Glenn D. Cohen, M.D. is board certified in Orthopedic Surgery, with a Subspecialty Certificate in Surgery of the Hand. Dr. Cohen specializes in disorders of the hands, wrists, forearms and elbows, He has had extensive med-legal experience in the capacity of Expert Witness, Independent Medical Examiner, Qualified Medical Evaluator, Agreed Medical Evaluator, and Medical Record Reviewer. In addition to his busy private practice, he is an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Southern California.
His full Curriculum Vitae is below, or you may print a copy by clicking on the image to the right.
Hand Surgery Fellowship
August 1999 to August 2000
Tufts / New England Medical Center, Boston Massachusetts
Orthopaedic Surgery Internship and Residency
June 1994 to June 1999
Los Angeles County / University of Southern California Orthopedics
Doctor of Medicine
August 1990 to May 1994
State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Bachelor’s Degree in Physiology (Minor: Art History)
September 1984 to June 1989
University of California San Diego
Microsurgery Course, Lahey Clinic, Massachusetts, September 1999
Basic Course, AO North America, Jackson, Mississippi, November 1995
Subspecialty Certificate in Surgery of the Hand, October 2004
Diplomate: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery 2002
Physician and Surgeon, Massachusetts, February 1999
Physician and Surgeon, California, January 1996
Controlled Substance Registration (DEA), April 1996
Approved Supervisor of Physician Assistants, SA 27018, CA. April 1997
Fluoroscopy Supervisor and Operator, RHC 141368, CA., August 1995
Fellow American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Initiated March 2004 - Present
Member American Association of Hand Surgery
Initiated 2004 - Present
Member American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Initiated 2005 - Present
California Orthopaedic Association
California Medical Association
California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery
Ventura County Medical Association
Best Clinical Paper, Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting, Snowmass, Colorado, August 2000
Edwin R. Guise Jr., Memorial Junior Resident Paper Award, University of Southern California Graduate Orthopaedic Society, June 1998
The Bernard Jaffe, M.D., Chairman of Surgery, Research Scholarship, July 1991
Outstanding Performance in OB / GYN, SUNY Brooklyn, May 1994
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute [NIH], Grant #08T5HL07493B,
Short Term Training in Health Professional Programs, June 1991
Madelungs’ Deformity Treatment By Ulnar Shortening Osteotomy.Arthur A. Thibodeau Lecture. Tufts / New England Medical Center June 2000
Madelungs’ Deformity Treatment By Ulnar Shortening Osteotomy. Richard J. Smith Memorial Lecture. Massachusetts General Hospital June 2000
New Onset Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosed After Initially Presenting with an Extremity Infection. Two Years of Experience at the Los Angeles County Hospital. USC Graduate Orthopaedic Society Meeting, June 1999
Constituents Representing Autocrine/Paracrine Regulators of Aggressive Fibromatosis, University of Southern California Department of Orthopaedics Junior Resident Research Presentation, December 1997
Low Back Pain, Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Orthopaedic Hospital, October 1997
Sports Medicine: The Athlete as a Patient, University of Southern California Medical Student Surgery Lectureship Series, August 1997
Desmoid Tumors: An update on current treatment and immunohistochemical analysis, The J. Vernon Luck Sr., M.D. Orthopaedic Research Center Semi-Monthly Scientific Meeting, April 1997
Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Children, Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Orthopaedic Hospital, July 1995
Trooskin, S.Z., Winfield J.P., Gibberman, J.B., Cohen, G.D., Walker, J., Delano, B.G., Application of Subcutaneous Infusion Port Technology to Peritoneal Dialysis. American Society of Artificial Internal Organs, May 9, 1992
Trooskin, S.Z., Cohen, G.D., and Winfield, J.P., The effect of Cytokines on Cellular Function of Type II Pneumocytes. SUNY Brooklyn, June 1992
Glenn D. Cohen, M.D., Inc., Active Clinical Practice
Orthopaedic Surgery, Disorders of the Hand, Wrist & Elbow
Westlake Village, CA, 2000 - Present
Transplant Biology Research Laboratory Technician, Cedars Sinai
Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA., October 1989 - March 1990
Orderly, Emergency and Radiology Departments, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA., June 1986 - June 1989
SUNY HSCB Clinical Rotation Orientation Task Force Member, February 1993 to May 1994, Brooklyn, NY.
UCSD Lightweight Intercollegiate Crew, Stroke, August 1985 to June 1986
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"Dr. Cohen has clearly established himself as the leading hand surgeon in our community. I frequently refer patients to him, including those that have had poor prior outcomes. ... He is the hand surgeon I chose when my own son needed help, and I would give him my highest recommendation."
Ross Kaplan, M.D.
Medical Director, Coastal Dermatology
Camarillo, CA
