MitchellIraCohenMD
Pediatric Cardiology • Fairfax, VAPediatric Electrophysiology
Co-Director Heart Center and Chief Pediatric Cardiology: Inova Children's Hospital Vice Chair of Pediatrics
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Office
8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Dr
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Fairfax, VA 22031Phone+1 703-573-0504Fax+1 703-573-4856- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Mitchell Cohen MD FACC FHRS is the current Co-Director of the Heart Center and Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Inova LJ Murphy Children's Hospital.
Dr Cohen's interests include the management of cardiac arrhythmias including WPW and other causes of SVT in children and adolescents. He performs electrophysiology studies and ablation procedures as well as pacemaker and ICD implantation and follow-up. Dr Cohen specializes in adult congenital heart disease. Dr Cohen has performed more than 4,000 pediatric electrophysiology studies and ablations.
He has been actively involved for more than 25 years in the awareness and prevention of sudden cardiac death in children related to hereditary arrhythmias such as Long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, CPVT, and ARVD.
Dr. Cohen works jointly at the Inova Heart & Vascular Institute with genetic counselors and basic scientists and is actively involved in using personalized genomes to best treat individual patients and their families.
Dr. Cohen is a Past-President of the Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES) and local scientific advisor to SADS (Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation. He is the current Scientific Program Chair for the 2023 World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.
Dr. Cohen has been a co-author on 5 national and international guidelines on the following topics: Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, adult congenital heart disease, and syncope. He has published more than100 papers and is the Associate Editor of two prominent pediatric cardiology journals.
Education & Training
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 1994 - 1998- Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaResidency, Pediatrics, 1991 - 1994
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
VA State Medical License 2017 - 2026
MD State Medical License 2018 - 2024
AZ State Medical License 2002 - 2019
FL State Medical License 2017 - 2019
NM State Medical License 2014 - 2018
PA State Medical License 1991 - 2010- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- Adult Congenital Heart DiseaseACHD (ABIM & ABP)
- Heart Rhythm SocietyFHRS
- International Board of Heart Rhythm ExaminersIBHRE (CIED & EP)
Clinical Trials
- Multicenter Evaluation of Children and Young Adults With Genotype Positive Long QT Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2012 Mar 01
- Determine the Incidence of Long QT Amongst a Large Cohort of Subjects Diagnosed With Unilateral or Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Start of enrollment: 2014 Aug 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Case Report of Elective Bilateral Proximal Intercostal Blocks Used to Prevent Arrhythmia in Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia.Dubchak, N., Lojek, A., Bell, A., Cohen, M., Steen, T., Vlassakov, K.> ;A&A Practice. 2024 Feb 1
- Differences in Quality of Life in Children Across the Spectrum of Congenital Heart Disease.Amy M O'Connor, Amy Cassedy, Jo Wray, Kate L Brown, Mitchell Cohen, Rodney C G Franklin, J William Gaynor, Helen MacGloin, Lynn Mahony, Kathleen Mussatto, Jane W Newbu...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2023 Dec 1
- Health Care Expenditures in Cardiac Children: The Time to Act Is Now.Mitchell I Cohen, Jamie E Cohen, James St Louis> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023 Apr 25
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Journal Articles
- Riata Lead Failure in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease PatientsMartin J LaPage, Christina Y Miyake, Mitchell Cohen, Douglas Y Mah, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
- Pediatric Arrhythmias Life-Threatening Event Risk in Children with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome: A Multicenter International StudySusan P Etheridge, Anne M Dubin, Stephen P Seslar, Shaji Menon, Peter F Aziz, Jeremy P Moore, Zebulon Z Spector, Ian H Law, Scott R Ceresnak, Kara S Motonaga, James C ..., ScienceDirect
- The Clinical and Genetic Spectrum of Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia: Findings from an International Multicentre RegistryPrince J Kannankeril, Kathryn K Collins, Christopher L Johnsrude, Susan P Etheridge, Jack C Salerno, Jeffrey M Vinocur, Joel D Temple, Yung R Lau, Martin J LaPage, Mit..., EP Europace
Press Mentions
- Inova Health System Launches Inova Children’s CardiologyApril 5th, 2022
Committees
- Pediatric Representative, American College of Cardiology Clinical Arrhythmia 2020 - Present
- Scientific Program Chair, World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery (2023) 2018 - Present
- Pediatric Co-Program Chair, Scientific Committee, Heart Rhythm Society 2017 - Present
- Scientific Clinical Documents Committee, Heart Rhythm Society 2011 - 2016
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
Hospital Affiliations
Inova Fairfax Medical CampusFalls Church, Virginia
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg, Virginia
External Links
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7RPAdjDOLIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7RPAdjDOLI
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