Debbie Cohen

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Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Hypertension Programs , Renal Division
Director, Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma Program, Hospital of the University Of Pennsylvania
Director of Clinical Research Renal Division, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine

Contact information
One Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2156627544
Education:
MBBCH ( )
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1990.
Post-Graduate Training
Medicine & Surgery Internship, Hillbrow General Hospital, South Africa, 1991-1991.
Intern in Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1995-1996.
Residency, Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, 1996-1998.
Fellow, Nephrology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1998-2000.
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Description of Research Expertise

complex hypertension, adrenal hypertension, pheochromocytoma, chronic kidney disease

Description of Itmat Expertise

Dr. Cohen has a research interest in the effects of different antihypertensive medications on pulse wave velocity in patients with proteinuric kidney disease.

Selected Publications

Turcu AF, Tezuka Y, Lim JS, Salman Z, Sehgal K, Liu H, Larose S, Parksook WW, Williams TA, Cohen DL, Wachtel H, Zhang J, Dorwal P, Satoh F, Yang J, Lacroix A, Reincke M, Giordano TJ, Udager AM, Vaidya A, Rainey WE.: Multifocal, Asymmetric Bilateral Primary Aldosteronism Cannot be Excluded by Strong Adrenal Vein Sampling Lateralization: An International Retrospective Cohort Study. Hypertension 81(3): 604-613, March 2024.

Kandzari DE, Townsend RR, Kario K, Mahfoud F, Weber MA, Schmieder RE, Pocock S, Tsioufis K, Konstantinidis D, Choi J, East C, Lauder L, Cohen DL, Kobayashi T, Schmid A, Lee DP, Ma A, Weil J, Agdirlioglu T, Schlaich MP, Shetty S, Devireddy CM, Lea J, Aoki J, Sharp ASP, Anderson R, Fahy M, DeBruin V, Brar S, Böhm M; SPYRAL HTN-ON MED Investigators.: Safety and Efficacy of Renal Denervation in Patients Taking Antihypertensive Medications. J Am Coll Cardiol 82(19): 1809-1823, Nov 2023.

Cohen DL, Wachtel H, Vaidya A, Hundemer GL, Tezuka Y, Davio A, Turcu AF, Cohen JB.: Primary Aldosteronism in Chronic Kidney Disease: Blood Pressure Control and Kidney and Cardiovascular Outcomes After Surgical Versus Medical Management. Hypertension 80(10): 2187-2195, October 2023.

Ghazi L, Cohen JB, Townsend RR, Drawz PE, Rahman M, Pradhan N, Cohen DL, Weir MR, Rincon-Choles H, Juraschek SP.: Orthostatic hypotension, orthostatic hypertension, and ambulatory blood pressure in patients with chronic kidney disease in CRIC. J Hypertens. October 2023.

Ginzberg SP, Kalva S, Wirtalla CJ, Passman JE, Cohen DL, Cohen JB, Wachtel H. : Development of a risk-prediction model for primary aldosteronism in veterans with hypertension. Surgery October 2023.

Muiru AN, Hsu JY, Zhang X, Appel LJ, Chen J, Cohen DL, Drawz PE, Freedman BI, Go AS, He J, Horwitz EJ, Hsu RK, Lash JP, Liu KD, McCoy IE, Porter A, Rao P, Ricardo AC, Rincon-Choles H, Sondheimer J, Taliercio J, Unruh M, Hsu CY; CRIC Study Investigators.: Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease Progression After Acute Kidney Injury: Findings From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med 176(7): 961-968, Jul 2023.

Wu X, Azizan EAB, Goodchild E, Garg S, Hagiyama M, Cabrera CP, Fernandes-Rosa FL, Boulkroun S, Kuan JL, Tiang Z, David A, Murakami M, Mein CA, Wozniak E, Zhao W, Marker A, Buss F, Saleeb RS, Salsbury J, Tezuka Y, Satoh F, Oki K, Udager AM, Cohen DL, Wachtel H, King PJ, Drake WM, Gurnell M, Ceral J, Ryska A, Mustangin M, Wong YP, Tan GC, Solar M, Reincke M, Rainey WE, Foo RS, Takaoka Y, Murray SA, Zennaro MC, Beuschlein F, Ito A, Brown MJ.: Somatic mutations of CADM1 in aldosterone-producing adenomas and gap junction-dependent regulation of aldosterone production. Nat Genet. 55(6): 1009-1021, Jun 2023.

Hung ML, Wachtel H, Cohen DL, Fraker D, Trerotola SO.: Adrenal Vein Sampling Results and Surgical Outcomes in Patients with a Normal Plasma Aldosterone Concentration. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 34(3): 474-478, Mar 2023.

Weber MA, Schmieder RE, Kandzari DE, Townsend RR, Mahfoud F, Tsioufis K, Kario K, Pocock S, Tatakis F, Ewen S, Choi JW, East C, Lee DP, Ma A, Cohen DL, Wilensky R, Devireddy CM, Lea JP, Schmid A, Fahy M, Böhm M.: Hypertension urgencies in the SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Pivotal trial. Clin Res Cardiol. 111(11): 1269-1275, Nov 2022.

Vanent KN, Leasure AC, Acosta JN, Kuohn LR, Woo D, Murthy SB, Kamel H, Messé SR, Mullen MT, Cohen JB, Cohen DL, Townsend RR, Petersen NH, Sansing LH, Gill TM, Sheth KN, Falcone GJ. : Association of Chronic Kidney Disease With Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage. JAMA Neurol 79(9): 911-918, Sep 2022.

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