## About

Herbert T. Cohen, MD, is a board-certified nephrologist and primary care physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and an associate professor at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. After receiving his medical degree, Dr. Cohen completed an internal medicine residency at Rush University Medical Center and nephrology fellowships at the University of Chicago and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical ...  Center. His laboratory addresses the molecular basis of renal cancer and renal cystic disease and offers special expertise in gene expression mechanisms and renal epithelial cell biology. Dr. Cohen is also a member of the BU-BMC Cancer Center and BU Genome Science Institute.Read More



 

 

 

 

- ### Departments
    
    [Adult Primary Care](/departments/adult-primary-care)
- ### Specialties
    
    Nephrology, renal cancer, internal medicine
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.638.7330](tel:617.638.7330)
- ### Primary Location
    
     650 Albany Street  
    5th Floor  
    Boston, MA 02118
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Residency
    
     Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, 1984-1987
- ### Fellowship
    
     Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1993-1994 and Nephrology, University of Chicago, 1988-1992
- ### Education
    
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, 1984
- ### Board Certifications
    
     Internal Medicine and Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine
 
 

 

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  ## Affiliations

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