Drawing on eight decades of learning. Dr. Mark Scher shares his thoughts on the importance of staying curious, acknowledging and understanding disparity, and the power of an interdisciplinary approach. 

Dr. Mark Scher studied fetal/neonatal neurology (FNN) at the University of Rochester, followed by four years at SUNY/Downstate Medical School. He completed his pediatrics residency at Cornell/New York Hospital Pediatrics, followed by a neurology/pediatric neurology/neurophysiology fellowship at the University of Minnesota and neonatal neurology research at Stanford University. 

His career included time at the University of Pittsburgh, Magee-Women’s Hospital and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and as Division Chief of Pediatric Neurology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Ohio, establishing a second FNN program at the University Hospitals of Cleveland. Dr. Scher was a tenured full professor of Pediatric and Neurology at Case Western Reserve University, transitioning to Emeritus Scholar and Professor in 2020. 

Dr. Scher is known for national and international research collaborations and organizational work, including with the Newborn Brain Society. He’s authored more than 190 peer-reviewed publications (with several more currently under review) as well as 46 book chapters. 

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