Roger B Cohen

Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Director for Career Development, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Division of Hematology-Oncology
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
10th Floor, South Pavilion
Office #10-139
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
10th Floor, South Pavilion
Office #10-139
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-4469
Fax: 215-349-5326
Fax: 215-349-5326
Education:
A.B. (Biochemical Sciences)
Harvard College (magna cum laude), 1976.
M.D. (Medicine)
Harvard Medical School, 1980.
Permanent linkA.B. (Biochemical Sciences)
Harvard College (magna cum laude), 1976.
M.D. (Medicine)
Harvard Medical School, 1980.
Selected Publications
Cohen RB, Jimeno A, Hreno J, Sun L, Wallén-Öhman M, Millrud CR, Sanfridson A, Garcia-Ribas I.: Safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of nadunolimab, an anti-IL- 1 receptor accessory protein monoclonal antibody, in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with solid tumors. Invest New Drugs May 2025.Fayette J, Licitra L, Harrington K, Haddad R, Siu LL, Liu YC, Tahara M, Machiels JP, Rischin D, Seiwert TY, Ferris RL, Keilholz U, Psyrri A, Keam B, Bossi P, Metcalf R, Hsieh CY, Clement PMJ, Isaev P, Mudunov A, Dinis J, Hoeben A, Kasper S, Klinghammer K, Hwang M, Blando J, Serrano O, Ruscica D, Cohen RB.: INTERLINK-1: A Phase III, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Monalizumab Plus Cetuximab in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res Apr 2025.
Sannigrahi MK, Raghav L, Rich DJ, Schrank TP, Califano JA, Lukens JN, Sun L, Morgan IM, Cohen RB, Lin A, Liu X, Brown EJ, You J, Mirabello L, Mishra SK, Shimunov D, Brody RM, Pearson AT, Gimotty PA, Diab A, Jalaly JB, Basu D.: Tumor-intrinsic and immune-related features associated with treatment failure in human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst Mar 2025.
Riaz F, Vaughn JL, Zhu H, Dickerson JC, Sayegh HE, Brongiel S, Baldwin E, Kier MW, Zaemes J, Hearn C, Abdelghany O, Cohen RB, Parikh RB, Reuss JE, Prsic E, Doroshow DB.: Inpatient Immunotherapy Outcomes Study: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis. JCO Oncol Pract Feb 2025.
Stalker M, Qu K, Cohen RB, Mamtani R, Hwang WT, Sun L.: "Off-Label" Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients With Negative or Unknown PD-L1 Status in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 23: 90-96, Feb 2025.
Jadlowsky JK, Hexner EO, Marshall A, Grupp SA, Frey NV, Riley JL, Veloso E, McConville H, Rogal W, Czuczman C, Hwang WT, Li Y, Leskowitz RM, Farrelly O, Karar J, Christensen S, Barber-Rotenberg J, Gaymon A, Aronson N, Bernstein W, Melenhorst JJ, Roche AM, Everett JK, Zolnoski SA, McFarland AG, Reddy S, Petrichenko A, Cook EJ, Lee C, Gonzalez VE, Alexander K, Kulikovskaya I, Ramírez-Fernández Á, Minehart JC, Ruella M, Gill SI, Schuster SJ, Cohen AD, Garfall AL, Shah PD, Porter DL, Maude SL, Levine BL, Siegel DL, Chew A, McKenna S, Lledo L, Davis MM, Plesa G, Herbst F, Stadtmauer EA, Tebas P, DiNofia A, Haas A, Haas NB, Myers R, O'Rourke DM, Svoboda J, Tanyi JL, Aplenc R, Jacobson JM, Ko AH, Cohen RB, June CH, Bushman FD, Fraietta JA.: Long-term safety of lentiviral or gammaretroviral gene-modified T cell therapies. Nat Med Jan 2025.
Barsouk A, Elghawy O, Watts A, Reed-Guy L, Tompkins W, Chandrasekhara K, Grady CB, Iams W, Sun F, Liu G, Patel D, Nieva JJ, Marrone KA, Velcheti V, Liu SV, Patil T, Weiss J, Schwartzman W, Villaruz LC, Hermann A, Aisner DL, Hwang WT, Camidge DR, Sun L, Singh AP, Cohen RB, Aggarwal C, Langer CJ, Marmarelis ME.: Osimertinib vs. Afatinib in 1L therapy of atypical EGFR-mutated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC): A multi-institution, real-world survival analysis. Lung Cancer 2025.
Elghawy O, Barsouk A, Reed-Guy L, Stalker M, Sussman J, Robinson K, Kosteva J, Singh A, Cohen RB, Langer C, Ciunci C, D'Avella C, Sun L, Marmarelis ME, Aggarwal C.: Brief Report: Osimertinib Plus Capmatinib for Patients With MET-Altered EGFR-Mutant NSCLC Following Progression on Front Line Therapy. Clin Lung Cancer Dec 2024.
Elghawy O, Barsouk A, Xu J, Chen S, Cohen RB, Sun L.: Real word outcomes of cabozantinib therapy in poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Eur Thyroid J 13: e240225, Nov 2024.
Stalker M, Marmarelis M, Langer C, Cohen RB, Singh A, Aggarwal C, Sun L.: Outcomes Following Treatment for Progression in Patients Treated With Durvalumab Consolidation in LA-NSCLC. Clin Lung Cancer Nov 2024.