StevenPaulCohenMD

Pain Medicine, Pediatric Pain Medicine

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director of Medical Education - Pain Medicine Division

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Office
601 N. Caroline St.
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-955-7246
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Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Pain Medicine, 1999 - 2000
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Anesthesiology, 1990 - 1993
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Beth Israel)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1990
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2024 - 2026
MD State Medical License 2004 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2013 - 2015
PA State Medical License 2004 - 2004
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014

Clinical Trials

Efficacy of Epidural Etanercept in the Treatment of Sciatica Start of enrollment: 2006 May 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
A Placebo-Controlled Study Assessing Lateral Branch Radiofrequency Denervation for Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Pain Start of enrollment: 2005 Nov 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Randomized Study Comparing Fluoroscopically-Guided Versus Blinded Trochanteric Bursa Injections Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Efficacy and Cost: Benefit Ratio of 0, 1, and 2 Medial Branch Blocks for Lumbar Facet Joint Radiofrequency Denervation Start of enrollment: 2007 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
The Specificity of Cervical Facet Medial Branch Blocks Start of enrollment: 2008 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Does Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Improve Interventional Outcomes for Lumbosacral Radiculopathy? Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Conservative Therapy Versus Epidural Steroids for Cervical Radiculopathy Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Effect of Sedation on Diagnostic Injections Start of enrollment: 2011 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Steroids Versus Gabapentin Start of enrollment: 2011 Dec 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Pulsed Radiofrequency vs. Steroid Injections for Occipital Neuralgia Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Medial Branch Blocks vs. Intra-articular Injections: Randomized, Controlled Study Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Fluoroscopically-guided Versus Landmark-guided Sacroiliac Joint Injections Start of enrollment: 2014 May 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Cervical Paraspinal Muscle Twitching and Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Ablation Outcomes Start of enrollment: 2022 Sep 13
Recruiting
Roles: Contact, Sub-Investigator
Lidocaine Patch for Neck Pain Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Virtual Reality as a Substitute for Procedural Sedation During Epidural Steroid Injections Start of enrollment: 2022 Mar 28
Completed
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Difficult Encounters in Pain Medicine Start of enrollment: 2022 Oct 10
Active, not recruiting
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Smallest Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Amputation-Related Pain and Brief Pain Inventory Scores as Defined by Patient Reports of Global Improvement After Cryoneu...
Mariano, E. R., Brian M Ilfeld, Cameron R Smith, Alparslan Turan, Matthew E Miller, Rick L Fisher, Andrea M Trescot, Steven P Cohen, James C Eisenach, Daniel I Sessler...> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2024 Mar 14
Medial Branch Blocks and Radiofrequency Ablation for Low Back Pain from Facet Joints.
Yong, R., Hao, D., Cohen, S., Stojanovic, M.> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2023 Dec 21
Update of evidence-based interventional pain medicine according to clinical diagnoses: Cervical radicular pain response to Helm et al.
Laurens Peene, Steven P Cohen, Brigitte Brouwer, James Rathmell, Andre Wolff, Koen Van Boxem, Jan Van Zundert> ;Pain Practice. 2024 Apr 1
1 citations
Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Crossover Trial Evaluating Topical Lidocaine for Mechanical Cervical Pain.
Weitzner, A., Anderson-White, M., Smith, M., Cohen, S., Larkin, T., Wang, E., Hsu, A., Zhao, Z., Dolomisiewicz, E.> ;Anesthesiology. 2024 Mar 1
A step towards better understanding chronic overlapping pain conditions.
Fitzcharles, M., Häuser, W., Cohen, S.> ;Pain. 2023 Nov 30
2 citations
1. Lumbosacral radicular pain.
Laurens Peene, Steven P Cohen, Jan Willem Kallewaard, Andre Wolff, Frank Huygen, Antal van de Gaag, Steegers Monique, Kris Vissers, Chris Gilligan, Jan Van Zundert, Ko...> ;Pain Practice. 2024 Mar 1
Postamputation limb pain in military personnel: separate but equal or separate and never equal?
Tina L Doshi, Friedhelm Sandbrink, Steven P Cohen> ;Pain. 2024 Apr 1
4. Painful diabetic polyneuropathy.
