William E. Cohn

Overview

Dr. William E. Cohn is one of the leaders of the team of experts developing a total artificial heart that will deliver blood by means of continuous flow rather than pulsation. This research has grant support from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the John S. Dunn Research Foundation; the Alexander Family Trust; and the McIngvale family Trust.This new artificial heart is smaller, less expensive, and predicted to be more reliable than previous generations of artificial hearts. William E. Cohn currently has 170 active or pending patents for his inventions and is the founder or co-founder of five venture-backed life science startups. In addition, Dr. Cohn is a venture partner at Santé Health Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on capitalizing early-stage life science technology.

His top areas of expertise are Infantile Pneumothorax, Aortic Regurgitation, and Heart Transplant.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 85 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Baylor College Of Medicine
Residency
01/ - Boston, MA United States - 1994
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
General Surgery
Licenses
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) in TX
Board Certifications
Thoracic Surgery, American Board Of Thoracic Surgery
General Surgery, American Board Of Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center - Houston, TX
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine
6770 Bertner Ave, Ste C-350, Houston, TX 77030

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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