“It’s really fun to see what’s evolving and what technologies are going to be approved eventually. “A lot of the research is aesthetic in terms of injectable, fillers and botulinum toxin agents, as well as lasers,” says Dr.
He works with three-and soon to be four-other doctors on a daily basis, and enjoys the opportunity to learn from his colleagues and share their respective research.
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He credits his wife Goldie, a pediatrician at Colorado Children’s Hospital, with helping him design and create his current practices, which consist of 40% Mohs micrographic skin cancer surgery and 60% aesthetics. And that is the practice he set out to build. Cohen felt that a private practice, driven by researched-backed data and encompassing medical, surgical and aesthetic dermatology would be a perfect fit for his skills and passions. “I started my own clinical trials once I started practicing.” The Move to Private Practiceįollowing his training, Dr. “Having had experience in learning the injections and being involved in two specific trials when I was in fellowship led me to really incorporate Botox and fillers into my practice right from the get go,” says Dr. Cohen’s interest in cosmetic dermatology was cemented during a combined Mohs and aesthetic dermatology fellowship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he gained further training in skin cancer surgery, lasers and spent time each week learning Botox and fillers with Drs. I saw first hand that it was exciting to take care of patients in a clinical trial, to learn what procedures and medications are going to be approved, and to understand the whole process of investigation and how trials are designed.”ĭr. He describes his training at Henry Ford as a “wonderful balance of medical, surgical and research-related dermatology. “Being able to work with regularly throughout my residency and seeing the surgical aspects of dermatology was incredible,” says Dr. While there, he worked with some of the biggest luminaries in the field, including George Mikhail, MD, a pioneer in rhinoplasty, and Edward Krull, MD, who succeeded Clarence Livingood, MD, as the program’s chairman. He took that interest with him to his residency at one of the oldest dermatology programs in the country, Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital.
This experience fostered an interest in pursuing research as part of his career.
Cohen participated in medical research involving many cutting edge procedures. A Passion for Research & AestheticsĪt Mount Sinai, Dr. “But, ultimately, dermatology is a wonderful field, where you have infectious disease and endocrinology in different age groups.” “In a sense, they both are fields where you see men, women and children of different ages and both have significant procedures as part of the practice,” says Dr. His path to dermatology, however, was by way of urology, which he studied upon first entering the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. He also serves as an associate clinical professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Colorado. Cohen is building a legacy of his own, as director of two private practices in Colorado: AboutSkin Dermatology and DermSurgery in Englewood and Lone Tree. “I am very proud of my family’s legacy in dermatology,” he says.
Cohen, who grew up in Michigan, listening to his father’s first hand stories about processes and discoveries in the field, along with recounts of his grandfather’s experiences. Both his father and grandfather had “meaningful and successful careers in dermatology,” says Dr. Cohen, MD, was destined to become a dermatologist.
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