Dr. Cohen serves as President and a member of the Board of Managers of Unio Health Partners and also serves as President of Genesis P.C. He brings over 30 years of medical practice experience, 20 years in medical staff leadership, and more than ten years as a practice management executive.
Dr. Cohen has served as a Board-certified private practice urologist in La Jolla and Encinitas since 1990. He rose through the ranks of medical staff leadership to become Chief of Staff at Scripps Encinitas Hospital in 2005-2006 and continues to serve on the Medical Executive Committee today. In 2011, he helped lead the formation of Genesis Healthcare Partners, which brought together nine separate practices of urologists and radiation oncologists, totaling 20 physicians. In 2021 he transitioned Genesis to a PE backed MSO and helped expand Genesis to over 150 providers. He is deeply involved in healthcare advocacy, sitting on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU), the American Independent Medical Practice Association (AIMPA) and serves as President of the California Independent Physician Practice Association (CIPPA).
Dr. Cohen graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a degree in Psychobiology and attended UC Davis Medical School. He completed his internship and urologic residency at UC San Diego.
EDUCATION
| 1976 – 1980 | University of CA at Los Angeles Degree: Bachelor of Science |
| 07/01/80 – 06/15/84 | University of California at Davis Degree: MD |
| 07/01/84 – 06/30/85 | Surgical Internship University of CA Medical Center San Diego, CA |
| 07/01/85 – 06/30/86 | Surgical Residency University of California Medical Center San Diego, CA |
| 07/01/86 – 06/30/90 | Urology Residency University of California Medical Center San Diego, CA Chairman – Joseph D. Schmidt, M.D. |
| 07/01/90 – Present | Coast Urology Medical Group A Division of Unio Specialty Care La Jolla, CA Private Practice |
LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS
Board Certified
AUA – 02/28/1993 Re-certification to 2013
F.A.C.S.
Fellow of American Board of Surgeons
Certifications
- Radiology – Fluoroscopy
- Laser Certification: Laser Prostatectomy Certificate
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy – ESWL
- Transurethral Needle Ablation of the Prostate
- CPR Certification
- Hand Assisted Laproscopy
APPOINTMENTS, AWARDS AND HONORS
| 2005 – 2006 | Chief of Staff Scripps Memorial Hospital, Encinitas, CA |
| 2003 – 2004 | Vice Chief of Staff Scripps Memorial Hospital, Encinitas, CA |
| 2001 – 2003 | Chief of Surgery Scripps Memorial Hospital, Encinitas, CA |
| 1999 – 2000 | Chief of Urology Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA |
| Lawrence Green Award for Research Phi Beta Kappa |
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
Affiliations
Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Scripps Memorial Hospital
Encinitas, CA
Memberships
- CA Medical Association
- San Diego Medical Society
- San Diego Urological Society
- American Urology Association
- California Urological Association
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
- Western Section AUA
Memberships in Professional Organizations
- American College of Surgeons, Fellow
- San Diego Urologic Association
- California Urologic Association
- American Urological Association, Western Section
- American Urological Association
- California Medical Association
STUDIES AND RESEARCH
Clinical Research on site until 2002
Glaxo-Wellcome
Abbott
VidaMed
Tap
Cephalon
PUBLICATIONS
| Research Article | E.S. Cohen, H.C. Scherz and C.L. Parsons Voiding dysfunction secondary to penetrating bony fragment twenty years after pelvic fractures. 141:606, 1989 (2 pages) |
| Research Article | E.S. Cohen, J.D. Schmidt and C.S. Parsons Peyronie disease: Surgical experience and presentation of a proximal approach Submitted to: J. Urol 142:740, 1989 |
| Research Article | E.S. Cohen, J.D. Schmidt Simultaneous treatment of bilateral upper tract calculi with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. J. Endourol 3 (2), 1989 |
| Research Article | E.S. Cohen, J.D. Schmidt Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for stones in a solitary kidney. Urology, July 1 (52), 1990 |
PRESENTATIONS
- E.S. Cohen, J.D. Schmidt and C.S. Parsons: Peyronie disease: Surgical experience and presentation of a proximal approach. Presented at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Boston, MA
- E.S. Cohen, J.D. Schmidt: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for stones in a solitary kidney. Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the American Urological Association, San Francisco, CA February 28-March 3, 1988.
- E.S. Cohen, H>D> Scherz and J.D. Schmidt: Voiding dysfunction secondary to penetrating bony fragment twenty years after pelvic fracture. Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the American Urological Association, San Francisco, CA., February 28-March 3, 1988.
- E.S. Cohen, J.D. Schmidt: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for stones in a solitary kidney. Presented at XXI Congress of International Society of Urology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 9 – 14, 1988
- E.S. Cohen, J.D. Schmidt: Simultaneous treatment of bilateral upper tract calculi with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. Presented at the XXI Congress of International Society of Urology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 9 – 14, 1988
- E.S. Cohen, J.D. Schmidt: Simultaneous treatment of bilateral upper tract calculi with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. Presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the American Urological Association, Scottsdale, AZ, March 19 – 23, 1989
- E.S. Cohen and L. Harbach: Intermittently obstructing type II pyelocalyceal diverticulum: A case report. Presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the American Urological Association, Scottsdale, AZ, March 19 – 23, 1989