Debbie Cohen, MD
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
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Debbie Cohen, MD

Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
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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

  • University of the Witwatersrand University Medical SchoolMedical School
  • Hillbrow HospitalResidency
  • Johannesburg General Hospital (Charlotte Maxeke)Residency
  • Albert Einstein Medical CenterResidency
  • University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship

Spoken languages

English
English
עברית
Hebrew

Reviews

Average Rating

617 reviews

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Anonymous
August 2026
dr cohen has been my favorite for years.
Anonymous
August 2026
she's excellent
Anonymous
July 2026
i have been with dr. cohen since 2009. she has taken very good care of me.
Anonymous
July 2026
has been helpful over many years

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

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., 260: 2026


Owei L, Barrett T, Passman J, Cohen DL, DePietro D, Trerotola S, Fraker D, Roses R, Cohen JB, Wachtel H. Beyond the Lateralization Threshold: Outcomes in Primary Aldosteronism with Borderline Adrenal Vein Sampling Lateralization Index. , J Am Coll Surg.: 2026


Dardari ZA, Yao Z, Zhang J, Bakoyannis G, Nan H, Staten LK, Jha KK, Tasdighi E, Jelwan Y, Burka S, Matsushita K, Lima JAC, Psaty BM, Fretts AM, Lemaitre RN, Cohen DL, Appel LJ, Khera A, Shah AM, Hall ME, Judd SE, Safford MM, Cole SA, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Cawthon PM, Orwoll E, LaMonte MJ, Eaton CB, El Khoudary SR, Jackson EA, Janssen I, Lotufo PA, Bensenor IM, Bittencourt MS, Bhatt AS, Ricardo AC, Blaha MJ. Risk Reclassification Beyond BMI by Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Hip Ratio Across 9 Cardiovascular Outcomes: Results From the Cross-Cohort Collaboration. , J Am Coll Cardiol, 88(6): 2026,670-684


Byfield RL, Zhang R, Hossain A, Cohen DL, Townsend RR, Kronish IM, Shimbo D, Cohen JB; CRIC Study Investigators. Association of visit-to-visit blood pressure variability with kidney disease progression and cardiovascular outcomes in the chronic renal insufficiency cohort (CRIC). , J Hypertens: 2026


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


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. Automated Detection and Removal of Pacing Artifacts from ECG Signal: CRIC and Cleveland Clinic Cohorts. , 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., 88(3): 2026,282-298


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


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