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Tobias Cohen, MD, Pathology, New York, NY

TobiasSamuelDoryCohenMDPhD(He/Him)

Pathology New York, NY

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Transplantation Immunology, Clinical Pathology

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

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  • Office

    525 East 68th St.
    M-0-024
    New York, NY 10065
    Phone+1 212-746-7749

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
  • 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

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Implementation of a Novel Blood Distribution System in an Obstetrics Service
    Cohen 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 Cryoprecipitate
    Chen 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
  • Phase IV Trial Of Pathogen-reduced Cryoprecipitate vs. Cryoprecipitated AHF to Lower Operative Transfusions (TOP-CLOT) in Cardiac Surgery
    Cushing MM, Cohen T, Rand S, Sinfort A, Ong S, Parra P, Fitzgerald MM, Lau C, Girardi N, DeSimone RA, AABB Annual Meeting 2024 Oral Presentation, Houston, TX, 10/21/2024
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Lectures

  • Overview of Coagulation 
    Essentials of Transfusion Medicine Webinar Series, New York Blood Center Enterprises - 12/10/2024
  • Transfusion Support for Post-Partum Hemorrhage 
    Essentials of Transfusion Medicine Webinar Series, New York Blood Center Enterprises - 4/30/2024

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

  • 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 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