David Jonathan Cohen, MD

Expertise:

Hypertension

Kidney Transplant

Nephrology

Pancreas Transplant

Transplantation Nephrology

About:

I am involved in numerous clinical protocols investigating new immunosuppressive drugs and/or new combinations of existing medications in renal transplant patients, both newly transplanted patients and those with long-term functioning transplants.

Publications:

Wilkinson AH, Cohen DJ. (1999) Renal failure in recipients of non-renal solid organ transplants. J Amer Soc Nephrol 10:1136-45

The Mycophenolate Mofetil Acute Rejection Study Group. (2001) Mycophenolate mofetil for the treatment of a first acute renal allograft rejection: three-year follow-up. Transplantation 71:1091-7

Lin J, Valeri AM, Cohen DJ, Radhakrishnan J. (2002) Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition in chronic allograft nephropathy. Transplantation 73:783-8

Adams PL, Cohen DJ, Danovitch GM, et al. (2002) The nondirected live-kidney donor: ethical considerations and practice guidelines. Transplantation 74:582-90

Appointment Phone:

(212) 305-6469

New Patients:

YES

Primary Locations:

CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic

622 West 168th Street
Floor 14
New York, NY 10032

For new and current patient appointments, call:: (212) 305-6469

Fax:: (212) 305-9642

Insurances:

AETNA [NY Signature, NYP Employee Plan, Aetna Signature Administrators, Medicare Managed Care, Student Health, POS, EPO, PPO, HMO]

Affinity Health Plan [Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]

AgeWell [Medicare Managed Care, Special Needs]

Amida Care [Special Needs]

CIGNA [POS, Great West (National), Medicare Managed Care, PPO, EPO, HMO]

Emblem/GHI [Medicare Managed Care, PPO]

Emblem/HIP [POS, ConnectiCare, PPO, EPO, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Essential Plan, Select Care (Exchange), HMO, Vytra]

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Medicaid Managed Care, Essential Plan, Child/Family Health Plus]

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [HMO, PPO, EPO, Medicare Managed Care]

Fidelis Care [Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus]

Healthfirst [Child/Family Health Plus, Medicare Managed Care, Leaf (Exchange), Medicaid Managed Care]

Local 1199 [Local 1199]

MVP Health Care [HMO, Medicaid Managed Care, Essential Plan, Child/Family Health Plus]

MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare]

Medicare [Railroad, Traditional Medicare]

Multiplan [Multiplan]

Oxford Health Plans [Freedom, HMO, Liberty]

Quality Health Management [Quality Health Management]

RiverSpring [Special Needs]

UnitedHealthcare [POS, HMO, PPO, Empire Plan, Medicare Managed Care, Medicaid (Community Plan), Compass (Exchange)]

VNSNY CHOICE [Special Needs, SelectHealth, Medicare Managed Care]

WellCare [Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]

World Trade Center Health Plan [World Trade Center Health Plan]

Languages:

French

Appointments:

Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Education:

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University

Internship: Mount Sinai Hospital

Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital

Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Fellowship: Brigham & Women's Hospital