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Jack Cohen, D.O.

Jack Cohen, D.O.

Titles and Appointments

Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Dermatology

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  • Biography

    Jack B. Cohen, D.O., is a Professor in the Department of Dermatology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in general dermatology.

    Dr. Cohen earned his medical degree at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed a residency in family practice at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, serving his final year as Chief Resident, and then performed an additional residency in dermatology at the Bay Dermatology Center in Largo, Florida. He gained advanced training in clinical dermatology through a fellowship at UT Southwestern.

    Certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1994.

    Dr. Cohen served as the dermatology physician for the monthly Hansen's Disease Clinic at UTSW’s Aston Center Neurology Clinic from 1999 to 2015, and he was a member of the Wound Care Subcommittee at Parkland Memorial Hospital.

    In addition to his roles at UT Southwestern, he is also an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.

    His clinical interests include atopic dermatitis, connective tissue diseases, drug reactions, medical therapeutics, and psoriasis.

    Dr. Cohen is a member of the American Osteopathic Academy of Dermatology, the American Osteopathic Association, the American Academy of Dermatology, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Dermatological Society, and he serves as an advisor to the board of the Texas Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America.

     

    He has lectured widely and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals related to his areas of interest. His publications include a contribution to the book Dermatology Atlas for Skin of Color.

  • Education
    Undergraduate
    Adelphi University (1976), Biology
    Graduate School
    Central South Univ, Xiang-Ya S (1980)
    Graduate School
    Unlisted - College or Universi (1980)
  • Research Interest
    • Side effects of low dose retinoic acid
    • Therapy for chronic urticaria
    • Treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis
  • Publications
    Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium haemophilum co-infection in an iatrogenically immunosuppressed patient
    SoRelle JA, Beal SG, Scollard DM, Gander RM, Cohen J, Nuara A, Nations S, Cavuoti D Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2014 Apr 78 494-496
    Leprosy of Lucio and Latapí with extremity livedoid vascular changes
    Kourosh AS, Cohen JB, Scollard DM, Nations SP International Journal of Dermatology 2013 Oct 52 1245-1247
    An exophytic, bleeding nodule on the left malar region
    Hoang MT, Mock JR, Hoang MP, Cohen JB, Le LQ Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 2013 Mar 38 217-218
    A multicentre, cross-sectional study on quality of life in patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus
    Vasquez R, Wang D, Tran QP, Adams-Huet B, Chren MM, Costner MI, Cohen JB, Werth VP, Chong BF British Journal of Dermatology 2013 Jan 168 145-153
    Progressive sclerotic skin lesions in a 49-year-old man
    Cohen JB, Taylor A, Shedd A, Hick R Archives of Dermatology 2012 Nov 148 1317+1322
    Pyoderma gangrenosum responding to ciclosporin without adverse effects in a patient with lymphomatoid papulosis
    Busick TL, Bennett DD, Cohen JB Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 2010 Dec 35 918-919
    Dose-related levetiracetam-induced reticulated drug eruption
    Beswick TC, Cohen JB Journal of Drugs in Dermatology 2010 Apr 9 409-410
    Relationship of psoriasis severity to obesity using same-gender siblings as controls for obesity
    Murray ML, Bergstresser PR, Adams-Huet B, Cohen JB Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 2009 Mar 34 140-144
    Do no harm: Nanotechnology and sunscreens
    Sohn FS, Cohen JB Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 2008 Nov 33 776
    Verrucous nodular eruption on the head
    Graves JJ, Hanson ML, Cohen JB Archives of Dermatology 2008 Jul 144 933+938
  • Honors & Awards
    • Outstanding Teacher
      UT Southwestern Dermatology Residents Class of 2000-2001 (2001)
    • Outstanding Teacher
      UT Southwestern Dermatology Residents Class of 1997-1998 (1998)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Osteopathic Association
    • Dallas Dermatologic Society
    • Lupus Foundation of America, North Texas Chapter, Board Member
    • Medical Dermatology Association
    • Photomedicine Society