Dr. Mitchell L. Cohen, MD, AGAF, FACG
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
820 Memorial St Suite 3 Prosser WA, 99350Rating
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About
Dr. Mitchell Cohen is a gastroenterologist practicing in Prosser, WA. Dr. Cohen specializes in diagnosing and treating digestive disorders involving the gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tree, gallbladder, and the pancreas.
Dr. Cohen was born and raised in Los Angeles, California before attending the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1976 with Special Honors in Chemistry and Biochemistry. While at UCLA, Dr. Cohen spent his junior year abroad as a University of California Foreign Exchange Student at the University of Stirling in Stirling, Scotland in the United Kingdom. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Southern California School of Medicine (USC) in 1981. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where he completed a Residency in Internal Medicine at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center which is the Stanford University-Affiliated County Teaching Hospital located in San Jose, California. Following this, Dr. Cohen completed a Clinical Gastroenterology Fellowship at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. With a strong interest in academic medicine and research, Dr. Cohen subsequently spent nearly 5 years at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California. There, he carried out research on the molecular regulation of small intestinal brush border enzymes and published several papers. He was awarded a Clinical Investigator Award by the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. While at Stanford, Dr. Cohen also held a Clinical Faculty position teaching medical students, Internal Medicine Residents, and Gastroenterology Fellows.
In late 1991, Dr. Cohen’s focus turned to private practice medicine. He joined a private practice multispecialty group at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Cohen served on many hospital committees and eventually became Chief of Gastroenterology for Swedish Medical Center. While practicing in Seattle, he was named by peers and independent research as a Seattle Super Doctor and was voted by peers as one of Seattle’s Top Physicians in Seattle Magazine.
In 2014, Dr. Cohen left practice at Swedish Medical Center (though remains Honorary Staff) and joined a private practice group in Central Washington, building a very successful Gastroenterology program in Moses Lake, Washington for Confluence Health. He subsequently spent a short time as Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Medical Director helping build a new Gastroenterology program outside Olympia, Washington for Summit Pacific Medical Center. Dr. Cohen then joined Prosser Memorial Health in 2021 as Director of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Services, tasked with the building of a new gastroenterology program, and as a practicing gastroenterologist serving the patients of Benton and surrounding counties. This new gastroenterology program has grown quickly and now has 3 highly skilled and experienced gastroenterologists performing all routine as well as advanced/interventional gastroenterology procedures (including colonoscopy & removal of large colon polyps, upper endoscopy, ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound, and many other GI procedures).
Dr. Cohen is a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association and Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology. He is a member of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University. He is also Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Webpage: https://www.prosserhealth.org/provider-directory/providers/mitchell-l-cohen
Education and Training
University of Southern California (USC) MD 1981
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Graduate School 1977
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Undergraduate School 1976
Board Certification
Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)
Provider Details
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University 2024 - Present
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Washington School of Medicine 2024 - Present
- Clinical Instructor of Medicine University of Washington School of Medicine 1992 - 2023
- Clinical Instructor of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine 1988 - 1991
Awards
- Voted by peers as one of Seattle’s Top Physicians 2010 Seattle Magazine
- Voted by peers as one of Seattle’s Top Physicians 2000 Seattle Magazine
- Named by peers and independent research as a Seattle Super Doctor 2011 superdoctors.com
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor 2016 Castle Connolly
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Investigator Award 1990 NIDDK
- Excellence in Patient Healthcare 2022 Community Health of Central Washington
Professional Memberships
- Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association
- Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Fellowships
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine Gastroenterology Clinical Fellow 1987
- Stanford University School of Medicine Gastroenterology Research Fellow 1991
Fellowships
- Gastroenterology Research Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California || Gastroenterology Clinical Fellow, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Articles and Publications
- 1. Nudell, D.M., Santiago, N.A., Zhu, J-S., Cohen, M.L., Majuk, Z., and Gray, G.M. Intestinal Lactase: maturational excess expression of mRNA over enzyme protein. Am. J. Physiol. 265:G1108-G1115, 1993. | 2. Nudell, D.M., Santiago, N.A., Majuk, Z., Cohen, M.L., Zhu, J-S., and Gray, G.M. Intestinal lactase: paradoxical expression of mRNA and protein Clin. Res. 39:169A, 1991 (abstract). Presented at the National Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Seattle, Washington, May 3, 1991. | 3. Cohen, M.L., Santiago, N.A., Zhu, J-S., and Gray, G.M. Differential regulation of intestinal amino-oligopeptidase gene expression in neonatal and adult rats. Am. J. Physiol. 261:G866-G871, 1991. | 4. Cohen, M.L., Santiago, N.A., Zhu, J-S., and Gray, G.M. Regulation of intestinal amino-oligopeptidase gene expression during postnatal development. Gastroenterology 100:A518, 1991 (abstract). Presented at Digestive Diseases Week, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 21, 1991. | 5. Cohen, M.L., Santiago, N.A., and Gray, G.M. Developmental expression of rat intestinal amino-oligopeptidase. Clin Res. 39:26A, 1991 (abstract). Presented at the Meeting of the Western Society for Clinical Investigation, Carmel, California, February, 8, 1991. | 6. Cohen, M.L., Santiago, N.A., and Gray, G.M. Regulation of rat intestinal amino-oligopeptidase gene expression during postnatal development. Presented at the Gastroenteric Biology Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 31, 1990. | 7. Cohen, M.L., Manier, J.W. and Bredfeldt, J.E. Sinusoidal Lymphocytosis of the Liver in Felty's Syndrome with a Review of the Liver Involvement in Felty's Syndrome. J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 11:92-94, 1989. | 8. Cohen, M.L., Ming, R.H., Gogel, H.D., Davis, M. and Pitcher, J.L. Horse Pill ("Bute") Hemorrhage. J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 10:210-212, 1988.
What do you attribute your success to?
- Listening carefully to patient concerns, High quality patient care!
Teaching and speaking
- Teaching Faculty (Gastroenterology), Providence St. Peters Summit Pacific Medical Center Family Practice Residency, Elma, Washington, 2021 || Instructor, University of Washington School of Medicine Medical Student Internal Medicine and WRITE Program Rotations, Confluence Health/Wenatchee Valley Medical Group, Moses Lake, Washington, 2015-2021 || Attending Physician, Puget Sound Veterans Administration Medical Center (University of Washington Teaching Hospital), Seattle, Washington, 1992-1993 || Housestaff Teaching Faculty, Department of Medicine, Swedish Hospital Medical Center, (University of Washington-Affiliated Teaching Hospital), Seattle, Washington, 1991-2014 || Instructor, Medical School Year II Preparation for Clinical Medicine Course, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, 1988 || Instructor, Medical School Year II Gastroenterology Course, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1986-1987
Hobbies / Sports
- Dr. Cohen enjoys time with family, gardening, reading, fine food, sports, traveling, and computer programming. He has written apps for the Apple iPhone and iPad.
Favorite professional publications
- Gastroenterology, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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