Overview
Dr. Cochran was born in Pennsylvania, and has been a resident of and has practiced medicine in Northern Virginia since 1978. His medical specialties include: Neurology, Neurophysiology, and Sleep Disorders.

Philosophy/Approach
"Our practice has research experience in sleep disorders, chronic pain, headache, memory, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease. When treating patients, I balance my interest in investigating the root cause of my patient's concerns with my patient's needs. My patient's needs come first.

It is my philosophy that the 'Patient is the Boss' in the final determination of what is done both diagnostically and therapeutically. I see my role as one of evaluating my patient and giving my patient all of their options. To help my patients, I try to always plot out a road map of what the first step is and what the subsequent steps might be depending on the outcome of the first step."

Community Involvement
Dr. Cochran has been involved in the community in many ways, including serving on the Board of Directors and on the Professional Advisory Board of the National Capital Area Epilepsy Foundation, and as a member of the Washington Metropolitan Bioethics Network. He is also on the Inova Healthcare Ethics Council and is the Co-Chair of Operation Stroke, a regional joint venture between Inova Health Systems and the American Heart Association. Dr. Cochran also Chairs the Ethics Committee of Inova Alexandria Hospital.

Degrees and Certifications
Dr. Cochran is board certified in Sleep Medicine, Neurology, Electroencephalography, Clinical Neurophysiology and Internal Medicine. He earned a BS with honors from Pennsylvania State University in 1971 and his MD from Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1973. Dr. Cochran's residencies in internal medicine and neurology were at Rush Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center.

Honors
Dr. Cochran has been named in the Washingtonian Magazine's "Top Doctors" listings since 1991 and in the Washington Consumer Checkbook's "Area's Outstanding Specialists" since 1993.

Professional Organization Membership
Dr. Cochran is a member of the:

• American Academy of Neurology
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• American Association of the Study of Headache (Fellow)
• American College of Physicians (Fellow)
• American EEG Society (Fellow)
• American Medical Association
• Arlington County Medical Society
• Medical Society of Northern Virginia
• Medical Society of Virginia

Other Related Activities
In addition to Dr. Cochran's clinical practice, he is Chairman of Medicine at Inova Alexandria Hospital and Chief of Neurodiagnostics at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He is also involved in neurological and sleep disorders research and has presented and published extensively on these subjects.

You may also wish to refer to information about our other physicians:
Dr. Lewis B. Eberly, MD, PhD
Dr. Eric B. Sklar, MD
Dr. Mark King, DO
Dr. Craig K. Chang, MD
Richard T. Benson, MD, PhD

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