Director, Division of Birth Defects and Infant Disorders

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Amanda Cohn, MD (CAPT, USPHS)

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)

Amanda Cohn

Role at CDC

CAPT Amanda Cohn, MD, currently serves as the director of the Division of Birth Defects and Infant Disorders. She previously served as executive secretariat of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and chief medical officer for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD).

Previous experience

Prior to that role, CAPT Cohn served as acting director for the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities and deputy director for Immunization Services Division for NCIRD. She came to the CDC in 2004 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer and joined the Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch in 2006, where she focused on prevention and control of meningococcal disease, both domestically and internationally. From 2007 to 2014, she was the CDC lead for the ACIP Meningococcal Vaccines Work Group.

Education

CAPT Cohn is board certified in pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She obtained her medical doctorate from Emory University School of Medicine and completed a residency in pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center.

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