David B. Cohen
Assistant Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. David Cohen is an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include spine and back disorders, spinal injuries and cervical degenerative disc disease and injury. Dr. Cohen earned his M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and his M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He completed his residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and performed a fellowship in Spinal Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Cohen’s research interests include scoliosis, spinal deformities, patient safety, clinical outcomes studies, vertebral augmentation and the development of a large animal osteoporosis model.
Research Interest
Spinal deformities; Patient safety; Scoliosis; Development of large animal osteoporosis model; Vertebral augmentation; Spinal osteoporosis; Clinical outcomes studies
Publications
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Frank SM, Abazyan B, Ono M, Hogue CW, Cohen DB, Berkowitz DE, Ness PM, Barodka VM. "Decreased erythrocyte deformability after transfusion and the effects of erythrocyte storage duration." Anesth Analg. 2013 May;116(5):975-81.
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Hassanzadeh H, Gjolaj JP, El Dafrawy MH, Jain A, Skolasky RL, Cohen DB, Kebaish KM. "The timing of surgical staging has a significant impact on the complications and functional outcomes of adult spinal deformity surgery." Spine J. 2013 Dec;13(12):1717-22.
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Chen AT, Cohen DB, Skolasky RL. "Impact of nonoperative treatment, vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty on survival and morbidity after vertebral compression fracture in the medicare population." J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013 Oct 2;95(19):1729-36.