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Education & Training
New York UniversityMS, Clinical Investigation, 2010
NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2004 - 2007
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 2001
Cornell UniversityBS, Biology & Society, With Honors, 1997
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 2003 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2016-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2016-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Clinical Trials
- Cetuximab, Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Anal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2007 Feb 28
- Cetuximab Plus Biweekly Capecitabine and Oxaliplatin in KRAS Wild Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2004 Jun 01
- Study of Gemcitabine and Erlotinib Plus Sorafenib (GES) in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- COMMIT: A Randomized Study of mFOLFOX6/Bevacizumab/Atezolizumab or Atezolizumab Alone as First-Line Treatment of Deficient DNA Mismatch Repair Metastatic Colorectal Ca...Caio Max Sao Pedro Rocha Lima, Greg Yothers, Thomas J George, Howard S Hochster, Hanna K Sanoff
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2026-07-29 - ECOG-ACRIN E6293: Phase II Study of Raltitrexed in Advanced Colorectal Cancer.Chengwei Peng, Paul Catalano, John Zalcberg, Ann D Thor, Louis M Weiner
The Oncologist. 2026-04-10 - 3 citationsAtezolizumab plus FOLFOX for Stage III Mismatch Repair-Deficient Colon Cancer.Frank A Sinicrope, Fang-Shu Ou, Dirk Arnold, Walter R Peters, Robert J Behrens
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2026-03-26
Journal Articles
- Targeting the Hedgehog Pathway: Role in Cancer and Clinical Implications of its InhibitionCohen DJ, Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America, 6/1/2012
- Postoperative intraperitoneal 5-fluoro-2’-deoxyuridine added to chemoradiation in patients curatively resected (R0) for locally advanced gastric and gastroesophageal j...Cohen DJ, Newman E, Iqbal S, Chang RY, Potmesil M, Ryan T, Donahue B, Chandra A, Liu M, Utate M, Hiotis S, Pachter HL, Hochster H, Muggia F, Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2/1/2012
- Phase I dose-escalating study of biweekly fixed-dose rate gemcitabine plus pemetrexed in patients with advanced solid tumorsYuan Y, Cohen DJ, Love E, Yaw M, Levinson B, Nicol SJ, Hochster HS, Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, 8/1/2011
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- A phase 2, randomized trial of GVAX pancreas and CRS-207 immunotherapy versus GVAX alone in patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Updated results.Le DT, Wang-Gillam A, Picozzi, Jr V, Greten TF, Crocenzi TS, Springett GM, Morse M, Zeh H, Cohen DJ, Fine RL, Onners B, Uram JN, Laheru D, Murphy A, Skoble J, Lemmens ..., J Clin Oncol, 1/1/2014
- Vismodegib (V), a hedgehog (HH) pathway inhibitor, combined with FOLFOX for first-line therapy of patients (pts) with advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction (G...Cohen DJ, Christos PJ, Kindler HL, Catenacci DV, Bekaii-Saab T, Tahiri S, Janjigian YY, Gibson MK, Chan E, Rajdev L, Urba S, Wade JL, Kozuch P, Love E, Vandris K, Take..., J Clin Oncol, 1/1/2013
- The MEK inhibitor selumetinib ([SEL], AZD6244, ARRY-142886) plus irinotecan (IRI) as second-line therapy for KRAS-mutated (KRASm) metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC).Hochster HS, Messersmith WA, O'Neil BH, Groshen SG, Lenz H, Cohen DJ, Denlinger CS, Gold PJ, Eckhardt SG, Locker GY, Ames P, McKinley M, Leichman L, Academic GI Cancer..., J Clin Oncol, 1/1/2013
Lectures
- Phase II multi-institutional study of nivolumab (Nivo), cabiralizumab (Cabira), and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for locally advanced unresectable pancreatic ...2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
- A phase I/II study of GSK3145095 alone and in combination with anticancer agents including pembrolizumab in adults with selected solid tumors.2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
- “Multidisciplinary Management of Localized Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers”1/16/2014
Press Mentions
Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month: 2020 Immunotherapy Research UpdateApril 21st, 2020
NYU Dental's Deepak Saxena Awarded Grant to Target the Microbiome in Treating Pancreatic CancerDecember 4th, 2019
Pancreatic Microbiome May Hold the Key to Better TreatmentFebruary 15th, 2019
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