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Deborah L. Cohan, M.D.

Obstetrician and gynecologist

Dr. Deborah Cohan, an obstetrician and gynecologist, specializes in the care of pregnant women with HIV. She runs the UCSF Perinatal HIV Clinic as part of the Women's HIV Program at UCSF, is medical director of the Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center (BAPAC) at San Francisco General Hospital and is assistant director of the National Perinatal HIV Consultation and Referral Service.

In addition to treating patients, Cohan is an associate professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. Her research interests include perinatal HIV transmission, prenatal HIV testing and reproductive infectious diseases.

Cohan received a medical degree from Harvard Medical School, completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at UCSF and completed a fellowship in reproductive infectious diseases at San Francisco General Hospital.

Clinics

HIV/AIDS Program
400 Parnassus Ave., Fourth Floor, Room A-429
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2119
Fax: (415) 353-2406

Hours: Monday to Thursday
8:30 a.m. – noon, 1 – 5 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

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Additional Languages

Spanish

Education

Harvard School of Medicine 1996

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2000

Fellowships

San Francisco General Hospital, Reproductive Infectious Diseases 2001

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Aaron E, Cohan D. Preexposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV transmission to women. AIDS. 2013 Jan 2; 27(1):F1-5.
  2. Anderson JR, Cohan D, Cu-Uvin S. HIV and Reproduction: Fertility, Contraception, and Preconception Issues and Interventions. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2012; 2012:736864.
  3. Matthews LT, Smit JA, Cu-Uvin S, Cohan D. Antiretrovirals and safer conception for HIV-serodiscordant couples. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2012 Nov; 7(6):569-78.
  4. Sun M, Peipert JF, Zhao Q, Wilson TE, Weber KM, Sanchez-Keeland L, D'Souza G, Young M, Watts DH, Keller MJ, Cohan D, Massad LS. Trends in contraceptive use among women with human immunodeficiency virus. Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Oct; 120(4):783-90.
  5. Mmeje O, Cohen CR, Cohan D. Evaluating safer conception options for HIV-serodiscordant couples (HIV-infected female/HIV-uninfected male): a closer look at vaginal insemination. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2012; 2012:587651.
  6. Young S, Murray K, Mwesigwa J, Natureeba P, Osterbauer B, Achan J, Arinaitwe E, Clark T, Ades V, Plenty A, Charlebois E, Ruel T, Kamya M, Havlir D, Cohan D. Maternal nutritional status predicts adverse birth outcomes among HIV-infected Rural Ugandan women receiving combination antiretroviral therapy. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e41934.
  7. Larochelle F, Castro C, Goldenson J, Tulsky JP, Cohan DL, Blumenthal PD, Sufrin CB. Contraceptive use and barriers to access among newly arrested women. J Correct Health Care. 2012 Apr; 18(2):111-9.
  8. Worjoloh A, Kato-Maeda M, Osmond D, Freyre R, Aziz N, Cohan D. Interferon gamma release assay compared with the tuberculin skin test for latent tuberculosis detection in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Dec; 118(6):1363-70.
  9. Shah M, Aziz N, Leva N, Cohan D. Group B Streptococcus colonization by HIV status in pregnant women: prevalence and risk factors. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Nov; 20(11):1737-41.
  10. Cohan D, Weber S, Goldschmidt R. Safer conception options for HIV-serodiscordant couples. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Jan; 206(1):e21; author reply e21-2.
  11. Rubin LH, Cook JA, Grey DD, Weber K, Wells C, Golub ET, Wright RL, Schwartz RM, Goparaju L, Cohan D, Wilson ML, Maki PM. Perinatal depressive symptoms in HIV-infected versus HIV-uninfected women: a prospective study from preconception to postpartum. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Sep; 20(9):1287-95.
  12. Linas BS, Minkoff H, Cohen MH, Karim R, Cohan D, Wright RL, Young M, Watts DH, Golub ET. Relative time to pregnancy among HIV-infected and uninfected women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study, 2002-2009. AIDS. 2011 Mar 13; 25(5):707-11.
  13. Babik JM, Cohan D, Monto A, Hartigan-O'Connor DJ, McCune JM. The human fetal immune response to hepatitis C virus exposure in utero. J Infect Dis. 2011 Jan 15; 203(2):196-206.
  14. Fogler J, Cohan D, Weber S, Goldschmidt RH. Delivery options for prevention of perinatal HIV transmission. Am Fam Physician. 2009 Dec 15; 80(12):1356.
  15. Sufrin CB, Tulsky JP, Goldenson J, Winter KS, Cohan DL. Emergency contraception for newly arrested women: evidence for an unrecognized public health opportunity. J Urban Health. 2010 Mar; 87(2):244-53.
  16. Newman PM, Wanzira H, Tumwine G, Arinaitwe E, Waldman S, Achan J, Havlir D, Rosenthal PJ, Dorsey G, Clark TD, Cohan D. Placental malaria among HIV-infected and uninfected women receiving anti-folates in a high transmission area of Uganda. Malar J. 2009; 8:254.
  17. Lutnick A, Cohan D. Criminalization, legalization or decriminalization of sex work: what female sex workers say in San Francisco, USA. Reprod Health Matters. 2009 Nov; 17(34):38-46.
  18. Cohan D, Gomez E, Greenberg M, Washington S, Charlebois ED. Patient perspectives with abbreviated versus standard pre-test HIV counseling in the prenatal setting: a randomized-controlled, non-inferiority trial. PLoS One. 2009; 4(4):e5166.
  19. Cohan D, Gomez E, Dowling T, Zetola N, Kaplan B, Klausner JD. HIV testing attitudes and practices among clinicians in the era of updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Jan 1; 50(1):114-6.
  20. Cohan D, Sarnquist C, Gomez E, Feakins C, Maldonado Y, Zetola N. Increased uptake of HIV testing with the integration of nurse-initiated HIV testing into routine prenatal care. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Dec 15; 49(5):571-3.

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