Michael Cohen, MD – Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery

 

ACTIVE MEDICAL LICENSURE:
Virginia

ACTIVE MEDICAL STAFF MEMBER: 
Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, VA

CITIZENSHIP:
United States

BOARD CERTIFICATION:
The American Board of Plastic Surgery, 2015

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:    
American Society of Plastic Surgeons

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Plastic Surgery Center of Hampton Roads, Newport News, VA.  06/2024 – present

Bayview Plastic Surgery, Gig Harbor, WA.  07/2018 – 05/2024

• Founder of the practice
• Medical Director
• Practice Owner

Franciscan Plastic Surgery Associates, Tacoma WA.  08/2013 – 06/2018

Center for Restorative Breast Surgery, New Orleans LA.  07/2012 – 04/2013

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Fellowship: Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Plastic Surgery of the Breast and Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction. July 2011 – June 2012

Program Chairman: Bernard Chang, MD. 

Residency: Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Program. July 2005 – June 2011

Program Chairman: Scott L. Spear, MD. Program Director: Stephen B. Baker, MD, DDS, FACS

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, Doctor of Medicine, 2005

Undergraduate: Harvard University. Bachelor’s degree, with honors, in biochemistry, 1998

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• 10 Best Plastic Surgeons in Washington, American Institute of Plastic Surgeons: 2017, 2018, 2019
• Top 10 Plastic Surgeon, Washington, National Academy of Plastic Surgeons, 2022
• America’s Top Surgeons, Consumers Research Council of America: 2017, 2018
• The Louis and Dorothy Kovitz Senior Surgery Award, Washington University, June 2005
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship, 2002-2003
• Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship, 2001-2002
• Dudley House Service Award, 1998, Harvard University
• Harvard College Research Fellowship, 1997
• Harvard Dean’s Summer Research award, 1997
• John Harvard Scholarship, 1997
• Stanford University President’s award for academic excellence, 1994
• Dean’s List, Stanford University, 1994

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Baker SB, Cohen M, Kuo L, Johnson M, Al-Attar A, and Zukowska Z. The Role of the Neuropeptide Y-2 Receptor in

Liporemodeling: Neuropeptide Y-Mediated Adipogenesis and Adipose Graft Maintenance. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2009. Feb 123(2): 486-92

Spear SL, Newman MK, Bedford SM, Schwatz JS, and Cohen M. A retrospective analysis of outcomes using three common methods for immediate breast reconstruction. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2008 Aug 122(2): 340-347

Cohen M, Mohanakumar T, Mackinnon SE, and Tung TH. Chimerism after vascularized limb versus bone marrow transplantation. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery 2006 Jul;22(5):375-84

Lowe JB, Cohen M, Hunter DA, and Mackinnon SE. Analysis of the Nerve Branches to Orbicularis Oculi Muscle of the Lower Eyelid in Fresh Cadavers. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2005 Nov; 116(6): 1743-9

Cohen M, Evanoff B, George LT, and Brandt KE. A Subjective Rating Scale for Evaluating the Appearance Outcome of Autologous Breast Reconstruction. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2005 Aug;116(2): 440-9

Harbour JW, Worley L, Ma D, and Cohen M. Transducible peptide therapy for uveal melanoma and retinoblastoma. Archives of Ophthalmology 2002 Oct;120(10):1341-6

BOOK CHAPTERS

Clemens MW, Cohen M, Attinger CE. “Soft Tissue Reconstruction in the Charcot Foot.” The Diabetic Charcot Foot: Principles of Management. Editor: Frykberg, RG. Data Trace Publishing Co., Brooklandville, MD, 2010

Spear, SL and Cohen, M. “Correction of Capsular Contracture after Augmentation Mammaplasty by Conversion to the Subpectoral or Dual-Plane Position.” Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art. Editors: Spear, SL et al. 3rd Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL MEETINGS

Effectiveness of the Bone Marrow Component of a Limb Allograft at Inducing Hemopoietic Chimerism in a Murine Model. Michael Cohen, Thalachallour Mohanakumar, Susan E. Mackinnon,and Thomas Tung. American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, 2004 Annual Meeting, Rancho Mirage, CA, January 17-20, 2004.

Anatomic and Histomorphometric Analysis of the Nerve to the Orbicularis Oculi Muscle of the Lower Eyelid in a Fresh Cadaver Model. James B. Lowe III, Michael Cohen, Daniel A. Hunter, and Susan E. Mackinnon. American Society for Peripheral Nerve, 2004 Annual Meeting, Rancho Mirage, CA, January 17-18, 2004.

Effectiveness of the Bone-Marrow Component of a Vascularized Limb Allograft Versus a Comparable Dose of Exogenous Bone Marrow Transplant in Producing a Stable State of Hemopoietic Chimerism in Mice. Michael Cohen and Thomas Tung. 2003 Annual Medical Student Fellows’ Meeting for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Research Training for Medical Students Fellowship Program, HHMI Headquarters, Chevy Chase, Maryland, May 12-14, 2003.

A Reliable Patient-Based Evaluation Instrument for Assessing the Appearance Outcome of Autologous Breast Reconstruction. Michael Cohen, Bradley Evanoff, Keith E. Brandt. Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, Kauai, Hawaii, January 11-14, 2003.

 

Emphasis on breast augmentation, liposuction, tummy tuck surgery, mommy makeovers and more.