Curriculum Vitae. Date Prepared: September 12, 2006. Name: David Joel Cohen.
Office Address: Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute. 4401 Wornall Rd.
David J. Cohen, M.D., M.Sc. Dr. Cohen is currently Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Director of Cardiovascular Research at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute. In addition, he is Director of the Health Economics and Technology Assessment Group at the Mid America Heart Institute (MAHI). He was previously Associate Director of Interventional Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where he was also Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of Economics and Quality of Life Research at the Harvard Clinical Research Institute. Dr. Cohen earned his M.D. at Harvard Medical School and his Master’s degree in Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. He did his clinical training at Brigham and Women's Hospital and was a clinical and research fellow in cardiology at Beth Israel Hospital for five years. Dr. Cohen’s research focuses on the application of formal cost-effectiveness methodology to novel interventions for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, the extension of traditional cardiovascular outcomes research to include collection of patient-centered outcomes among patients undergoing treatment for cardiovascular disease, the development and evaluation of instruments for evaluating health status and preference among patients with cardiovascular disease. He is also active in research to determine the short- and long-term outcomes of new devices for percutaneous coronary revascularization and treatment of valvular heart disease and identifying the optimal target populations and techniques for these devices. Dr. Cohen has published more than 280 original articles in leading journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, JAMA, Circulation, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, and Health Policy. He has also authored numerous book chapters and review articles on subjects such as the cost-effectiveness of interventional cardiology, coronary stenting, and programs to lower serum cholesterol. Dr. Cohen is current Associate Editor for JACC and serves on the editorial board for numerous other journals.
