Fred Cohen, MD

Fred Cohen, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Cohen received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Binghamton University and his medical degree from Stony Brook University. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in Headache Medicine at the Jefferson Headache Center.

Dr. Cohen is one of the few headache specialists in the country who is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Headache Medicine. His research interests include treatments for chronic migraine and evaluating the epidemiology, burden, and impact of migraine. Dr. Cohen’s work has been in published in several prestigious journals and textbooks, and he currently serves on the editorial board for Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain. He has presented at several headache conferences and societies, including the American Headache Society, the International Headache Society, the Migraine World Summit, and the Migraine Trust Symposium.

Dr. Cohen has Clinical Practices at the David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman Center for Headache Treatment and Translational Research, and at Mount Sinai Doctors.