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Mark Scher
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Dr. Mark Scher is Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where he previously served as Division Chief of Pediatric Neurology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. His leadership at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center also extended to the MacDonald Hospital for Women and the Fetal/Neonatal Neurology Program. During his tenure (1997–2017), Dr. Scher significantly expanded fetal and neonatal neurology services, establishing comprehensive pediatric neurology, neurocritical care, epilepsy, and sleep programs.
Dr. Scher’s journey in fetal and neonatal neurology (FNN) began with his undergraduate studies at the University of Rochester, followed by medical training at SUNY Downstate, and pediatric residency at Cornell/New York Hospital. He completed neurology, pediatric neurology, and clinical neurophysiology fellowships at the University of Minnesota, and a neonatal neurology research fellowship at Stanford University. His academic career started at the University of Pittsburgh, where he contributed to both the Neonatology Division at Magee-Women’s Hospital and the Pediatric Neurology Division at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Currently, Dr. Scher remains deeply engaged in U.S. and international collaborative research, education, and advocacy, including brain health initiatives at Case Western Reserve University. His work integrates women’s reproductive and pregnancy histories into diagnostic models that distinguish pathways to health or disease, focusing on the life-course influences of the neural exposome beginning before conception. With an emphasis on developmental neuroplasticity, his educational work promotes transdisciplinary approaches to brain health. His research—rooted in an NIH training grant in developmental chronobiology—has explored digital EEG and sleep biomarkers of brain maturation, neonatal seizures, prenatal exposures, maternal depression, and skin-to-skin contact effects. Across his career, he has participated in 13 NIH-funded studies (six as principal or co-principal investigator) and authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications, 46 book chapters, and numerous webinars, reflecting his lifelong commitment to advancing fetal and neonatal neurology.
Currently, Dr. Scher remains deeply engaged in U.S. and international collaborative research, education, and advocacy, including brain health initiatives at Case Western Reserve University. His work integrates women’s reproductive and pregnancy histories into diagnostic models that distinguish pathways to health or disease, focusing on the life-course influences of the neural exposome beginning before conception. With an emphasis on developmental neuroplasticity, his educational work promotes transdisciplinary approaches to brain health. His research—rooted in an NIH training grant in developmental chronobiology—has explored digital EEG and sleep biomarkers of brain maturation, neonatal seizures, prenatal exposures, maternal depression, and skin-to-skin contact effects. Across his career, he has participated in 13 NIH-funded studies (six as principal or co-principal investigator) and authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications, 46 book chapters, and numerous webinars, reflecting his lifelong commitment to advancing fetal and neonatal neurology.
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