- Adrenal gland tumor
- Aldosterone abnormalities
- Autonomic dysfunction
- Fibromuscular dysplasia
- Labile hypertension
- Liddle syndrome
- Page kidney
- Pheochromocytoma
- Primary aldosteronism
- Refractory hypertension
- Renal artery stenosis
- Renal hypertension
- Secondary hypertension
Jordana B. Cohen, MD, MSCE
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Associate Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
I am a nephrologist and clinical researcher. My primary focuses are in the management of complex hypertension, secondary hypertension, and chronic kidney disease.
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- Residency: Boston Medical Center
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
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Insurance accepted
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- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Nephrology, 2014
- Internal Medicine, 2012
- Accuracy in Measurement of Blood Pressure (AIM-BP) Collaborative, Lancet Commission on Hypertension and World Hypertension League, International
- American Heart Association, National
- American Medical Association, National
- American Society of Nephrology, National
- National Institutes of Health, Health Services Quality and Effectiveness (HSQE) Study Section, National
- National Kidney Foundation, National
- Target: BP, National
- Penn Neuroendocrine Tumor Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Cohen JB, Addo DK, Jacobs JA, Greene TH, Xu Y, Picone DS, Shimbo D, Bress AP Impact of a Smartwatch Hypertension Notification Feature for Population Screening , JAMA., 335(11): 2026,1001-1003
Cohen JB, Byfield RL, Hardy ST, Juraschek SP, Houston Miller N, Mukkamala R, Picone DS, Thiele RH, Yang E, Brady TM Cuffless Devices for the Measurement of Blood Pressure: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association , Hypertension., 83(3): 2026,e00254
Jones DW, Ferdinand KC, Taler SJ, Shimbo D, Abdalla M, Altieri MM, Bansal N, Bello NA, Bress AP, Carter J, Cohen JB, Collins KJ, Commodore-Mensah Y, Davis LL, Egan B, Khan SS, Lloyd-Jones DM, Mazurek Melnyk B, Mistry EA, Ogunniyi MO, Schott SL, Smith SC, Talbot AW, Vongpatanasin W, Watson KE, Whelton PK, Williamson JD 2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults , Circulation., 152(11): 2025,e114-e218
Cohen JB Rethinking Confirmatory Testing in Primary Aldosteronism , Ann Intern Med., 178(7): 2025,1044-1045
Shulman R, Yang W, Cohen DL, Reese PP, Cohen JB Cardiac Effects of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors in Nonproteinuric CKD , Hypertension., 81(10): 2024,2082-2090
Passman J, Wall-Wieler E, Liu Y, Zheng F, Cohen JB Antihypertensive Medication Use Trajectories after Bariatric Surgery: A Matched Cohort Study , Hypertension., 81(8): 2024,1737-1746
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 vs. Medical Management , Hypertension., 80(10): 2023,2187-2195
Cohen JB, Mitchell GF, Gill D, Burgess S, Rahman M, Hanff T, Ramachandran VS, Mutalik K, Townsend RR, Chirinos JA Arterial Stiffness and Diabetes Mellitus Risk in the Framingham Heart Study and United Kingdom Biobank , Circ Res., 131(6): 2022,545-554
Cohen JB, Marcum ZA, Zhang C, Derington CG, Greene TH, Ghazi L, Herrick JS, King JB, Cheung AK, Bryan N, Supiano MA, Sonnen JA, Weintraub WS, Scharfstein D, Williamson J, Pajewski NM, Bress AP Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment or Probable Dementia in New Users of Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors: A Secondary Analysis of Data From the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) , JAMA Netw Open., 5(7): 2022,e2220680
Cohen JB, Cohen DL, Herman DS, Leppert JT, Byrd JB, Bhalla V Testing for Primary Aldosteronism and Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Use Among US Veterans: A Retrospective Cohort Study , Ann Intern Med., 174(3): 2021,289-297