Dr Mark Cohen

Consultant Endocrinologist
MBChB, BSc(Hons), PhD, FRCP(Lond)

Practising at

Spire Bushey Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Mark Cohen at Spire include:

General medicine

Other treatments

Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus: Endocrinology, Obesity, Parathyroid disease, Pituitary disease, Thyroid disease,

Professional profile

Dr Mark Cohen provides a comprehensive and personally-tailored service for patients with endocrine and diabetic conditions. Multi-disciplinary assessment is available for patients with obesity or diabetes, with access to an expert dietician and diabetic specialist nurse for patients under his care.

Thyroid or parathyroid patients who require a surgical opinion benefit from Dr Cohen’s close collaboration with a very experienced thyroid surgical team. Dr Cohen qualified in medicine from the University of Birmingham in 1994 with a 1st class honours degree in Physiology. After becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1998 he returned to London to become a Medical Research Council Clinical Research Fellow at Hammersmith Hospital under the supervision of Professor Steve Bloom.

His original research on the role of the gut hormones PYY, oxyntomodulin and ghrelin in the regulation of food intake culmunated in a PhD in Physiology, awarded in 2005. Obesity surgery is believed to act through alterations in the release of these appetite-regulating hormones. Dr Cohen was appointed Consultant in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Barnet Hospital in 2006 and continues to have a specialist interest in the clinical management of obesity.

Clinical Interests

Diabetes
Endocrinology and diabetes mellitus
Thyroid disease
Parathyroid disease

Private contact details

Telephone	020 8901 5555
Private secretary	Paula Kirkham
Private secretary telephone	07719 745515

Qualification and professional memberships

Professional memberships

Royal College of Physicians
Royal Society of Medicine
Society for Endocrinology Diabetes UK
British Medical Association, Osteoporosis Society

Current NHS posts

Consultant Physician and Specialist in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust.

Personal Profile

Dr Cohen is married (to a dietitian) and has two young children (aged 3 and 6 yrs). He spent his childhood in Potters Bar and went to school in Elstree. Dr Cohen's many interests include tennis, skiing, ice-skating, music and theatre, art-house films, modern art and design, 20th century furniture and technological gadgets!