Jonathan Cohen, MD
Jonathan Cohen, MD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Program: Anesthesiology
Language(s): English
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Overview
Jonathan Cohen is an anesthesiologist at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, and an associate professor at the University of South Florida. He is board certified in both anesthesiology and critical care medicine and holds a Master of Science degree in Patient Safety Leadership. At Moffitt, he is currently the Vice Chair of Quality & Safety in the Department of Anesthesiology and was the recipient of Moffitt’s Excellence in Safety Award for two consecutive years. He has been invited to present on the topic of patient safety at several international meetings and serves on patient safety committees of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. Dr. Cohen is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medical Education at University of Illinois Chicago where he is course director for the Essentials for HealthCare Professionals: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. He also serves as faculty for the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Certified Professional in Patient Safety Course.
Education & Training
Fellowship:
- University of South Florida - Critical Care
Residency:
- University of South Florida - Anesthesiology Clinical Scientist Track
Medical School:
- University of South Florida - MD
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Publications
- Nahrwold DA, Liu J, Doobay N, Seal DA, Cosnett MR, Holmes BK, Cohen JB. Anesthesia-specific Protocol for Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion Procedures. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Jul.39(7):1774-1781. Pubmedid: 40221310.
- Cohen JB, Feldman-Brillembourg JA, Cheng J, Rangrass G. Safety amid the scalpels: creating psychological safety in the operating room. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2024 Dec.37(6):669-675. Pubmedid: 39248012.
- Harbell MW, Cohen J, Balfanz G, Methangkool E. Mitigating and preventing perioperative opioid-related harm. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2024 Dec.37(6):697-704. Pubmedid: 39247993.
- Dahmen AS, Phuoc VH, Cohen JB, Sexton WJ, Patel SY. Bloodless surgery in urologic oncology: A review of hematologic, anesthetic, and surgical considerations. Urol Oncol. 2023 Apr.41(4):192-203. Pubmedid: 36470804.
- Cohen JB, Patel SY. Parallels between our response to COVID-19 and approach to patient safety. Brit J Anaesth. 2022 Nov.129(5):647-649. Pubmedid: 36030133. Pmcid: PMC9340057.
- Cohen JB, Patel SY. The Successful Anesthesia Patient Safety Officer. Anesth Analg. 2021 Sep.133(3):816-820. Pubmedid: 34280174.
- Carr MJ, Sun J, Cohen JB, Liu J, Serdiuk AA, Stewart SR, Doobay N, Duclos A, Seal DA, Choi J, Zager JS. Over 12 Years Single Institutional Experience Performing Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion for Unresectable Liver Metastases. Cancer Control. 2020 Jan.27(1). Pubmedid: 33372814. Pmcid: PMC8480350.
- Cohen JB, Patel SY. Getting to Zero Patient Harm: From Improving Our Existing Tools to Embracing a New Paradigm. Anesth Analg. 2020 Feb.130(2):547-549. Pubmedid: 31764161.
- Ackerman RS, Tufts CW, DePinto DG, Chen J, Altshuler JR, Serdiuk A, Cohen JB, Patel SY. How Sweet Is This? A Review and Evaluation of Preoperative Carbohydrate Loading in the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Model. Nutr Clin Pract. 2020 Apr.35(2):246-253. Pubmedid: 31637778.
- Zhang Y, Escher AR, Cohen JB, Liu J. Anesthetic Management of Right Single-lung Ventilation in a Patient with Anomalous Left Superior Pulmonary Venous Return for Left Pulmonary Lobectomy. Cureus. 2019 Sep.11(9):e5780. Pubmedid: 31723539. Pmcid: PMC6825499.
- Cohen JB, Hirschi MR, Patel SY, Liu J. Non-thoracic Source of Bleeding During Left-sided Thoracic Surgery. Cureus. 2019 May.11(5):e4593. Pubmedid: 31309018. Pmcid: PMC6609276.
- Escher AR, Cohen JB. Anaphylaxis Induced by Sugammadex in a Patient with Papillary Serous Carcinoma of the Uterine Adnexa Undergoing Exploratory Laparotomy. Cureus. 2019 Jan.11(1):e3871. Pubmedid: 30899622. Pmcid: PMC6414298.
- Ackerman RS, Cohen JB, Getting REG, Patel SY. Are you seeing this: the impact of steep Trendelenburg position during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy on intraocular pressure: a brief review of the literature. J Robot Surg. 2019 Feb.13(1):35-40. Pubmedid: 30047103.
- Serdiuk A, Khalil F, Cohen JB. Images in Anesthesiology: An Unexpected Embolism during a Craniotomy. Anesthesiology. 2016 Mar.124(3):721. Pubmedid: 26288269.
- Cohen JB. Bone cement embolism. Anesthesiology. 2012 Aug.117(2):407. Pubmedid: 22388069.
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Awards and Expertise
Voted top doctor in Anesthesiology in Tampa Magazine’s Top Doctors 2025.
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