Lawrence B. Cohen

MD, MSc, FRCP
Affiliate scientist
lawrence.cohen@sri.utoronto.ca
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Phone: 416-480-6100 ext. 64725
Fax: 416-480-5977

Research Assistant:

Devi Rosan
Phone: 416-480-4725
Email: devi.rosan@sri.utoronto.ca

The focus of Dr. Cohen’s research is on inflammatory cytokine profiles in luminal gastrointestinal disease (i.e., inflammatory bowel disease) and obesity, and hepatic parenchymal disease reflected by NASH syndrome.

Education

  • B.Sc. (Hons), 1974, pharmacology, University of Toronto, Canada
  • M.Sc., 1976, Addiction Research Foundation, University of Toronto, Canada
  • MD, 1979, McMaster University, Canada

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Affiliate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Odette Cancer Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Consultant gastroenterologist (including therapeutic endoscopy and hepatology), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Associate professor, medicine, University of Toronto

Research Foci

  • Establishment of obesity management protocols
  • Evaluation of inflammatory cytokines in inflammatory bowel disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH syndrome) plus/minus obesity
  • Multidisciplinary clinical research initiatives of medical cannabis

Publications

Affiliated Labs & Programs

Selected Publications

  1. Griller N, Cohen LB. Rapid onset of tofacitinib induction therapy for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Clin Gastroenterol H. 2019 May;17(6):139–147.

  2. Menashi S, Cohen LB, Neuman MG. Obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver - therapies in ayurvedic medicines. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 2018;3(1):002. doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.1801002. Available from: http://www.lidsen.com/journals/icm/icm-03-01-002.

  3. Pytraczyk S, Cohen LB. Long-term maintenance of weight loss following removal of intragastric balloon (IGB). Am J Gastroenterol. 2018 Oct. doi: 10.14309/00000434-201810001-00786

  4. Neary J, Goodwin SE, Cohen LB, Neuman MG. Alcohol misuse link to POEMS Syndrome in a patient. Cancers (Basel). 2017 Sep 23;9(10). pii: E129. doi: 10.3390/cancers9100129.

  5. Neuman MG, French SW, Zakhari S, Malnick S, Seitz HK, Cohen LB, Salaspuro M, Voinea-Griffin A, Barasch A, Kirpich IA, Thomes PG, Schrum LW, Donohue TM Jr, Kharbanda KK, Cruz M, Opris M. Alcohol, microbiome, life style influence alcohol and non-alcoholic organ damage. Exp Mol Pathol. 2017 Feb;102(1):162–180.