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
Links
Penn's Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
Penn Medicine’s Neuroendocrine Tumor Program
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
Penn Kidney Medicine Comprehensive Hypertension Center (ASH-certified)
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Clinical Trials--Hypertension/SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED and SPYRAL HTN-ON MED
Penn Kidney Medicine Dialysis Care
Penn's Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
Penn Medicine’s Neuroendocrine Tumor Program
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
Penn Kidney Medicine Comprehensive Hypertension Center (ASH-certified)
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Clinical Trials--Hypertension/SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED and SPYRAL HTN-ON MED
Penn Kidney Medicine Dialysis Care
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
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.
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 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.
Yu K, Ebbehøj AL, Obeid H, Vaidya A, Else T, Wachtel H, Main AM, Søndergaard E, Christensen LL, Juhlin CC, Calissendorff J, Cohen DL, Bennett B, Andersen MS, Larsson C, Almeida MQ, Fishbein L, Boorjian SA, Young WF, Bancos I.: Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Urinary Bladder Paraganglioma: Results from a Multi-center Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 107(10): 2811-2821, Sep 2022.
McCoy IE, Hsu JY, Bonventre JV, Parikh CR, Go AS, Liu KD, Ricardo AC, Srivastava A, Cohen DL, He J, Chen J, Rao PS, Muiru AN, Hsu CY.: Absence of long-term changes in urine biomarkers after AKI: findings from the CRIC study. BMC Nephrol 23(1): 311, Sep 2022.
Nanba K, Baker JE, Blinder AR, Bick NR, Liu CJ, Lim JS, Wachtel H, Cohen DL, Williams TA, Reincke M, Lyden ML, Bancos I, Young WF, Else T, Giordano TJ, Udager AM, Rainey WE. : Histopathology and Genetic Causes of Primary Aldosteronism in Young Adults. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 107(9): 2473-2482, Aug 2022.
Lahens NF, Rahman M, Cohen JB, Cohen DL, Chen J, Weir MR, Feldman HI, Grant GR, Townsend RR, Skarke C, Study Investigators ATC. : Time-specific associations of wearable sensor-based cardiovascular and behavioral readouts with disease phenotypes in the outpatient setting of the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort. Digit Health 16(8), Jun 2022.
McCoy IE, Hsu JY, Bonventre JV, Parikh CR, Go AS, Liu KD, Ricardo AC, Srivastava A, Cohen DL, He J, Chen J, Rao PS, Hsu CY; Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Investigators. : Acute Kidney Injury Associates with Long-Term Increases in Plasma TNFR1, TNFR2, and KIM-1: Findings from the CRIC Study. J Am Soc Nephrol 33(6): 1173-1181, Jun 2022.