The Kidney with guest Barry H Cohen, MD

Barry H Cohen, M.D., F.A.C.P. Dr. Cohen is one of the founders and medical directors of Mercer Kidney Institute, in New Jersey, specializing in the treatment of kidney disease and hypertension for over 51 years. He is board certified in Nephrology and is a Fellow of American College of Physicians. He was Director of Dialysis Services at Capital Health Regional Center and St. Francis hospital and Chairman of the Nephrology section at Capital Health System in New Jersey for over 45 years. He has been past president of the Capital Health medical staff and is currently the Medical Director at FMC Princeton Dialysis Unit. Dr. Cohen was instrumental in bringing dialysis to New Jersey over 50 years ago, when he started the first chronic outpatient dialysis program in Trenton in 1977, soon after its introduction into mainstream medical care. He has trained hundreds of young physicians as a founder and chairperson of continuing medical education for over 40 years has held countless conferences for continuing medical education (CME), and remains ones of the most highly respected clinicians in the east coast for his profound knowledge of medicine, his humility, warmth, gentle demeaner.