Joel L. Cohen, MD

Board Certified Dermatologist
Fellowship-trained, Mohs Surgery and Cosmetic Dermatology

Dr. Joel Cohen is a nationally recognized leader in Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery, and Cosmetic Dermatology. He is a Board Certified dermatologist with fellowship training in Mohs Micrographic dermatologic surgery and cosmetic dermatology. He was the 2005 recipient of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) Public Service Award. Dr. Cohen is currently the National Chair of the Patient Education Committee of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery. He has also been elected to the Board of Trustees of the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery, and served as the Meeting Chair for the 2006 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. He was the 2006 President of the Colorado Dermatologic Society, and has recently been elected as a Young Leader of the American Academy of Dermatology. He has been appointed to the Membership and Actinic Keratosis Committees of the American Academy of Dermatology, to the Public Affairs and Young Leadership Committees of the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, and the membership committee of the ASDS. Dr. Cohen also served for 3 years on the FDA liaison committee of the American Academy of Dermatology. He is one of less than 10 full fellowship-trained Mohs skin cancer surgeons in the State of Colorado (and spent 3 years with Mohs surgery pioneer and Mohs surgery textbook author Dr. George Mikhail). Joel has also been a member of the Colorado Cancer Coalition’s Skin Cancer Task Force since 2003.

Dr. Cohen is a national/international lecturer and an active writer, editor, instructor, consultant and clinical trial participant. During his Mohs College skin cancer fellowship, Dr. Cohen participated in two cosmetic clinical trials while studying for a year with Botox pioneers Jean and Alastair Carruthers (the husband and wife team credited with having discovered the cosmetic use of Botox in the early 1990’s). Joel continues to participate in cosmetic clinical trials, serving as an investigator in four botulinum toxin trials—including two current FDA Reloxin (Dysport) trials (serving as the national lead investigator in one of them) and a principal investigator for a Botox brow-lift trial as well as a Botox mid-face trial. He is also a lead investigator in two other FDA injectable cosmetic trials involving Restylane and Perlane as well as a new topical anesthetic (S-Caine Peel by Zars). He has recently completed two new trials: Radiesse tissue augmentation and NeoCutis eye cream. Underway currently, are several injectable trials (including JuveDerm and Evolence Breeze) as well as laser trials (including Cynosure, Palomar, and Sciton for scars, telangiectasias, resurfacing and fractional resurfacing) and topical therapies.

Joel has been selected as a National Instructor for Botox since 2001 (Allergan), Restylane (Medicis), Sculptra (Aventis), Radiesse (BioForm) as well as Palomar and Cynosure lasers/light sources. Dr. Cohen was selected as the Co-Chair of the new filler JuveDerm (made by the company that makes Botox) launch meeting in Laguna in September 2006. He is one of 10 physicians in North America that lectured to and trained the Botox physician faculty instructors on advanced uses of Botox and fillers at the 2006 Santa Monica Botox National Education Faculty meeting in February. And, he was selected to serve as one of 5 North American Botox leaders to travel to London during Summer 2006 to write the International Botox Consensus Paper along with 5 European physicians. He is also one of 18 physicians in the country who has been selected to serve as an official Restylane Consensus consultant, instructor, author and speaker. He is also a speaker and advisor for medications related to skin cancer including Aldara (3M) and Carac (Dermik)—and has been an invited lecturer at the international Skin Cancer Foundation annual meeting in 2004 and 2006. He has also been an invited speaker at many medical society meetings including the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (2005), the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery (2004-2007), the combined annual winter ski meeting for Dermatologic/Facial Plastic/Oculoplastic surgery (2004-2007), Skin Disease Education Foundation, Hawaii Derm, Advances in Cosmetic and Medical Dermatology, American Society of Dermatologic Surgery as well as the American Academy of Dermatology winter and summer meetings. He is a speaker and a Co-Director of the annual Cosmetic Boot Camp meeting. Dr. Cohen lectures at various other national meetings related to cosmetic surgery and skin cancer every month. He is very involved with legislation issues related to medical day spa supervision and credentialing as well as tanning beds.

