Dr. Cohen, M.D., P.C., Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, is a fully trained plastic and reconstructive surgeon. He practices all areas of plastic and reconstructive surgery, with areas of greatest interest in cosmetic surgery.

Dr. Cohen’s educational background is broad. He is a graduate of Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry. While at Cornell, Dr. Cohen was involved in the honors program in his major. He completed his medical school training at Georgetown University, graduating near the top of his class. He then served as a general surgery resident at a well-known trauma center, The MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where he won numerous awards for both his clinical and research skills.

Dr. Cohen trained as a plastic surgeon at Long Island Plastics.

Education:

• 1979 – 1983 Cornell University, Bachelor Of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-Honors Program.
• 1983 – 1987 Georgetown University School of Medicine. Doctor of Medicine Awarded May, 1987
• 1987 – 1990 General Surgical Residency, The Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., Chief, William Fouty, M.D.
• 1990 – 1992 Plastic Surgical Fellowship, The Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, N.Y. Chief, Roger Simpson, M.D.
• 2007 – 2010 George Washington Universty, School of Business. MBA awarded June 2010
• 2023 – current University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce School of Law, JD candidate expected graduation 2026.

Honors/Awards/Memberships: 

• 2003 – Current “Top Doctor” list Washington Consumer Checkbook
• 1997 – 2009 “Top Doctors” list Washingtonian Magazine
• 1992 Won second place in the New York Academy of Medicine Annual Competition for research in plastic surgery.
• 1. Won first prize for best clinical research paper in a hospital wide competition
• 1. Selected as outstanding resident of the year by the Division of Transplantation Surgery, The Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
• 1. Selected as an Outstanding Young Man of America for 1986
• 1. Selected as the Georgetown University School of Medicine’s nominee as Scholar of the Life and Health Medical Research Fund
• 1982 Accepted to AED – National Premedical Honor Society, Cornell University Chapter.
• 1980 Accepted to Cornell University Freshman Honors Research Program in Biological Sciences.
• Diplomate, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive surgeons.
• Member, The National Capital Area Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
• Member, American Lipoplasty Society.
• Member, American Burn Association.