Debbie Cohen, MBBCH
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
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2156627544
Email:
debbie.cohen@uphs.upenn.edu
debbie.cohen@uphs.upenn.edu
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Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Clinical Trials--Hypertension/SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED and SPYRAL HTN-ON MED
Penn Medicine’s Neuroendocrine Tumor Program
Penn Kidney Medicine Comprehensive Hypertension Center (ASH-certified)
Penn Kidney Medicine Dialysis Care
Penn's Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Clinical Trials--Hypertension/SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED and SPYRAL HTN-ON MED
Penn Medicine’s Neuroendocrine Tumor Program
Penn Kidney Medicine Comprehensive Hypertension Center (ASH-certified)
Penn Kidney Medicine Dialysis Care
Penn's Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
Education:
MBBCH ( )
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1990.
Permanent linkMBBCH ( )
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1990.
Description of Research Expertise
complex hypertension, adrenal hypertension, pheochromocytoma, chronic kidney diseaseDescription of Clinical Expertise
Chronic kidney disease, complex hypertension, pheochromocytoma,paraganglioma, adrenal hypertension and renovascular hypertensionSelected Publications
Yao Z, Tasdighi E, Dardari ZA, Jha KK, Osuji N, Rajan T, Boakye E, Rodriguez CJ, Matsushita K, Simonsick EM, Lima JAC, Widome R, Cohen DL, Appel LJ, Khera A, Hall ME, Judd S, Cole SA, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Bhatnagar A, DeFilippis AP, Blaha MJ.: Differential Associations of Cigar, Pipe, and Smokeless Tobacco Use Versus Combustible Cigarette Use With Subclinical Markers of Inflammation, Thrombosis, and Atherosclerosis: The Cross-Cohort Collaboration-Tobacco Working Group. Circulation. 151(14): 993-1005, Apr 2025.Cohen JB, Abu Salman L, Bennett BJ, Cohen DL. : Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring before and after resection of catecholamine-secreting pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. J Hum Hypertens. Mar 2025.
McCoy IE, Go AS, Hsu JY, Zhang X, Muiru AN, Shah VO, Weir M, Rincon-Choles H, Cohen DL, Anderson A, Jaar B, Sondheimer J, Rao PS, Srivastava A, Dember L, He J, Chen J, Hsu CY; Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Investigators.: Differential Impact of Hospitalization on Cystatin C- and Creatinine-Based Estimated GFR. J Am Soc Nephrol. Mar 2025.
Yao Z, Tasdighi E, Dardari ZA, Jha KK, Osuji N, Rajan T, Boakye E, Rodriguez CJ, Matsushita K, Simonsick EM, Lima JAC, Widome R, Cohen DL, Appel LJ, Khera A, Hall ME, Judd SE, Cole SA, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Lotufo PA, Benseñor IM, El Khoudary SR, Barinas-Mitchell E, Janssen I, Psaty BM, Eaton CB, LaMonte MJ, Cawthon PM, Orwoll ES, Irvin MR, Bhatnagar A, DeFilippis AP, El-Shahaway O, Blaha MJ.: Association Between Cigarette Smoking and Subclinical Markers of Cardiovascular Harm. J Am Coll Cardiol. 85(10), Mar 2025.
Fischman CJ, Townsend RR, Cohen DL, Rahman M, Weir MR, Juraschek SP, South AM, Appel LJ, Drawz P, Cohen JB; CRIC Study Investigators. : Pulse Pressure and Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes by Age in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC). Am J Hypertens 38(2): 129-138, Feb 2025.
Mimouni E, Amjad W, Passman JE, Ginzberg SP, Trerotola SO, DePietro D, Cohen DL, Roses RE, Fraker DL, Wachtel H.: Predicting Unilateral Aldosterone Secretion in Primary Aldosteronism. J Surg Res. (306), 54-61, Feb 2025.
Wen J, Lin BM, Sun Q, Jiang MZ, Linchangco G, Li G, Chen R, Go AS, Miller-Fleming TW, Shuey MM, Cohen DL, Rao PS, Rahman M, Cox NJ, Lash JP, Guan W, Posner DC, Hui Q, Houghton SC, Hung AM, Cho K, Wilson PWF, Zhou H, Sun YV, Li Y, Franceschini N; Million Veteran Program and the CRIC Study Investigators. : Genetics of cardiovascular outcomes in individuals with chronic kidney disease: the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study. medRxiv Feb 2025.
Yang CW, Velez JCQ, Cohen DL. : Immediate-Release versus Extended-Release Tacrolimus: Comparing Blood Pressure Control in Kidney Transplant Recipients - A Retrospective Cohort Study. Nephron Immediate-Release versus Extended-Release Tacrolimus: Comparing Blood Pressure Control in Kidney Transplant Recipients - A Retrospective Cohort Study. Yang CW, Velez JCQ, Cohen DL. Nephron. 2025;149(2):57-65. doi: 10.1159/000541334. Epub 2024 Sep 22. PMID: 39307127 149(2): 57-65, Feb 2025.
Byfield RL, Cohen DL, Drawz PE, Kronish IM, Shimbo D, Cohen JB; CRIC Study Investigators.: Social Determinants of Health and Nocturnal Hypertension in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort. Am J Kidney Dis. Jan 2025.
Shulman R, Yang W, Cohen DL, Reese PP, Cohen JB; CRIC Study Investigators. : Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes of Non-Diabetic CKD by Albuminuria Severity: Findings From the CRIC Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 84(6), Dec 2024.