David Cohn, MD

About Me

I serve as the chief operating officer and chief medical officer of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. I am a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and I hold the Stuart M. Sloan – Larry J. Copeland, MD, Chair in Gynecologic Oncology. I have been on Ohio State’s medical faculty since 2001.

I maintain a clinical practice that includes both medical and surgical treatment of gynecologic cancers, and I have been widely recognized by my peers for excellence in both clinical practice and teaching. In addition, I have been consistently named to the Castle Connolly list of top doctors.

At Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, I am a member of the Translational Therapeutics Program. My research focuses on identifying biomarkers for early detection and prevention of ovarian cancer, as well as on the genetics of endometrial (uterine) cancer. I have published nearly 300 manuscripts in scientific journals and several book chapters, and I hold two patents – one for early detection of ovarian cancer and the other for a novel vaccination strategy for treating this disease.

Nationally, I have served as co-chair of the National Cancer Institute NRG Oncology’s Cancer Care Delivery Committee, and as president of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO). In January 2022 I became editor-in-chief of the journal Gynecologic Oncology, an international journal devoted to the publication of clinical and investigative articles about tumors of the female reproductive tract. I had been a deputy editor for that journal – the official publication of the SGO – since 2011.

After graduating from the University of Michigan, I earned my MD from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. I then completed my residency at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle and my fellowship training in gynecologic oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. I received my MBA from the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State.

Highlights

• Named to Castle Connolly's Regional Top Doctors list
• Rated in the top 10 percent of physicians in the nation for patient satisfaction, 2016-2019
• Best Doctor in America, 2017

Procedures and Conditions I Treat

• Gynecologic Cancers
• Ovarian Cancers
• Uterine Cancers
• Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
• Women's Health
• Peritoneal Cancers
• Robotics
• Endometrial Cancers
• Cervical Cancer
• Vaginal Cancers
• Vulvar Cancers
• Reproductive Health

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