Penn Medicine Provider
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Debbie Cohen, MD
4.9
(376)
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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

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of the Witwatersrand School
  • Residency: Hillbrow Hospital
  • Residency: Johannesburg General Hospital/Witwatersrand University
  • Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

380 reviews

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May 2025
5.0
5.0
very caring and knowledgeable
May 2025
5.0
5.0
good listener
May 2025
5.0
5.0
she is excellent
April 2025
5.0
5.0
wonderful caring doctor

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

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

Qualifications and experience

My research

Yao Z, Tasdighi E, Dardari ZA, Jha KK, Osuji N, Rajan T, Boakye E, Rodriguez CJ, Matsushita K, Simonsick EM, Lima JAC, Widome R, Cohen DL, Appel LJ, Khera A, Hall ME, Judd S, Cole SA, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Bhatnagar A, DeFilippis AP, Blaha MJ. Differential Associations of Cigar, Pipe, and Smokeless Tobacco Use Versus Combustible Cigarette Use With Subclinical Markers of Inflammation, Thrombosis, and Atherosclerosis: The Cross-Cohort Collaboration-Tobacco Working Group. , Circulation. , 151(14): 2025,993-1005


Cohen JB, Abu Salman L, Bennett BJ, Cohen DL. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring before and after resection of catecholamine-secreting pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. , J Hum Hypertens. : 2025


McCoy IE, Go AS, Hsu JY, Zhang X, Muiru AN, Shah VO, Weir M, Rincon-Choles H, Cohen DL, Anderson A, Jaar B, Sondheimer J, Rao PS, Srivastava A, Dember L, He J, Chen J, Hsu CY; Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Investigators. Differential Impact of Hospitalization on Cystatin C- and Creatinine-Based Estimated GFR. , J Am Soc Nephrol.: 2025


Yao Z, Tasdighi E, Dardari ZA, Jha KK, Osuji N, Rajan T, Boakye E, Rodriguez CJ, Matsushita K, Simonsick EM, Lima JAC, Widome R, Cohen DL, Appel LJ, Khera A, Hall ME, Judd SE, Cole SA, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Lotufo PA, Benseñor IM, El Khoudary SR, Barinas-Mitchell E, Janssen I, Psaty BM, Eaton CB, LaMonte MJ, Cawthon PM, Orwoll ES, Irvin MR, Bhatnagar A, DeFilippis AP, El-Shahaway O, Blaha MJ. Association Between Cigarette Smoking and Subclinical Markers of Cardiovascular Harm. , J Am Coll Cardiol., 85(10): 2025


Fischman CJ, Townsend RR, Cohen DL, Rahman M, Weir MR, Juraschek SP, South AM, Appel LJ, Drawz P, Cohen JB; CRIC Study Investigators. Pulse Pressure and Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes by Age in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC). , Am J Hypertens, 38(2): 2025,129-138


Mimouni E, Amjad W, Passman JE, Ginzberg SP, Trerotola SO, DePietro D, Cohen DL, Roses RE, Fraker DL, Wachtel H. Predicting Unilateral Aldosterone Secretion in Primary Aldosteronism. , J Surg Res. : 2025,54-61


Wen J, Lin BM, Sun Q, Jiang MZ, Linchangco G, Li G, Chen R, Go AS, Miller-Fleming TW, Shuey MM, Cohen DL, Rao PS, Rahman M, Cox NJ, Lash JP, Guan W, Posner DC, Hui Q, Houghton SC, Hung AM, Cho K, Wilson PWF, Zhou H, Sun YV, Li Y, Franceschini N; Million Veteran Program and the CRIC Study Investigators. Genetics of cardiovascular outcomes in individuals with chronic kidney disease: the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study. , medRxiv : 2025


Yang CW, Velez JCQ, Cohen DL. Immediate-Release versus Extended-Release Tacrolimus: Comparing Blood Pressure Control in Kidney Transplant Recipients - A Retrospective Cohort Study. , Nephron Immediate-Release versus Extended-Release Tacrolimus: Comparing Blood Pressure Control in Kidney Transplant Recipients - A Retrospective Cohort Study. Yang CW, Velez JCQ, Cohen DL. Nephron. 2025;149(2):57-65. doi: 10.1159/000541334. Epub 2024 Sep 22. PMID: 39307127, 149(2): 2025,57-65


Byfield RL, Cohen DL, Drawz PE, Kronish IM, Shimbo D, Cohen JB; CRIC Study Investigators. Social Determinants of Health and Nocturnal Hypertension in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort. , Am J Kidney Dis. : 2025


Shulman R, Yang W, Cohen DL, Reese PP, Cohen JB; CRIC Study Investigators. Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes of Non-Diabetic CKD by Albuminuria Severity: Findings From the CRIC Study. , Am J Kidney Dis. , 84(6): 2024