Pierre-Alain Cohen, MD
Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine
Pierre-Alain Cohen, MD, is Clinical Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Cohen received his medical degree from the Faculté de Médicine Xavier Bichat in Paris, France. He completed his internship in Pediatric Radiology from the Hôpital Necker in Paris, France, and a residency in Diagnostic Radiology, which includes rotations at various hospitals in France.
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Dr. Cohen completed a fellowship in Skeletal Radiology from the Hôpital Lariboisière, France, and a Pediatric Radiology fellowship at the Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in Paris, France. Also, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Radiology at the University of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York.
Dr. Cohen returned to Paris, France in August 1996 to lead the MRI Section at the American Hospital of Paris while serving as a pediatric radiologist at the Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul. Throughout Dr. Cohen’s medical career he has participated in various humanitarian projects in Laos, Vietnam, Burma, and Kosovo. He returned to UCSF's Department of Radiology in November 2001 as a Clinical Professor at the San Francisco General Hospital. His main interests include: audiology, ultrasound, abdominal imaging, bone imaging, pediatric radiology, child abuse, and third world medicine.
Dr. Cohen is an active member of the European Society of Pediatric Radiology, the French Society of Radiology, the Pacific Coast Pediatric Radiology Association, and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Expertise: Pediatrics
Specialty: Pediatric radiology, prenatal ultrasound
Professional Interests: Radiology, ultrasound, abdominal imaging, bone imaging, pediatric radiology, child abuse, third world medicine
Education and Training:
- Medical School: Faculté de Médicine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France
- Internship: Hôpital Necker, Paris, France - Pediatric Radiology
- Residency: Hôpital Necker, Paris, France - Diagnostic Radiology
- Fellowship: Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France - Skeletal Radiology
- Fellowship: Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, France - Pediatric Radiology
- Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York
Awards
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- Certificate of Appreciation, Mental Health Clinician Community Behavioral Health Service, 2007
- Developing Ultrasound for 17 years, Ministry of Health Sciences of Laos, 2007
- Radiology Rotation for five medical students from Taiwan, Chinese Medical University, 2006
Education & Training
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- Clinical Fellowship Radiology University of California, San Francisco
Interests
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- bone imaging
- third world medicine
- Radiology
- ultrasound
- abdominal imaging
- pediatric radiology
- child abuse
Websites
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- Pediatric Radiology (radiology.ucsf.edu)
Publications (5)
Top publication keywords:
ChildIntervertebral DiscLongitudinal StudiesScheuermann DiseaseUltrasonographySchistosomiasisMagnetic Resonance ImagingAnimalsChinaTomography, X-Ray ComputedSpinal DiseasesParasite Egg CountSchistosoma japonicumObserver VariationProspective Studies
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Use of ultrasonography to evaluate Schistosoma japonicum-related morbidity in children, Sichuan Province, China, 2000-2007.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2010 Hsiang MS, Carlton EJ, Zhang Y, Zhong B, Dongchuan Q, Cohen PA, Stewart CC, Spear RC -
The intervertebral disk: a landmark for spinal diseases in children.
European radiology 2001 Kalifa G, Cohen PA, Hamidou A -
Rheumatological presentation of developmental bone diseases
European Journal of Radiology 2000 Kalifa G, Cohen PA -
Ischio-vertebral dysplasia (IVD) A district entity
Pediatric Radiology 1999 Cohen PA, Kalifa G, Donoghue V, Adamsbaum C, Haddad F, Dubousset J -
MRI of shaken baby syndrome
J Péd Puériculture 1998 Kalifa G, Cohen PA, Hamidou A.