He is the author of more than 45 medical publications, as well as several book chapters. He is currently finishing co-authoring a McGraw Hill textbook to be released in late 2007. He has recently completed writing two book chapters on filler substances for soft-tissue augmentation, a chapter on the cosmetic use of Botox, and his second book chapter on using Botox to treat hyperhidrosis. He has another Botulinum toxin chapter, two more filler chapters in press as well as several articles related to skin cancer and reconstruction. He is also the author and editor of a new column in Skin and Aging magazine on surgical pearls. Joel has been interviewed for aesthetic dermatology and skin cancer stories in Glamour, Prevention, Shape, The New York Times and Seventeen magazine. Dr. Cohen has also been interviewed in the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News and has appeared on over 30 Denver television and radio news programs (including ABC 7News, CBS 4News, NBC 9News, WB News Denver and Fox News). He is a senior editor of Cosmetic Dermatology and also serves as an editor for Dermatologic Surgery, Aesthetic Dermatology News, Dermanities, Skin and Aging, Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy, Aesthetic Buyer’s Guide and Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. He is also an active volunteer, and has been appointed a member of the Colorado Cancer Coalition’s Skin Cancer Task Force, and served as the Co-Chair of the race committee for the annual Denver skin cancer awareness race—Summer Solstice: Miles to Fight Melanoma.

Dr. Cohen graduated Brandeis University Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in History, and was the recipient of the Steinberg Prize for outstanding achievement in History and Science. He then
graduated New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine with Honors, and was awarded the Auxiliary Board’s Award for Excellence in Health Care Delivery Services. He is married to Nicole Goldie Cohen MD, an academic pediatrician at the University of Colorado’s Denver Children’s Hospital, and is the father of toddler Tillie Yael Cohen. He is now the Director of AboutSkin Dermatology and DermSurgery and The Skin Cancer Center in metropolitan-Denver, and is on the volunteer faculty at the University of Colorado serving as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology. In practice 5 years, he has been voted by his peers as one of Denver’s Top Doctors in 5280 magazine FOUR times including listings for cosmetic procedures as well as dermatology.

Dr. Cohen's Speaking/Panels 2008

1. American Academy of Dermatology (San Antonio) February
2. South Beach Symposium (Miami) February
3. Maui Derm (Hawaii) February
4. Topical Anesthesia Update (New York) March
5. Mohs College and aesthetic update (Vancouver) May

Dr. Cohen's Speaking/Panels 2007

1. Hawaii 3rd annual Dermatology symposium ACMD (Maui) January 2007
2. ASDS/AAFPRS/ASOPS. Advances in Facial Surgery (Vail) Janaury 2007
3. American Academy of Dermatology (Washington, DC) February 2007
4. Perlane Advisory Meeting (San Diego, CA) February 2007
5. The Core Aesthetic Meeting (Miami) February 2007
6. South Beach Symposium (Miami) February 2007
7. Hawaii Derm, SDEF (Maui) March 2007
8. Botox Regional CME (Los Angeles) March 2007
9. ASDS Regional Fillers Course (Miami) March 2007
10. Evolence Breeze Filler Meeting (Montreal) March 2007
11. Botox Consensus Conference (Dallas) April 2007
12. Botox Regional CME (Boca Raton, FL) April 2007
13. ASDS Regional Filler Course (New York City) April 2007
14. L’oreal Advisory Board (New York City) April 2007
15. American College of Mohs Micrographic Sugery and Cutaneous Oncology (Naples, FL) May 2007
16. Radiesse Advisory Board (Arizona) May 2007
17. JuveDerm Clinical Trial Meeting (California) May 2007
18. Florida Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery (Palm Beach, FL) June 2007
19. J and J / OrthoNeutrogena Wound Healing Meeting (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) June 2007
20. NYU Advances in Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery (NYC) June 2007
21. Sunscreen Update Advisory Meeting (NYC) June 2007
22. Cosmetic Boot Camp (Aspen) June 2007
23. Radiesse Consensus Conference (San Francisco) July 2007
24. Aesthetic Update Merz (Montreal) August 2007
25. American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (Chicago, IL) October 2007
26. Obagi Advisory Meeting (Chicago) October 2007
27. Colorado Dermatologic Society (Vail, CO) October 2007
28. Ortho Neutrogena Advisory Meeting (Chicago) October 2007
29. Aesthetic Anesthesia Update (Dallas) November 2007
30. Chemical Peel Update (New York City) November 2007
31. American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery (Las Vegas) December 2007

