Clinton D Cochran, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology in Oakland
44555 Woodward Ave, Suite 105
Pontiac, MI 48341
[email protected]

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Clinton D Cochran, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
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  • About

    Dr. Clinton D. Cochran is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at University of Michigan Health and Michigan Medicine. He is a member of the outreach faculty group which focuses on providing a Michigan Congenital Heart Center clinical presence across the state of Michigan.

    Dr. Cochran has a passion for clinical medicine and enjoys caring for patients with complex congenital heart disease from fetal life through adulthood. He strives to educate patients and families and guide them through difficult times and decisions. He enjoys educating families to create a culture of shared decision making. He is an enthusiastic educator and provides bedside teaching to medical students, medical residents and cardiology fellows from several different institutions.

    Dr. Cochran received his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine in 2013 and completed his Pediatrics Residency at the University of Michigan in 2016. He then stayed on for his Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Michigan which he completed in 2019. He was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Oakland University/William Beaumont School of Medicine where he served Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak and Beaumont Hospital, Troy from 2019 through 2021. He returned to the University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center as a faculty member in January 2022 where he continues to practice.

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    Qualifications
    • Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, 2019
    • Residency
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Pediatrics, 2016
    • MD
      University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, 2013
    • BS
      University of Toledo, Toledo, 2009
    Research Overview

    • Fetal cardiology including delivery planning and coordination of care.
    • Echocardiographic evaluation and early detection of cardiac dysfunction.
    • Perioperative outpatient management of complex heart lesions.
    • Outpatient subspecialty clinic management and optimization

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome in an Infant With Coarctation of the Aorta and Williams Syndrome
      Cochran CD, Madani RS, Peltier D, Pipe S, Owens ST. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, 2020 Jul 1; 11 (4): NP91 - NP93. DOI:10.1177/2150135117733942
    • Journal Article
      Identifying Risk Factors for Massive Right Ventricular Dilation in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot.
      Cochran CD, Yu S, Gakenheimer-Smith L, Lowery R, Lu JC, Mahani MG, Agarwal PP, Dorfman AL. Am J Cardiol, 2020 Mar 15; 125 (6): 970 - 976. DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.12.016
      PMID: 31964501
    • Journal Article
      Aortico-left ventricular tunnel and left ventricular non-compaction: a case series.
      Smith BM, Cochran CD, Owens ST. Cardiol Young, 2016 Feb; 26 (2): 382 - 385. DOI:10.1017/S1047951115001109
      PMID: 26095763
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Identifying risk factors for massive right ventricular dilation in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot
      Cochran C, Gakenheimer-Smith L, Yu S, Lowery R, Lu JC, Ghadimi Mahani M, Agarwal PP, Dorfman AL. 2018 Mar 1;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Myopericarditis in an adolescent with diabetic ketoacidosis.
      Shikhare A, Edlibi S, Cochran C. 2021 Mar 1;