Meryl S. Cohen, MD

Meryl S. Cohen, MD

Meryl S. Cohen, MD, is a board-certified cardiologist in the Cardiac Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with expertise in fetal and transesophageal echocardiography.    

Areas of Expertise: Fetal echocardiography, Transesophageal echocardiography
Locations: Main Campus
Phone: 215-590-4040

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - State University of New York at Stony Brook

Internship

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Residency

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Cardiologist

Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program

Director, Echocardiography Laboratory

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Research Interests

Impact of obesity in children with heart disease
Peripheral vascular function

Publications

Papers

Pasquali SK, Marino BS, Powell DJ, McBride MG, Paridon SM, Meyers KE, Mohler ER, Walker SA, Kren S, Cohen MS. Following the arterial switch operation, obese children have risk factors for early cardiovascular disease. Congenit Heart Dis. 2010 Jan;5(1):16-24. Read abstract.

Nicolson SC, Montenegro LM, Cohen MS, O'Neill D, Calfin D, Jones LA, Jobes DR. A comparison of the efficacy and safety of chloral hydrate versus inhaled anesthesia for sedating infants and toddlers for transthoracic echocardiograms. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2010 Jan;23(1):38-42. Read abstract.

Thacker D, Gruber PJ, Weinberg PM, Cohen MS. Heterotaxy syndrome with mirror image anomalies in identical twins. Congenit Heart Dis. 2009 Jan;4(1):50-3. Read abstract

Pasquali SK, Marino BS, Kaltman JR, Schissler AJ, Wernovsky G, Cohen MS, Spray TL, Tanel RE.   Rhythm and conduction disturbances at midterm follow-up after the Ross procedure in infants, children, and young adults. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Jun;85(6):2072-8.  Read abstract.

Khan AR, Birbach M, Cohen MS, Ittenbach RF, Spray TL, Levy RJ, Gaynor JW.    Chronic hypoxemia increases ventricular brain natriuretic peptide precursors in neonatal swine. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Feb;85(2):618-23. PMID: 18222277. Read abstract.

Marino BS, Pasquali SK, Wernovsky G, Rychik J, Montenegro L, Shera D, Spray TL, Cohen MS, Pudusseri A.    Accuracy of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in the prediction of future neo-aortic valve function after the Ross procedure in children and young adults. Congenit Heart Dis. 2008 Jan;3(1):39-46. Read abstract.

Pinto NM, Marino BS, Wernovsky G, de Ferranti SD, Walsh AZ, Laronde M, Hyland K, Dunn SO Jr, Cohen MS.   Obesity is a common comorbidity in children with congenital and acquired heart disease. Pediatrics. 2007 Nov;120(5):e1157-64. PMID: 17974711. Read abstract.

Cohen MS, Getz AE, Isaacson G, Gaughan J, Szeremeta W.    Intracapsular vs. extracapsular tonsillectomy: a comparison of pain. Laryngoscope. 2007 Oct;117(10):1855-8. Read abstract.

Cohen MS, Jacobs JP, Quintessenza JA, Chai PJ, Lindberg HL, Dickey J, Ungerleider RM.  Mentorship, learning curves, and balance. Cardiol Young. 2007 Sep;17 Suppl 2:164-74. Review. Read abstract.

Cohen MS, Anderson RH, Cohen MI, Atz AM, Fogel M, Gruber PJ, Lopez L, Rome JJ, Weinberg PM.    Controversies, genetics, diagnostic assessment, and outcomes relating to the heterotaxy syndrome. Cardiol Young. 2007 Sep;17 Suppl 2:29-43. Review. Read abstract.

Pasquali SK, Shera D, Wernovsky G, Cohen MS, Tabbutt S, Nicolson S, Spray TL, Marino BS.    Midterm outcomes and predictors of reintervention after the Ross procedure in infants, children, and young adults. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Apr;133(4):893-9. Read abstract.