Emil Israel Cohen, MD| Vascular And Interventional Radiology, Interventional Radiology | MedStar Health
Emil Israel Cohen

Emil Israel Cohen, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Vascular And Interventional Radiology, Interventional Radiology

Languages: Farsi, Persian, English

877-219-2787

About me

Dr. Cohen is board certified in Vascular and Interventional Radiology and specializes in treating oncological disease as well as chronic vessel occlusions. He has over 15 years of experience in the field and has completed two fellowships in Radiology.

Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Aneurysm
  • Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome
  • Choledocholithiasis
  • Chronic Appendicitis
  • Claudication
  • Critical Limb Ischemia
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
  • Dialysis Access Management
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Liver Cancer
  • Ovarian Vein Syndrome
  • Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
  • Peripheral Artery Disease
  • Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases
  • Prostate Disorders
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Superficial Thrombophlebitis
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Uterine Fibroid Embolization
  • Varicose Veins Of Lower Extremities
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Vasospastic Angina
  • Venous Insufficiency
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Procedures I perform

  • Angiography
  • Angioplasty
  • Aortic Stenting
  • Artificial Liver Therapy
  • Atherectomy
  • Bland Embolization
  • Carotid Artery Stenting
  • Coronary Thrombectomy
  • Cystometrogram
  • Dialysis
  • Dialysis Graft Creation
  • Dialysis Graft Placement
  • Embolization For Bleeding
  • Endovascular Aortic Repair
  • Endovenous Laser Therapy
  • Femoral Stenting
  • Fluoroscopy-Guided Biopsy
  • Gastrointestinal Tube Placement
  • Gonadal Vein Embolization
  • Iliac Stenting
  • Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement
  • Inferior Vena Cava Filter Retrieval
  • Internal Jugular Central Line Placement
  • Intravascular Ultrasound
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Laparoscopic Kidney Biopsy
  • Mesenteric Angiography
  • Mesenteric Artery Stenting
  • Microwave Ablation
  • Pec Implants
  • Pelvic Vein Embolization
  • Percutaneous Abscess Drainage
  • Percutaneous Bone Biopsy
  • Percutaneous Cholecystostomy
  • Percutaneous Fetal Atrial Septostomy
  • Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
  • Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
  • Percutaneous Lung Biopsy
  • Percutaneous Soft Tissue Biopsy
  • Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
  • Percutaneous Tumor Chemoembolization
  • Popliteal Stenting
  • Portal Vein Embolization
  • Portosystemic Shunt
  • Prostate Artery Embolization
  • Pulmonary Artery Stenting
  • Radiofrequency Thermoablation
  • Renal Artery Stenting
  • Stent Placement
  • Stenting Of An Artery
  • Thrombolysis
  • Transarterial Embolization
  • Transjugular Liver Biopsy
  • Tunneled Pleural Catheter Placement
  • Uterine Artery Embolization
  • Uterine Fibroid Embolization
  • Varicocele Embolization
  • Vascular Stenting
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Vein Sclerotherapy
  • Vena Cava Stenting
  • Venous Stasis Ulcer Treatment
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Practice locations

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25500 Point Lookout Rd
MedStar St Mary's Hospital
Leonardtown, MD, 20650

301-475-6399

Fax 240-434-7248

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Fax 240-434-7248

9000 Franklin Square Dr
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
Baltimore, MD, 21237

443-777-7441

Fax 443-777-7397

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Fax 443-777-7397

5601 Loch Raven Blvd
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
Baltimore, MD, 21239

443-444-2430

Fax 443-444-4656

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Fax 443-444-4656

3001 S Hanover St
MedStar Harbor Hospital Center
Baltimore, MD, 21225

410-350-3300

Fax 410-350-2033

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Fax 410-350-2033

3800 Reservoir Rd NW
CCC Bldg Ground Fl
Washington, DC, 20007

202-444-3400

Fax 202-444-3411

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Fax 202-444-3411

7501 Surratts Rd
Ste 104
Clinton, MD, 20735

301-868-0972

Fax 301-856-4559

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Fax 301-856-4559

18101 Prince Phillip Dr
MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
Olney, MD, 20832

301-774-8650
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106 Irving St NW
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-9729

Fax 301-209-5616

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Fax 301-209-5616

201 E University Pkwy
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, MD, 21218

410-554-2728

Fax 410-554-2584

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Fax 410-554-2584

102 Irving St NW
MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-1000
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Insurance

MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • HighMark
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Medicare FFS
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • Choice POS II
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • Aetna Basic
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • UHC Passport
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open POS II
    • IH-POS
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Sentara Health
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • TRICARE East Select
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • CareFirst EPO
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • Optimum Choice
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • IH-PPO
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • CIGNA EPO
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • First Health PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • POS OA
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • Aetna HMO
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • IH-POS Plus
    • Employee Health Plan
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • OA Plus
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • Network OA
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • IH-HMO
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Beech Street PPO
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • Medicare Direct
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • United Student Resources
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • CIGNA PPO
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Navigate
    • IH-Open HMO
    • First Health PPO
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • Choice POS

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology

Fellowship: Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai (2008)

Residency: Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai (2003)

Internship: Washington Hospital Center (1999)

Medical School: George Washington University (1998)

News and publications

Dolmatch BL, Gurley JC, Baskin KM, Nikolic B, Lawson JH, Shenoy S, et al. Society of Interventional Radiology Reporting Standards for Thoracic Central Vein Obstruction: Endorsed by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR), Canadian Interventional Radiology Association (CIRA), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR), Vascular Access Society of the Americas (VASA), and Vascular Access Society of Britain and Ireland (VASBI). Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2018;29:454-460.e3.


