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Barbara Cohlan, MD

Job Title Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Newborn Medicine (Pediatrics), Division of Neonatology, University of Pittsburgh

UPMC Newborn Medicine Program

300 Halket St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-692-5030 Phone

412-692-6076 Fax

Email bcohlan@mail.magee.edu

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Active Research Projects

Education and Training

Medical School:	1978 New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Residency:	1980 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1981 Assistant Chief Resident, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship:	1984 Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Perinatal Pediatrics

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics , Sub-board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics

Awards

Pittsburgh Magazine, The Most “Distinguished Doctors” Award
SSM KIDS RULE Customer Service Award, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
Women’s Medical Association Citation, New York University School of Medicine

Publications

Waggener TB, Frants ID 3rd, Cohlan BA, Stark AR. Mixed and obstructive apneas are related to ventilatory oscillations in premature infants. J Appl Physiol: Respirat Environ Exercise Physiol 1989; 66(6):2818-2826.
Parthasarathy T, Borgsmiller MS, Cohlan BA. Effects of repetition rate, phase, and frequency on the auditory brainstem response in neonates and adults. J Am Acad Audiology 1998; 9(2):134-140.
Shumway JB, Al-Malt A, Amon E, Cohlan B, Amini S, Abboud M, Winn HN. Impact of oligohydramnios on maternal and perinatal outcomes of spontaneous premature rupture of the membranes at 18-28 weeks. J Matern Fetal Med 1999; 8(1):20-3.

Research Interests

Natural history of CMV-related hearing loss
Infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome
Follow-up of the very low birth weight infant
Maternal and perinatal outcomes in patients with major fetal anomalies

Biography Summary

Barbara Cohlan, MD, is a member of the UPMC Newborn Medicine Program and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

She received her bachelor's degree in English literature at the University of Michigan. She attended medical school at New York University School of Medicine, completed her residency at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a fellowship in neonatology at Children's Hospital Boston.

Currently, Dr. Cohlan is the Director of Normal Newborn Nurseries and the Neonatal Follow-up Clinic at Magee-Womens Hospital. She is Co-Director of the Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Center and Director of the Antenal Consultation Service.

Her interests include follow-up of the very-low-birthweight infant and maternal and perinatal outcomes in patients with major fetal anomalies.