Dr. Myron S Cohen MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC, 27599About
Dr. Myron Cohen is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Cohen specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Rush Med Coll of Rush Univ, Chicago Il 1974
Rush
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1977
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Development and validation of a PCR-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with urine for use in clinical research settings to detect Trichomonas vaginalis in women.
- Can antiretroviral therapy be used to prevent sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1?
- Quantification of Chlamydia trachomatis elementary bodies in urine by ligase chain reaction.
- Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic investigation of efavirenz in the semen and blood of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected men.
- Validation of a urine-based PCR-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for use in clinical research settings to detect Trichomonas vaginalis in men.
- Use of antiretroviral drugs to prevent sexual transmission of HIV.
- Distribution of the CCR5 gene 32-base pair deletion and CCR5 expression in Chinese minorities.
- Population-based study of chlamydial infection in China: a hidden epidemic.
- Estimating correlation by using a general linear mixed model: evaluation of the relationship between the concentration of HIV-1 RNA in blood and semen.
- Addition of treatment for trichomoniasis to syndromic management of urethritis in Malawi: a randomized clinical trial.
- Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in breast-milk components.
- The role of sexually transmitted diseases in HIV transmission.
- Acute HIV revisited: new opportunities for treatment and prevention.
- Frequent detection of acute primary HIV infection in men in Malawi.
- Brief but efficient: acute HIV infection and the sexual transmission of HIV.
Awards
- Thomas Parran Award, AASTD 2005
- O. Max Gardner Award, The UNC System 2008
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Rush Medical College 2000
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society of Clinical Investigation
- Member American Society of Microbiology
- Member North Carolina Medical Society
- Member Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Member American College of Physicians
Fellowships
- Yale University, Infectious Diseases, CT, USA 1980
- Yale University, New Haven, CT, Infectious Diseases 1977
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