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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
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
- MD State Medical License 2018 - 2026
- VA State Medical License 2017 - 2026
- 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
- 6 citationsRecommendations for Centers Performing Pediatric Heart Surgery in the United States.Carl L Backer, David M Overman, Joseph A Dearani, Jennifer C Romano, James S Tweddell
World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. 2023-09-01 - 23 citationsPreventing Arrhythmic Death in Patients With Tetralogy of Fallot: JACC Review Topic of the WeekMitchell I. Cohen, Paul Khairy, Katja Zeppenfeld, George F. Van Hare, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2021-02-16 - 222 citationsRisk factors for mortality after the Norwood procedure.J. William Gaynor, William T. Mahle, Mitchell I. Cohen, Richard F. Ittenbach, William M. DeCampli
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2002-07-01
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
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External Links
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7RPAdjDOLIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7RPAdjDOLI
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