Consultant Physician
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
Dr Alexander T. Cohen MBBS MSc MD FRACP FESC FRCP is a vascular physician and epidemiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, King’s College, London, UK.
In addition to his clinical work, teaching and thesis supervision and examining, Dr Cohen is involved in designing, managing and analysing clinical trials from Phase I to IV. He is the Chairman and a member of many international steering committees for multicentre trials, epidemiological and pharmacoeconomic studies, and was previously the Director of Clinical Research and an epidemiologist in thrombosis research at King’s College Hospital.
Dr Cohen is recognized internationally for his pioneering research in several areas including the early use and development of many anticoagulants including LMWH and DOAC therapies. He developed medical thromboprophylaxis and led the only two studies that have been the basis for regulatory approval for extended thromboprophylaxis in medical patients.
Dr Cohen has written and co-authored over 550 publications and is on the editorial board of several journals. He has over 40 publications in The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine, as well as over 50 publications in some of the most distinguished peer-reviewed journals including British Medical Journal, Blood, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, and Circulation.
OC 63.6 - Epidemiology of Venous Thromboembolism I
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
14:45 – 16:00 ET