Debbie Cohen, MD

Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
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Sees patients age 18 and up
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About me

  • Director, Hypertension
  • Director, Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma Neuroendocrine Tumor Program
  • Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of the Witwatersrand University Medical School
  • Residency: Hillbrow Hospital
  • Residency: Johannesburg General Hospital (Charlotte Maxeke)
  • Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English
עברית
Hebrew

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Cohen is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Owei L, Priem E, Passman JE, Zafar H, Jones LP, Nazarian M, Cohen DL, White CA, Kharlip J, Wachtel H. From detection to diagnosis: Early outcomes of a specialized adrenal nodule clinic. , Surgery.: 2026


Estrada-Zuniga C, Liang R, Landry B, Alvarez A, Gonzalez-Cantu H, Nascimento da Conceição V, Trevino R, Gius D, Asa SL, Powers J, Prodanov T, Vaidya A, Toledo RA, Bayley JP, Cohen DL, Tischler AS, Pacak K, Li F, Dahia PLM. Identifying TMEM127-deficient pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas via RET overexpression by immunohistochemistry. , J Clin Endocrinol Metab. : 2026


Dhar R, Bukhari HA, Kewalramani S, Wong C, Witzigreuter L, Rincon-Choles H, Kansal M, Hamm LL, He J, Rao P, Bhat Z, Gadegbeku C, Jaar B, Tereshchenko LG, Anderson AH, Appel LJ, Chen J, Cohen DL, Dember LM, Go AS, Lash JP, Rahman M. Automated Detection and Removal of Pacing Artifacts from ECG Signal: CRIC and Cleveland Clinic Cohorts. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2026 Jul 24;PP. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2026.3716891. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42497052. , IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. : 2026


Yao Z, Dardari ZA, LaMonte MJ, Matsushita K, Ballantyne CM, Lima JA, Vasan RS, Simonsick EM, Appel LJ, Cohen DL, Judd S, Cawthon PM, Shah AM, Weber BN, Cao T, Dzaye O, Tasdighi E, Jelwan Y, Jha KK, Psaty BM, Bis JC, Olson NC, Lash JP, Cushman M, Eaton CB, Blaha MJ. The Prognostic Value of Serum Interleukin-6 Concentrations for 9 Cardiovascular and Mortality Outcomes: The Cross Cohort Collaboration (CCC). , J Am Coll Cardiol. 2026 Jul 21;88(3):282-298. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2026.04.015. Epub 2026 May 27. PMID: 42201287., 88(3): 2026,282-298


Gasior JA, Ginzberg SP, Herman D, Kalva S, Wirtalla CJ, Passman JE, Cohen DL, Cohen JB, Wachtel H. Validation of a novel risk stratification model for primary aldosteronism. , Am J Surg.: 2026


Pasricha SV, Cohen DL, Shulman R, Byfield R, Cohen JB; CRIC Study Investigators. Relationship between medication class and ambulatory blood pressure profile in the chronic renal insufficiency cohort (CRIC) study. , J Hum Hypertens. : 2026


Laffin LJ, Wang Q, Sarraju A, Touyz RM, Schlaich MP, Cohen DL, Mahfoud F, Mitchell LM, Mitchell J, Wolski K, Dennis P, Akere A, Li W, Chen G, Cohen YZ, Kim J, Cooper CG, Ramesan P, Edelberg JM, Nissen SE; KARDINAL Investigators. Efficacy of Tonlamarsen in Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension: The KARDINAL Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. , J Am Coll Cardiol. , 87(18): 2026,2508-2520


Sunderraj A, Cai X, Pasch A, Feinstein M, Mehta R, Srivastava A, Ricardo AC, Cohen DL, Isakova T. Associations of calciprotein particle maturation time with echocardiographic measures in the CRIC Study. , Am J Nephrol. : 2026


Dardari ZA, Yao Z, Zhang J, Bakoyannis G, Nan H, Staten LK, Jha KK, Tasdighi E, Jelwan Y, Burka S, Matsushita K, Simonsick EM, Lima JAC, Psaty BM, Cohen DL, Appel LJ, Khera A, Shah AM, Hall ME, Judd SE, Cole SA, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Cawthon PM, Orwoll E, LaMonte MJ, Eaton CB, El Khoudary SR, Thurston RC, Derby CA, Lotufo PA, Bensenor IM, Bittencourt MS, Blaha MJ. Prospective Associations of Obesity and Obesity Severity With 9 Cardiovascular Outcomes: The Cross-Cohort Collaboration. , Circulation. , 153(10): 2026,720-735


Blinder AR, Sapiro D, Baker JE, Qin Z, Bancos I, Lyden ML, Young WF, Wachtel H, Cohen DL, Kürzinger L, Fassnacht M, Luther JM, Williams TA, Reincke M, Turcu AF, Else T, Giordano TJ, Udager AM, Rainey WE, Nanba K. Adrenal histologic and genetic characteristics of primary aldosteronism in late adulthood. , Eur J Endocrinol., 194(2): 2026,208-216