Dr. Sophia Jan

Dr. Jan is the Division Director of General Pediatrics where she oversees clinical, teaching, and research operations for the Division of General Pediatrics for Cohen Children's Medical Center. She is also the Medical Director of the Health Homes Serving Children Program for Northwell Health, a care management program for pediatric Medicaid beneficiaries with complex medical or behavioral health needs. Dr. Jan has over a decade of clinical, programmatic and research experience in general pediatrics and general internal medicine. She specializes in the care of children and adults with complex medical needs and intellectual/developmental disabilities. She is the principal investigator of several federally and foundation funded research projects focusing on the delivery of healthcare and long-term care services for children and adults with chronic conditions originating in childhood. Dr. Jan earned her bachelor's degree from the City University of New York at Brooklyn College and her medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center. She completed a dual residency in both pediatrics and internal medicine from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where she was also Chief Resident. She continued her fellowship training as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the Perelman School of Medicine at UPenn, earning a master's in health policy research.

Dr. Jan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Sickle Cell Disease, Hemoglobinopathy, and Thanatophoric Dysplasia.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 39 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 6 articles and participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of Hemoglobinopathy.