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Joshua Cohen, MD, Endocrinology, Potomac, MD

JoshuaL.CohenMD

Endocrinology Potomac, MD

Diabetes, Lipid Metabolism

Professor of Medicine, George Washington University; Interim Director, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

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  • Office

    1 Candlelight Court
    Potomac, MD 20854
    Phone+1 301-602-2115

Education & Training

  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins University School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1983 - 1985
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
    National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1981 - 1983
  • University of Michigan
    University of MichiganResidency, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1981
  • University of Michigan
    University of MichiganInternship, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1979
  • VA Medical Center (Ann Arbor MI)
    VA Medical Center (Ann Arbor MI)1978 - 1979
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Medical Scientist Training, 1970 - 1978
  • New York University School of Medicine
    New York University School of MedicineClass of 1978, MD
  • New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
    New York University Graduate School of Arts and SciencesMS, Basic Medical Science, Physiology, 1975
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS, Chemistry, 1970

Certifications & Licensure

  • DC State Medical License
    DC State Medical License 1985 - 2024
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1982 - 2008
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow American College of Physicians, 1991
  • Phi Lambda Upsilon Chemistry Honor Society, 1969
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Preoperative parathyroid localization: Prospective evaluation of technetium 99m-sestamibi.  
    Khan A, Samtani S, Varma VJ, Frost A and Cohen JL, Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
  • Lessons Learned in the Integration of a Mobile Integrated Therapy (MIT) into an Electronic Health Record (EHR).  
    Peeples, MM, Iyer AK, Cohen JL, J Diabetes Sci Technol
  • Decreases in dietary glycemic index are related to weight loss among individuals following therapeutic diets for type 2 diabetes.  
    Turner-McGrievy GM, Jenkins DJA, Neal D. Barnard ND, Cohen J, et al, J Nutrition
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Prevalence and clinical significance of GAD (Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase) antibodies in recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus in the ADOPT study cohort.
    Zinman B, Kahn S, Haffner S, Herman W, Heise M, O”Neill MC, The ADOPT Study Group, American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions
  • A case of hypopituitarism due to pituitary macroadenoma presenting with hyponatremia and associated with the rapid onset of steroid induced psychosis.
    Naseer HK, Cohen JL, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Annual Meeting
  • Clinical utility of rhTSH-stimulated thyroglobulin testing without scan in the follow-up of patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer.
    Wartofsky L, rhTSH-stimulated thyroglobulin testing investigators, 12th International Thyroid Congress
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Lectures

  • Incretin physiology and the role of DPP 4 inhibitors in the treatment of diabetes. 
    Howard University Hospital Division of Endocrinology Grand Rounds, Washington, DC
  • A plant-based dietary intervention in type 2 diabetes. 
    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The George Washington University Medical Center
  • Endocrine disrupters. 
    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The George Washington University Medical Center
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