Dr. Cohen's Speaking/Panels 2006

1. Skin Cancer Foundation (Puerto Vallarta) Jan. 2006
2. ASDS/AAFPRS/ASOPS. Advances in Facial Surgery. (Park City) Feb. 2006
3. South Beach Cosmetic Symposium (Miami) Feb. 2006
4. Palomar Laser and Pulse Light Web-Update Feb. 2006 and May 2006
5. Vail Laser Update (Vail) Feb. 2006
6. Botox National Education Faculty (Santa Monica) Feb. 2006
7. Society for Dermatology Physician Assistants (San Francisco) March 2006
8. American Academy of Dermatology (San Francisco) March 2006
9. Radiesse Filler Symposium Faculty Update (San Diego) April 2006
10. Phoenician Cosmetic Dermatology (Scottsdale) May 2006
11. Botox Regional CME (Sarasota) May 2006
12. Florida Society for Dermatology and Dermatologic Sugery (Boca Raton) May 2006
13. Clinical Pathological Correlation, course co-director. (Univ. of Colorado) June 2006
14. Johnson and Johnson/OrthoNeutrogena Aesthetic Update (New York) June 2006
15. International Botox Consensus Forum (London, England) June 2006
16. Cosmetic Boot Camp, Co-Scientific Director (Aspen) July 2006
17. Summer Amer Academy of Dermatology, Annenberg Foundation Aesthetic Update, Meeting Chair (San Diego) July 2006
18. Botox Regional CME (Denver) July 2006
19. JuveDerm Advisory Board (Half Moon Bay, CA) August 2006
20. Advances in Photodynamic Therapy, webcast August 2006 and September 2006
21. Colorado Dermatologic Society Annual Meeting, Meeting Program Director (Denver) September 2006
22. OrthoNeutrogena/Colbar Advisory Board (NYC) Sept 2006
23. JuveDerm launch meeting with Botox Faculty Meeting, Co-Chair of meeting (Dana Point, CA) Sept 2006
24. Skin Disease Education Foundation (Williamsburg, VA) October 2006
25. American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (Palm Springs, CA) October 2006
26. Skin Disease Education Foundation (Las Vegas) November 2006
27. American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery, Meeting Chair (Las Vegas) December 2006

Dr. Cohen's Speaking/Panels 2005

1. American Academy of Dermatology Leadership Forum (Orlando, FL) Jan 2005
2. Medicis Winter Skin Seminar (Snowmass, CO) Jan. 2005
3. Botox National Education Faculty (Las Vegas, NV) Jan. 2005
4. Advances in Facial Plastic Surgery (Aspen, CO) Feb. 2005
5. American Academy of Dermatology (New Orleans, LA) Feb. 2005
6. Hyperhidrosis: a review of therapies (Denver, CO) March 2005
7. Stanford Univ. Next Step Aesthetic and Cutaneous Surgery Course (Palo Alto, CA) May 2005
8. Israel’s Rabin Medical Center visiting lecturer, dermatology and plastic surgery (Israel) May 2005
9. Filler Technology Summit, speaker and panelist. (New York, NY) June 2005
10. Clinical Pathological Correlation, course co-director. (Univ. of Colorado) June 2005
11. International Conference on Botulinum Toxins 2005 (Denver, CO) June 2005
12. Multi-specialty Facial Cosmetic Surgery (Las Vegas, NV) June 2005
13. Pacific Northwest Dermatology Society (Harrison Hot Springs, BC) July 2005
14. Soft Tissue Augmentation Update, panelist (San Francisco, CA) August 2005
15. Cosmetic Boot Camp (Jackson Hole, WY) Aug. 2005
16. Botox for Hyperhidrosis (Denver, Co) Aug. 2005
17. Pacific Dermatology Association (Vancouver, BC) Aug. 2005
18. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Los Angeles, CA) Sept. 2005
19. Intl. Society of Cosmetic and Laser Surgeons Annual Meeting. (Las Vegas) Oct. 2005
20. Laser Update (Calgary, Alberta) Oct. 2005
21. American Society of Dermatologic Surgery, Public Service Award (Atlanta, GA) Oct. 2005
22. Dermatologic Therapeutics Association (Palm Springs, CA) Nov. 2005
23. Botox CME (Los Angeles, CA) Nov. 2005
24. J&J/Neutragena. S-Caine (New York City) Nov. 2005
25. American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery (Las Vegas) Dec. 2005
26. Botox Advisory Panel (Irvine, CA) Dec. 2005
27. Restylane, Botox, and Palomar laser lectures and demos regularly