Overview
Dr. Cohen is Director of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology and Clinical Director of the Division of Pediatric Oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. He received his undergraduate degree at Brown University and earned his MD at the Upstate Medical University, in Syracuse, NY. He did his general Pediatric Residency and Chief Residency at the University of Colorado and completed his Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. He has served on the faculty since 1994. His research centers on clinical trials of novel therapeutics for children with brain tumors. Dr. Cohen is co-chair of the High-Grade Glioma committee for the Children's Oncology Group and in that capacity has a particular research interest in the development of therapeutics for the treatment of infiltrating gliomas. He serves on the scientific advisory board for a number of organizations including St. Baldricks and the Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation. He is on the editorial board for PDQ with responsibility for authorship of the pediatric CNS brain tumor summaries. The Pediatric Neuro-Oncology program conducts a broad range of research centered primarily around the development and testing of novel therapeutics for children with brain tumors. The multidisciplinary nature of this work translates into continual collaboration with specialists in pediatric neurosurgery, radiation oncology, neuropathology, neuroradiology, neurology, neuro-ophthalmology, neuropsychology, and other related disciplines.
Dr. Cohen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. His top areas of expertise are Glioma, Brain Stem Cancer, Medulloblastoma, Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 62 peer reviewed articles and participating in 41 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Infantile Neutropenia.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, Bloomberg 11N, Bloomberg 11N, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Cohen has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Ronald Cohn is a Pediatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Cohn is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. His top areas of expertise are Hypotonia, Muscle Atrophy, Infantile Neutropenia, and Micrognathia.
Nih Clinical Center
Jenna Bergerson is a Pediatrics provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Bergerson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. Her top areas of expertise are Autosomal Dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome, Hyper IgE Syndrome, X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, and Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID).
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Dr. Bonifant is a pediatric oncologist on the blood and marrow transplantation team at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is also a member of the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Immunotherapy. Her clinical specialty is stem cell transplantation for high-risk leukemias. Her research interests are in the areas of immunotherapy of cancer and malignant hematology. Currently, her research focuses on design and development of immune therapies as a treatment for poor-prognosis cancers, including development of engineered cellular immunotherapies for the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Dr. Bonifant is a graduate of Wake Forest University and Georgetown University. She completed her Pediatric and Hematology/Oncology training at Johns Hopkins and at Baylor College of Medicine. Prior to her appointment at Johns Hopkins, she was an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Bonifant is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. Her top areas of expertise are Leukemia, Infantile Neutropenia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), and Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Cohen isDistinguished. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
- GliomaDr. Cohen isDistinguished. Learn about Glioma.
- MedulloblastomaDr. Cohen isDistinguished. Learn about Medulloblastoma.
- Advanced
- Denys-Drash Syndrome (DDS)Dr. Cohen isAdvanced. Learn about Denys-Drash Syndrome (DDS).
- Diffuse Midline Glioma H3 K27M-Mutant
- Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes
- Ewing SarcomaDr. Cohen isAdvanced. Learn about Ewing Sarcoma.
- GangliogliomaDr. Cohen isAdvanced. Learn about Ganglioglioma.
- HepatoblastomaDr. Cohen isAdvanced. Learn about Hepatoblastoma.
- Experienced
- Adult Soft Tissue SarcomaDr. Cohen isExperienced. Learn about Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
- Bone Marrow AspirationDr. Cohen isExperienced. Learn about Bone Marrow Aspiration.
- Infantile NeutropeniaDr. Cohen isExperienced. Learn about Infantile Neutropenia.
- NeuroblastomaDr. Cohen isExperienced. Learn about Neuroblastoma.
- NeurofibromatosisDr. Cohen isExperienced. Learn about Neurofibromatosis.
- Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1)Dr. Cohen isExperienced. Learn about Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1).