Xander Zuidema, Bastiaan de Galan, Brigitte Brouwer, Steven P Cohen, Sam Eldabe, Charles E Argoff, Frank Huygen, Jan Van Zundert> ;Pain Practice. 2024 Feb 1
1 citations
The potential of a multimodal digital care program in addressing healthcare inequities in musculoskeletal pain management.
Anabela C Areias, Maria Molinos, Robert G Moulder, Dora Janela, Justin K Scheer, Virgílio Bento, Vijay Yanamadala, Steven P Cohen, Fernando Dias Correia, Fabíola Costa> ;NPJ Digital Medicine. 2023 Oct 10
9 citations
3. Pain originating from the lumbar facet joints.
Sandra A S Van den Heuvel, Steven P C Cohen, Javier de Andrès Ares, Koen Van Boxem, Jan Willem Kallewaard, Jan Van Zundert> ;Pain Practice. 2024 Jan 1
Ketamine Infusions for Treatment-Resistant Neuropathic Pruritus.
Shawn G Kwatra, Hannah Cornman, Sriya V Reddy, Steven P Cohen, Anusha Kambala> ;JAMA Dermatology. 2023 Sep 1
Managing Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults Through a Digital Care Solution: Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Clinical Study.
Anabela C Areias, Dora Janela, Maria Molinos, Robert G Moulder, Virgílio Bento, Vijay Yanamadala, Steven P Cohen, Fernando Dias Correia, Fabíola Costa> ;JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies. 2023 Aug 15
2 citations
Randomized-controlled trial assessing a digital care program versus conventional physiotherapy for chronic low back pain.
Di Cui, Dora Janela, Fabíola Costa, Maria Molinos, Anabela C Areias, Robert G Moulder, Justin K Scheer, Virgílio Bento, Steven P Cohen, Vijay Yanamadala, Fernando Dias...> ;NPJ Digital Medicine. 2023 Jul 7
1 citations
Cooled radiofrequency ablation versus standard medical management for chronic sacroiliac joint pain: a multicenter, randomized comparative effectiveness study.
Steven P Cohen, Leonardo Kapural, Lynn Kohan, Sean Li, Robert W Hurley, Richard Vallejo, Yashar Eshraghi, Pradeep Dinakar, Shravani Durbhakula, Douglas P Beall, Mehul ...> ;Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2024 Mar 4
Antimicrobial therapies for chronic pain (part 1): analgesic mechanisms.
Eric J Wang, Jay Karri, Nuj Tontisirin, Steven P Cohen> ;The Korean Journal of Pain. 2023 Jul 1
Antimicrobial therapies for chronic pain (part 2): the prevention and treatment of chronic pain.
Eric J Wang, Edward Dolomisiewicz, Jay Karri, Nuj Tontisirin, Steven P Cohen> ;The Korean Journal of Pain. 2023 Jul 1
The use of ketamine infusion to dramatically reduce opioid requirements in a patient whose high-dose intrathecal opioid pump was inadvertently cut during surgery.
William M McDonald, Michael M Wilkinson, Ankush Jain, Steven P Cohen> ;Pain Practice. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
Effectiveness of biofeedback-assisted asynchronous telerehabilitation in musculoskeletal care: A systematic review.
Dora Janela, Fabíola Costa, Brandon Weiss, Anabela C Areias, Maria Molinos, Justin K Scheer, Jorge Lains, Virgílio Bento, Steven P Cohen, Fernando Dias Correia, Vijay ...> ;Digital Health. 2023 Jun 9
2 citations
2. Cervical radicular pain.
Laurens Peene, Steven P Cohen, Brigitte Brouwer, Rathmell James, Andre Wolff, Koen Van Boxem, Jan Van Zundert> ;Pain Practice. 2023 Sep 1
Treating refractory posterior sacroiliac joint complex pain in the current healthcare ecosystem: a call to action.
David Sherwood, Aaron Yang, Christine Hunt, David Provenzano, Lynn Kohan, Robert W Hurley, Steven P Cohen, Vinil Shah, Zachary L McCormick> ;Pain Medicine. 2023 Oct 3
Ketamine dose reporting and dose responsiveness for chronic pain.
Steven P Cohen, Seffrah J Cohen, Jee Youn Moon, Chachrit Khunsriraksakul> ;Pain Medicine. 2023 Oct 3
6 citations
Low back pain of disc, sacroiliac joint, or facet joint origin: a diagnostic accuracy systematic review.
Christopher S Han, Mark J Hancock, Sweekriti Sharma, Saurab Sharma, Ian A Harris, Steven P Cohen, John Magnussen, Chris G Maher, Adrian C Traeger> ;Eclinicalmedicine. 2023 May 1
2 citations
Emperor's nakedness exposed: unmasking fairytales for genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation in knee osteoarthritis.
Steven P Cohen, Puneet Mishra, Mark Wallace, Alethia Sellers, Elias Veizi, Robert W Hurley> ;Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2023 May 1
3 citations
Patient-centered results from a multicenter study of continuous peripheral nerve blocks and postamputation phantom and residual limb pain: secondary outcomes from a ra...
Brian M Ilfeld, Bahareh Khatibi, Kamal Maheshwari, Sarah Madison, Wael Ali Sakr Esa, Edward R Mariano, Michael Kent, Steven Hanling, Daniel I Sessler, James C Eisenach...> ;Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2023 Sep 1
1 citations
Nonorganic (Behavioral) Signs and Their Association With Epidural Corticosteroid Injection Treatment Outcomes and Psychiatric Comorbidity in Cervical Radiculopathy: A ...
Steven P Cohen, Tina L Doshi, Edward Dolomisiewicz, David E Reece, Zirong Zhao, Mirinda Anderson-White, Angelia Kasuke, Eric J Wang, Annie Hsu, Shelton A Davis, Yongja...> ;Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2023 Jun 1
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