Research
Dr. Cohen is the Director of the Minimally Invasive Research Laboratory at Johns Hopkins. His research has focused on developing novel surgical instruments and minimally invasive surgical approaches for brain tumors, hydrocephalus, craniosynostosis and other congenital disorders of the nervous system.
Select Journal Articles
Brain tumors in children. New England Journal of Medicine. 2022
The great neurosurgical masquerader: 3 cases of desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma. Journal of Neurosurgery; Pediatrics. 2019
The role of neuroendoscopy in the treatment of pineal region brain tumors. Surgical Neurology. 1996
Synchronous ventriculoscopic and microsurgical resection of complex craniopharyngiomas. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2009
The role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of hydrocephalus. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2013
Hypothalamic hamartoma simulating a suprasellar arachnoid cyst: resolution of precocious puberty following microsurgical resection. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2014
Embryonal tumors with abundant neuropil and true rosettes: 2 illustrative cases and a review of the literature. Neurosurgical Focus. 2011
Malignant astrocytomas of the spinal cord. Journal of Neurosurgery. 1989
Colloid cyst of the third ventricle. New England Journal of Medicine. 1996
The Mermaid Malformation: cloacal exstrophy and occult spinal dysraphism. Neurosurgery. 1991
Repair of giant anterior skull base encephalocele containing eloquent brain: technical note. Operative Neurosurgery. 2021
Rhomboencephalosynapsis; embryopathology and management strategies of associated neurosurgical conditions with a review of the literature. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2013
Adverse outcomes in child abuse: a 7-year analysis of patients with traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2025
The design and use of a minimally invasive expandable retractor for deep-seated brain lesions. Proceeding of the 2021 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2021
Sagittal synostectomy with tension band sutures for correction of sagittal craniosynostosis. Operative Neurosurgery. 2023