
Education
Medical School – University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Residency – University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Fellowship – University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Specializing In
Cardiologist in Mesa and Gilbert, AZ
Dr. Joshua D. Cohen is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. He is Board Certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, Vascular Medicine, Endovascular Medicine, and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Cohen completed his General and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Residency and received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of California, San Francisco. He received his undergraduate degree with distinction from Stanford University.
Dr. Cohen is a registered physician in vascular interpretation (RPVI) and an expert in coronary interventions as well as peripheral vascular and venous disease treatment. He is also one of the first physicians in the East Valley to offer the novel Renal Denervation procedure for chronic hypertension. This is a minimally invasive procedure for patients with difficult to control blood pressure despite lifestyle modification and medications.
Dr. Cohen enjoys travel, wine, and cinema. He and his wife are animal lovers currently with 2 dogs, 2 cats, a guinea pig, and a red-eared slider turtle. His wife is an author of middle grade children’s fantasy fiction. He has 2 adult daughters pursuing careers in healthcare, one as a dentist and the other as a nurse.
Recognition:
- Press Ganey ranks him in the top 20th percentile in the country among physicians whose patients rate their physicians as friendly and courteous.
Publications:
- 1992: Jaski BE, Cohen JD, Trausch J, Marsh DG, Bail GR, Overlie PA, Skowronski EW, Smith SC. Outcome of urgent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction: Comparison of single-vessel versus multivessel coronary artery disease. American Heart Journal, 124:1427-1433.
- 1996: Schwartz GG, Xu Y, Greyson C, Cohen J, Lu L. Low-dose inotropic stimulation during left ventricular ischaemia does not worsen post-ischaemic dysfunction. Cardiovascular Research, 32:1024-1037.
- 1997: Greyson C, Xu Y, Cohen J, Schwartz GG. Right ventricular dysfunction persists following brief right ventricular pressure overload. Cardiovascular Research, 34:281-288.
- 1998: Tan JL, Heidecker M, Cohen JD, Fowler MB, Spudich JA. Direct regulation of myosin by nitric oxide. Circulation, 98(17 supplement I):I-682.
- 2006: Nouri B, Mishell J, Cohen J, Chou T, McNulty E, Shunk K. Access site closure with a monofilament suture-mediated device in a high-risk cohort is safe and efficacious. SCAI 2006 Annual Scientific Sessions.
- 2006: McNulty E, Cohen J, Chou T, Shunk K. A “grapple hook” technique using a deflectable tip catheter to facilitate complex proximal circumflex interventions. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2006 Jan;67(1):46-8.