Cohen E.I., Field D, Lynskey GE, Kim AY. Technology of irreversible electroporation and review of its clinical data on liver cancers. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2018 Jan 10;1–8.

Cohen E.I., Beck C., Garcia J., Muller R., Bang H.J., Horton K.M., Hakki F. Success Rate and Complications of Sharp Recanalization for Treatment of Central Venous Occlusions. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2018 Jan;41(1):73–9.

Gaba R.C., Lewandowski R.J., Hickey R., Baerlocher M.O., Cohen E.I., Dariushnia S.R., d’Othée B.J., Padia S.A., Salem R., Wang D.S., Nikolic B.. Transcatheter Therapy for Hepatic Malignancy: Standardization of Terminology and Reporting Criteria. J Vasc Interv Radiol. Feb 2016.

McWilliams, J.P., Kuo, M.D., Rose, S.C., Bagla, S., Caplin, D.M., Cohen, E.I., Faintuch, S., Spies, J.B., Saad, W.E., and Nikolic, B. (2014). Society of interventional radiology position statement: prostate artery embolization for treatment of benign disease of the prostate. J Vasc Interv Radiol 25, 1349–1351.
Franklin, B.R., Patel, K.M., Nahabedian, M.Y., Baldassari, L.E., Cohen, E.I., and Bhanot, P. (2013). Predicting abdominal closure after component separation for complex ventral hernias: maximizing the use of preoperative computed tomography. Ann Plast Surg 71, 261–265.

Lee, J. S., Patel, K. M., Zou, Z., Prince, M. R. & Cohen, E. I. Computerized Tomographic and Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Perforator-Based Free Flaps: Technical Considerations. Clinics in Plastic Surgery 38, 219–228 (2011).
Stanca, C.M., Fiel, M.I., Aledort, L., Cohen, E., del Rio Martin, J., and Schiano, T.D. (2010). Factors associated with persistent thrombocytopenia after liver transplantation. Transplant. Proc. 42, 1769–1773.

Aidi HE, Mani V, Weinshelbaum KB, Aguiar SH, Taniguchi H, Postley JE, Samber DD, Cohen EI, Stern J, van der Geest RJ, Reiber JH, Woodward M, Fuster V, Gidding SS, Fayad ZA.  Cross-sectional, prospective study of MRI reproducibility in the assessment of plaque burden of the carotid arteries and aorta. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2009 Jan 27

Lim KH, Ward SC, Roayaie S, Cohen E, Schwartz M, Fiel MI, et al. Multiple inflammatory and serum amyloid a positive telangiectatic hepatic adenomas with glycogenated nuclei arising in a background of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Semin Liver Dis. 2008 Nov;28(4):434-9.

Siegel AB, Cohen EI, Ocean A, Lehrer D, Goldenberg A, Knox JJ, et al. Phase II trial evaluating the clinical and biologic effects of bevacizumab in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jun 20;26(18):2992-8.

Cohen EI, Kelly SA, Edye M, Mitty HA, Bromberg JS. MRI estimation of total renal volume demonstrates significant association with healthy donor weight. Eur J Radiol. 2008 Apr 22

Cohen EI, Weinreb DB, Siegelbaum RH, Honig S, Marin M, Weintraub JL, Lookstein RA. Time Resolved Magnetic Resonance Angiography for the Classification of Endoleaks After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2008 Mar;27(3):500-3.

Emre S, Arnon R, Cohen E, Morotti RA, Vaysman D, Shneider BL. Resolution of hepatopulmonary syndrome after auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation in abernethy malformation. A case report. Liver Transpl 2007; 13:1662-1668.
Talenfeld AD, Schwope RB, Alper HJ, Cohen EI, Lookstein RA. MDCT angiography of the renal arteries in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis: implications for renal artery stenting with distal protection. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2007; 188:1652-1658.

Schwope RB, Alper HJ, Talenfeld AD, Cohen EI, Lookstein RA. MR angiography for patient surveillance after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms.  AJR Am J Roentgenol 2007;188(4):W334-340.

Xu R, Bu-Ghanim M, Fiel M, Schiano T, Cohen E, Thung S. “ Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated with an Atypical Presentation of Wilson's Disease.” Seminars in Liver Disease 27:1:124-7, February 2007.

Levi G, Moueen B, Xu R, Cohen E, Abittan C, Roayaie S. “48 Year-Old Obese Man with a 3 cm Liver Lesion and a History of Hemochromatosis and Lymphoma”  Seminars in Liver Disease  24:3:327-332, August 2004.