Michael S. Cohen,  MD

• Capital Health
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton
• Francis Medical Center
• Capital Health Surgical Center

• American Medical Association
• American Urologic Association

• Top Doctor, NJ Top Docs (2021)
• Healthy Living, New Jersey Top Doctor (2019)
• South Jersey Magazine Top Doctor in Urology
• Outstanding Research Award Lahey Clinic Post-Graduate Recognition Day. Coordinated Chemoradiation Therapy with Genital Preservation in the Treatment of Primary Invasive Carcinoma of the Male Urethra. (2007)
• Who’s Who in America (2007)
• Outstanding Research Award at Lahey Clinic Post-Graduate Recognition Day. In Vitro Analysis of a Nanocrystalline Silver Coated Surgical Mesh. (2006)
• National Society Daughters of the American Revolution: MacGregor Medical Scholarship (1999 – 2002)
• Groff Foundation Scholarship (1999 – 2002)
• American Heart Association Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (1999)
• Angiogenesis Foundation Summer Fellowship (1999)
• USA Today: Outstanding College Scholar (1998)

Publications:

• Dr. Michael Cohen of Urology Care Alliance Named NJ Top Doc For 2020 – NJ Top Docs
• Capital Health Medical Center in Hopewell leading Central Jersey in single-incision operations – nj.com
• Lawrenceville-Based Urologist, Dr. Michael Cohen Named NJ Top Doc – Business Insider: Press Release
• Canes D, Cohen MS, Tuerk IA. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: omitting a pelvic drain.  Int Braz J Urol. 2008 Mar-Apr;34(2):151-8.
• Cohen MS, Hanley RS, Kurteva T, Ruthazer R, Silverman ML, Sorcini A, Hamawy K,Roth RA, Tuerk I, Libertino JA. Comparing the Gleason prostate biopsy and Gleason prostatectomy grading system: the lahey clinic medical center experience and an international meta-analysis. Eur Urol. 2008 Aug;54(2):371-81. Epub 2008 Mar 28.
• Boucher W, Stern JM, Kotsinyan V, Kempuraj D, Papaliodis D, Cohen MS, Theoharides TC. Intravesical nanocrystalline silver decreases experimental bladder inflammation. J Urol. 2008 Apr;179(4):1598-602. Epub 2008 Mar 4.
• Cohen MS, Triaca V, Billmeyer B, Hanley RS, Girshovich L, Shuster T, Oberfield RA, Zinman L. Coordinated chemoradiation therapy with genital preservation for the treatment of primary invasive carcinoma of the male urethra. J Urol. 2008 Feb;179(2):536-41; discussion 541.
• Neto BS, Smith GL, Mandeville JA, Vanni AJ, Wotkowicz C, Rieger-Christ KM, Baumgart E, Jacobs MA, Cohen MS, Zeheb R, Loda M, Libertino JA, Summerhayes IC. Prognostic significance of altered p120(ctn) expression in bladder cancer. BJU Int. 2007 Oct 8.
• Jacobs MA, Wotkowicz C, Baumgart ED, Neto BS, Rieger-Christ KM, Bernier T, Cohen MS, Libertino JA, Summerhayes IC. Epidermal growth factor receptor status and the response of bladder carcinoma cells to erlotinib. J Urol. 2007 Oct;178(4 Pt 1):1510-4.
• Cohen MS, Stern JM, Vanni AJ, Kelley RS, Baumgart E, Field D, Libertino JA, Summerhayes IC. In vitro analysis of a nanocrystalline silver-coated surgical mesh. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2007 Jun;8(3):397-403.
• Secin FP, Jiborn T, Bjartell AS, Fournier G, Salomon L, Abbou CC, Haber GP, Gill IS, Crocitto LE, Nelson RA, Cansino Alcaide JR, Martínez-Piñeiro L, Cohen MS, Tuerk I, Schulman C, Gianduzzo T, Eden C, Baumgartner R, Smith JA, Entezari K, van Velthoven R, Janetschek G, Serio AM, Vickers AJ, Touijer K, Guillonneau B. Multi-institutional study of symptomatic deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in prostate cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic or robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol. 2008 Jan;53(1):134-45.
• Baumgart E, Cohen MS, Silva Neto B, Jacobs MA, Wotkowicz C, Rieger-Christ KM, Biolo A, Zeheb R, Loda M, Libertino JA, Summerhayes IC. Identification and prognostic significance of an epithelial-mesenchymal transition expression profile in human bladder tumors. Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Mar 15;13(6):1685-94.
• Cohen MS, Triaca V, Silverman ML, Tuerk IA. Progression of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: improved outcomes with the extraperitoneal approach and a running anastomosis. J Endourol. 2006 Aug;20(8):574-9.
• Cohen MS, Tuerk IA. Minimally Invasive Radical Prostatectomy: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Outcomes.  Issues in Urology. 2006 March-April; 18 (2): 61 – 69.
• Cohen MS, Tuerk IA. Step-by-Step: Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.  Issues in Urology. 2006 March-April; 18(2): 70 – 74.

