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Tobias Cohen, MD, Pathology, New York, NY, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

TobiasSamuelDoryCohenMDPhD(He/Him)

Pathology New York, NY

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Pathology

Assistant Director of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Biotherapies | Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Cohen grew up in New York City and obtained his undergraduate degree in Biology and Classics at Brown University where he was also a Division I athlete. He graduated from the combined MD/PhD program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, earning his PhD in the laboratory of Domenico Tortorella, PhD studying cytomegalovirus infection to characterize potential new therapeutic targets and drugs. He completed his residency in Pathology at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where he served as Chief Resident in Clinical Pathology followed by a fellowship in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine at the New York Blood Center and New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He now joins the faculty of Weill Cornell Medicine as Assistant Director of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Biotherapies and Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Education & Training

  • New York Blood Center
    New York Blood CenterFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 2023 - 2023
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2018 - 2022
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2018, MD, Distinction in Research
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiPhD, Biomedical Sciences, Distinction in Research, 2010 - 2016
  • Brown University
    Brown UniversityScB, Biology and Classics, Honors in Biology, 2005 - 2009

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2021 - 2025
  • American Board of Pathology Clinical Pathology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • 40 Under Forty Honoree American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2023
  • Clinical Pathology Chief Resident New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, 2021-2022
  • Distinguished Housestaff Award NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council, 2021
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Effect of Temporary Storage of Cryopreserved Cellular Therapy Products at -80 Degrees Celsius on Cell Recovery and Viability
    Tobias Cohen and Yvette Tanhehco, ISCT Annual Meeting 2024, Vancouver, CA, 5/2024
  • Characterization of Use of Cryoprecipitate in Perioperative Bleeding
    Cushing MM, Rand S, Fitzgerald M, Cohen T, Rajendran R, Littlejohn J, Hill S, Ivascu N, DeSimone RA, AABB Annual Meeting 2022, Virtual, 11/6/2022
  • Reducing Emergency Department Specimen Rejection by the Blood Bank: An ED-BB Collaboration
    Cohen T, Golden DL, Jacobowitz AM, Gibson C, Hennessy C, Lo D, McCarty M, DeSimone RA, Shemesh A, 2021 Blood Bank Association of New York State Annual Meeting, Virtual, 6/3/2021
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Other

  • IgA Deficiency in a Liver Transplant Patient 
    T Cohen and L Vasovic
    BBANYS Quarterly Volume 57 Number 3 - 7/18/2023

Press Mentions

  • BBANYS Board Member Tobias Cohen Recognized as ASCP 40 Under Forty Honoree
    BBANYS Board Member Tobias Cohen Recognized as ASCP 40 Under Forty HonoreeJuly 11th, 2023
  • The Mount Sinai Medical Center Received a High Safety Rating in The
    The Mount Sinai Medical Center Received a High Safety Rating in TheJuly 28th, 2018
  • Lookinside A Hospital, Prepared
    Lookinside A Hospital, PreparedNovember 12th, 2017
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Grant Support

  • Institutional Training AwardNIH/NIAID2012–2016

Committees

  • Junior Member, AABB Selection of Abstracts Committee 2023 - Present
  • Junior Member, AABB Transfusion Trasmitted Diseases Committee 2023 - Present
  • Young Professionals Representative, BBANYS Board of Directors 2023 - Present

Research History

  • Investigator, Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy, NYP-Cornellhttps://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT057115242021 - Present
  • Housestaff Quality Council, NYP-Cornell2019 - 2021
  • Scientist, Laboratory for Advanced Cellular Engineering, Weill Cornell Medicine2020 - 2020
  • Doctoral Candidate, Tortorella Lab, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai2012 - 2016
  • Rotation Student, Moran Lab and Tortorella Lab, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai2011 - 2011
  • Rotation Student, Fernandez-Sesma Lab, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai2010 - 2010
  • Associate Scientist, EpiVax, Inc.2009 - 2010
  • Laboratory Intern, EpiVax, Inc.2008 - 2009
  • Data Analyst, Department of Dermatoepidemiology, Veteran's Affairs Hospital2007 - 2007

Professional Memberships

  • Sigma Xi
    Member
  • Fellow
  • Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists - ACLPS
    Associate Member
  • Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies - AABB
    Member
  • Blood Bank Association of New York State - BBANYS
    Member
  • College of American Pathologists - CAP
    Fellow
  • International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy - ISCT
    Member

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