Penn Medicine Provider
Hospital Medicine
Margot Cohen, MD
She/her
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Hospital Medicine HUP
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About me

  • Co-Director, Internal Medicine Core Clerkship
  • Director of Education, Division of Hospital Medicine
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hospital Medicine)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Columbia University
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Cohen is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Al-Obaid, L.N., Bazarbashi, A.N., Cohen, M.E., Kim, J., Lei, Y., Axelrad, J.E., Fox, A., Chandra, S., Gordon, F.D. Enteric Tube Placement in Patients with Esophageal Varices: Risks and Predictors of Post-Insertion Gastrointestinal Bleeding , Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Open , 4(2): 2019,256-259


Cohen ME, Jaffe A, Strauch CB, Lewis SK, Lebwohl B, Green PHR. Determinants of Follow-up Care for Patients With Celiac Disease. , J Clin Gastroenterol, 52(9): 2018,784-788


Freedberg DE, Zhou MJ, Cohen ME, Annavajhala MK, Khan S, Moscoso DI, Brooks C, Whittier S, Chong DH, Uhlemann A, Abrams JA. Pathogen colonization of the gastrointestinal microbiome at intensive care unit admission and risk for subsequent death or infection , Intensive Care Med, 44(8): 2018,1203-1211


Zhou, M.J., Cohen, M.E., Annavajhala, M., Moscoso, D., Brooks, C., Whittier, S., Chong, D., Uhlemann, A., Abrams, J.A., Freedberg, D.E. Gastrointestinal Bacterial Pathogen Colonization and Risk for Subsequent Infection in the Intensive Care Unit , Digestive Disease Week: 2018


Cohen, ME, Salmasian, H, Li, J, Liu, J, Zachariah, P, Wright, JD, Freedberg, DE. Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Risk for Postoperative Antibiotic-Resistant Infections , J Am Coll Surg, 225(5): 2017,631-638.e.3


Cohen ME, Hathway JM, Salmasian H, Liu J, Terry M, Abrams JA, Freedberg DE. Prophylaxis for Stress Ulcers With Proton Pump Inhibitors Is Not Associated With Increased Risk of Bloodstream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit. , Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 15(7): 2017,1030-1036.e1


Cohen Margot E, Chandra Subani The Time to Grieve: A Difficult Question in Medical Training. , Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 92(5): 2017,580-581


Yin S, Arkes H.R., McCoy J.P., Cohen M.E., Mellers B.A. Conflicting Goals Influence Physicians’ Expressed Beliefs to Patients and Colleagues , Medical Decision Making, 41(5): 2021,505-514