About
Bio
Professional summary and current research focus.
Sebastian Cohn is an MD-PhD student at Northwestern University working at the intersection of cardiovascular MRI, computational imaging, and translational aortic disease research. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, he studied neuroscience and mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh before moving more deeply into biomedical engineering and medical imaging research. His work focuses on converting difficult 4D Flow MRI data into structured, clinically interpretable measurements, with current emphasis on automated detection and quantification of hemodynamically active tears in chronic aortic dissection. Outside research, he spends time with his Cavapoo, Winnie.
Research Approach
Start from a real clinical bottleneck
Focus on problems where current anatomy-based review leaves out the hemodynamic behavior that may drive disease activity.
Keep the computation interpretable
Favor structured outputs that can be reasoned about, validated, and used downstream over opaque score generation alone.
Design for translation early
Build methods that can move from single-case insight toward cohort analysis, reproducibility, and future decision-support applications.