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525 East 68th St.M-0-024New York, NY 10065
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Summary
- Dr. Cohen, a New York native, graduated with honors from Brown University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Classical Studies. He completed the NIH-sponsored MD/PhD Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, earning his PhD by researching cytomegalovirus infection. Dr. Cohen completed his Pathology residency at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident and received the 2021 Distinguished Housestaff Award. He then completed a fellowship in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine at the New York Blood Center and New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and was named to the American Society for Clinical Pathology’s 2023 Forty under 40 list.
Board certified in Clinical Pathology and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, Dr. Cohen is an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine. He serves as Assistant Director of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Biotherapies and as a Transfusion Medicine Consultant for the Bone Marrow Transplant program. He also attends in the Special Hematology and Coagulation Laboratory at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. In these roles, he oversees blood bank operations, consults on transfusion management, interprets complex testing, and mentors trainees. His research focuses on process improvement and best practices in transfusion medicine.
Dr. Cohen volunteers with the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) on several committees and serves as Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the Blood Bank Association of New York State (BBANYS).
Education & Training
- New York Blood CenterFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 2023 - 2023
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2018 - 2022
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2018, MD, Distinction in Research
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiPhD, Biomedical Sciences, Distinction in Research, 2010 - 2016
- Brown UniversityScB, Biology and Classics, Honors in Biology, 2005 - 2009
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2021 - 2025
- American Board of Pathology Clinical Pathology
- American Board of Pathology Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- 2nd Place Annual Weill Cornell Medicine Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Symposium, 2024
- Forty Under 40 Honoree American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2023
- Clinical Pathology Chief Resident New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, 2021-2022
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Clinical Trials
- Transfusion of Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitated Fibrinogen to Expedite Product Availability in Perioperative Bleeding Start of enrollment: 2023 Apr 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Transfusion service staff and anesthesiologists prefer pathogen-reduced cryoprecipitate over conventional cryoprecipitated antihemophilic factor.Robert A DeSimone, Pooja Desai, Jordan Brown, Sidney Ong, Denden Benabdessadek
Transfusion. 2025-04-01 - Effect of temporary storage of cryopreserved cellular therapy products at -80⁰ celsius on cell recovery and viability.Tobias Cohen, Yvette C Tanhehco
Transfusion and Apheresis Science. 2024-12-01 - 1 citationsTrial Of Pathogen-reduced Cryoprecipitate vs. Cryoprecipitated AHF to Lower Operative Transfusions (TOP-CLOT): study protocol for a single center, prospective, cluster...Melissa M Cushing, Tobias Cohen, Meghann M Fitzgerald, Sophie Rand, Abraham Sinfort
Trials. 2024-09-27
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Circulatory overload following massive transfusion protocol resuscitation at an academic level 1 trauma center: underreported, underrecognized, and undertreatedCohen T, Raju B, Parra P, Rand S, Racine-Brzostek S, Semple S, DeSimone RA, Jimenez A, Cushing MM, 35th Regional ISBT Congress. ORAL PRESENTATION, Milan, Italy, 6/4/2025
- Implementation of a Novel Blood Distribution System in an Obstetrics ServiceCohen T, Spinelli J, Chen D, Zeng W, Valderrama N, Parra P, Oxford-Horrey C, Kalish R, Abramovitz S, Shaw H, Lennon C, Benabdessadek D, Jimenez A, Cushing MM, DeSimone RA, SMFM 2025 Pregnancy Meeting, Denver, CO, 1/30/2025
- Utilizing Sankey Diagrams to Quantify Laboratory Efficiency of INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex vs Traditional CryoprecipitateChen D, Cushing MM, Jimenez A, Parra P, Desai P, Ong S, Racine-Brzostek S, Benabdessadek D, Spinelli J, DeSimone RA, Cohen T, AABB Annual Meeting 2024. ORAL PRESENTATION, Houston, TX, 10/21/2024
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Press Mentions
- 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 TheJuly 28th, 2018
- Lookinside A Hospital, PreparedNovember 12th, 2017
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Grant Support
- Institutional Training AwardNIH/NIAID2012–2016
Committees
- Treasurer, BBANYS Board of Directors 2024 - Present
- 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 - 2024
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 XiMember
- Fellow
- Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists - ACLPSAssociate Member
- Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies - AABBMember
- Blood Bank Association of New York State - BBANYSMember
- College of American Pathologists - CAPFellow
- International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy - ISCTMember
- International Society of Blood Transfusion - ISBTMember
External Links
- Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Poster Symposiumhttps://medicine.weill.cornell.edu/news/annual-quality-improvement-and-patient-safety-qips-poster-symposium-celebrates-patient-safety
- Cornell Profilehttps://weillcornell.org/tobias-cohenmd-phd-9480
- ASCP Forty Under 40https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln2SoVZh29E
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