

Pediatrics
Mitchell Cohen, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Palo Alto, CA
Dr. Mitchell B. Cohen is Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Professor of Pediatrics and Senior Associate Dean for Maternal and Child Health at Stanford University. He serves as Chief Medical Officer for Stanford Medicine Children's Health. Previously, he was Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Director of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. His research focuses on intestinal secretion mechanisms and guanylyl cyclase-C receptor biology
Credentials
Board Certifications
- Residency: Johns Hopkins Children's Center Pediatric Residency Program (1980) MD
- Medical Education: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (1977) NY
Education & Training
- Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
- Institutes & Research Centers
- Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
- Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
- Precourt Institute for Energy
Peer Recognition
- Castle Connolly — Top Doctor
2002-2026 (25 years)
Clinical Focus
Subspecialties
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Conditions & Treatments
Crohn's DiseaseUlcerative ColitisInflammatory Bowel DiseaseCeliac DiseasePediatric Liver DiseasePediatric Liver Transplant
Practice Details
Hospital Affiliations
- Pelvic Health Center, Stanford University School of Medicine