev Neurosci 2016 Dec;55:56-65 PMID: 27666383 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84988731088 10/26/2016       25 Citations
  • IUGR increases chromatin-remodeling factor Brg1 expression and binding to GR exon 1.7 promoter in newborn male rat hippocampus. (Ke X, McKnight RA, Gracey Maniar LE, Sun Y, Callaway CW, Majnik A, Lane RH, Cohen SS) Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2015 Jul 15;309(2):R119-27 PMID: 25972460 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84937440345 05/15/2015       8 Citations
  • Impaired cerebral angiogenesis in the fetal lamb model of persistent pulmonary hypertension. (Cohen SS, Powers BR, Lerch-Gaggl A, Teng RJ, Konduri GG) Int J Dev Neurosci 2014 Nov;38:113-8 PMID: 25172169 PMCID: PMC4267966 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84907848489 08/31/2014       7 Citations
  • IUGR disrupts the PPARγ-Setd8-H4K20me(1) and Wnt signaling pathways in the juvenile rat hippocampus. (Ke X, Xing B, Yu B, Yu X, Majnik A, Cohen S, Lane R, Joss-Moore L) Int J Dev Neurosci 2014 Nov;38:59-67 PMID: 25107645 PMCID: PMC4268161 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84906701300 08/12/2014       23 Citations
  • Sex differences in behavioral outcome following neonatal hypoxia ischemia: Insights from a clinical meta-analysis and a rodent model of induced hypoxic ischemic injury. (Cohen SS, Stonestreet BS) Exp Neurol 2014 Jun;256:70-3 PMID: 24726666 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84899056512 04/15/2014       20 Citations
  • Effects of interleukin-6 on the expression of tight junction proteins in isolated cerebral microvessels from yearling and adult sheep. (Cohen SS, Min M, Cummings EE, Chen X, Sadowska GB, Sharma S, Stonestreet BS) Neuroimmunomodulation 2013;20(5):264-73 PMID: 23867217 PMCID: PMC3827681 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84882384404 07/23/2013       55 Citations
  • Core concepts: Development of the blood-brain barrier (Malaeb SN, Cohen SS, Virgintino D, Stonestreet BS) NeoReviews 1 April 2012;13(4):e241-e250 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84893793161 04/01/2012       5 Citations
  • Development of the Blood-Brain Barrier (Cohen SS, Malaeb SN, Virgintino D, Stonestreet BS) Fetal and Neonatal Physiology E-Book, Fourth Edition 1 January 2011:1763-1774 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85132073789 01/01/2011       1 Citation
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