Presentations:

• Kurteva T, Cohen MS, Smith G, Libertino JA. Non-clamping, Non-ischemic partial nephrectomy: The New Gold Standard.  AUA 2008, Orlando, FL.
• Fitch S, Cohen MS, Libertino JA. The Quest to Find High Grade Prostate Cancer: Are We Failing?  AUA 2008, Orlando, FL.
• Cohen MS, Triaca V, Billmeyer B, Hanley RS, Girshovich L, Shuster T, Oberfield RA, Zinman LN. Coordinated Chemoradiation Therapy with Genital Preservation in the Treatment of Primary Invasive Carcinoma of the Male Urethra.  Lahey Clinic Post-Graduate Recognition Day.
• Cohen MS, Hanley RS, Ruthazer R, Libertino JA. A Meta-Analysis Evaluating the Accuracy of Prostate Gleason Biopsy in over 15,000 Patients. AUA 2007, Anaheim, CA.
• Cohen MS, Libertino JA, Hanley RS, Ruthazer R, Hamawy K, Roth RA, Sorcini A, Tuerk IA. Caution: Biopsy Gleason Score Inaccurately Predicts the Prostatectomy Gleason Score in Almost 50% of Patients. AUA 2007, Anaheim, CA.
• Cohen MS, Stern JM, Kelley RS, Field D, Libertino JA, Summerhayes IC. In Vitro Analysis of a Nanocrystalline Silver Coated Polypropylene Mesh. Lahey Clinic Post-Graduate Recognition Day.

Published Abstracts:

• Smith GL, Scarpato K, Kurteva T, Cohen MS, Roth RA, Hamawy KJ, Moinzadeh A, Sorcini A, Tuerk IA, LIbertino JA. Non-clamped, Non-ischemic Partial Nephrectomy: The New Gold Standard  NEAUA 2008, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
• Vanni AJ, Cohen MS, Stoffel JT. Robotic Ileovesicostomhy: Initial Experience.  NEAUA 2008, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
• Kurteva T, Cohen MS, Smith G, Libertino JA. Non-clamping, Non-ischemic partial nephrectomy in patients with compromised renal function.  AUA 2008, Orlando, FL.
• Cohen MS, Hanley RS, Ruthazer R, Libertino JA. A Meta-Analysis Evaluating the Accuracy of Prostate Gleason Biopsy in over 11,000 Patients. AUA 2007, Anaheim, CA.
• Cohen MS, Libertino JA, Hanley RS, Ruthazer R, Hamawy K, Roth RA, Sorcini A, Tuerk IA. Caution: Biopsy Gleason Score Inaccurately Predicts the Prostatectomy Gleason Score in Almost 50% of Patients. AUA 2007, Anaheim, CA.
• Wotkowicz C, Baumgart E, Jacobs M, Cohen MS, Neto BS, Rieger-Christ KM, Libertino JA, Summerhayes IC. Altered Localization of P120 Catenin in Bladder Cancer is Prognostic for Node Involvement.  AUA 2007, Anaheim, CA.
• Gianduzzo T, Secin FP, Jiborn T, Bjartell AS, Fournier G, Salomon L, Abbou CC, Haber GP, Gill IS, Cansino Alcaide JR, Martínez-Piñeiro L, Cohen MS, Tuerk I, Schulman C, Eden C, Piechaud T, Janetschek G, Karanikolas N, Vickers A, Touijer K, Guillonneau B. International multicenter study of incidence and risk factors of deep venous thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism in prostate cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. BAUS 2007 Glasgow, Germany.
• Cohen MS, Libertino JA, Hanley R, Ruthazer R, Hamawy K, Sorcini A, Roth RA, Tuerk IA. Caution Biopsy Gleason Sum May Confound Treatment Algorithms for Prostate Cancer. New England AUA 2006, Providence RI.
• Baumgart ED, Cohen MS, Jacobs MA, Wotkowicz C, Neto B, Rieger-Christ KM, Libertino JA, Summerhayes IC. Identification of the Occurrence and Clinical Significance of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Bladder Tumors in Vivo.  New England AUA 2006, Providence RI.
• Wotkowicz C, Baumgart E, Jacobs M, Cohen MS, Neto BS, Rieger-Christ KM, Libertino JA, Summerhayes IC. Altered Localization of P120 Catenin in Bladder Cancer is Prognostic for Node Involvement.  New England AUA 2006, Providence RI.
• Cohen MS, Canes D, Tuerk IA. Secondary Learning Curve for the Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy. AUA 2006. Atlanta, GA.
• Cohen MS, Triaca V, Silverman M, Tuerk IA. Progression of the Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Improved Outcomes with the Extraperitoneal Approach and a Running Anastomosis.  23rd World Congress of Endourology and SWL 2005.  Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Cohen MS, Stern JM, MD, Kelley RS, Field D, Libertino JA, Summerhayes IC. In Vitro Analysis of a Nanocrystalline Silver Coated Polypropylene Mesh. New England AUA 2005. Bermuda.
• Canes D, Cohen MS, Stoffel JT, Sorcini A, Tuerk IA. Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Routine Pelvic Drainage is Unnecessary with a Running Urethrovesical Anastomosis.  New England AUA 2005. Bermuda.
• Cohen MS, Tuerk IA, Libertino JA. Comparing Laparoscopic and Open Radical Prostatectomy in Obese Patients. AUA 2005.  San Antonio, TX.
• Stifelman MD, Cohen MS, Taneja S, Patel R, Sosa E, Del Pizzo J, Shichman SJ. A Retrospective Multi-Institutional Study Evaluating the Oncological Efficacy of Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Nephrectomy. 20th World Congress of Endourology and SWL 2002.  Genoa, Italy.
• Stifelman MD, Taneja S, Cohen MS, Sosa RE, Del Pizzo J, Shichman SJ. Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy: a Multi-Institutional Study Evaluating Oncological Control.  AUA 2002.

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