Jonathan Cohen, MD

Jonathan Cohen, MD is an Associate Member in the Department of Anesthesiology at Moffitt Cancer Center. He is board-certified in both anesthesiology and critical care medicine and holds a Master of Science degree in Patient Safety Leadership. He has been the patient safety officer of the anesthesiology department since 2012 and has led several safety initiatives aimed at improving the response to crisis events in the operating room, improving communication between members of the anesthesia care team, and improving the treatment of opioid overdose. Dr. Cohen has been the recipient of Moffitt’s Excellence in Safety Award for two consecutive years. He has been an invited speaker on the topics of patient safety and naloxone administration at several national meetings, including the annual meetings of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), and the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF). Dr. Cohen is currently a member of the ASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Editorial Board and the ASA Committee on Patient Safety and Education and serves as a faculty member of the Patient Safety Leadership Graduate Program at the University of Illinois Chicago. 

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

• 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, Flowers CR. A Plethora of Novel Therapies--Which One to Choose?. Oncology (Williston Park). 2015 Jul.29(7):499-500. Pubmedid: 26178343.
• Cohen JB. Bone cement embolism. Anesthesiology. 2012 Aug.117(2):407. Pubmedid: 22388069.