Richard A. Cohn, MD
Medical director, Kidney Transplant Program; Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
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Specialties
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Transplantation - kidney
Offers complete transplant care for pediatric patients within a single hospital. Learn more »
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Kidney diseases
Treats kidney failure, nephrotic syndrome, glomerular disorders, cystic kidney diseases, and essential hypertension. Services include percutaneous renal biopsy, acute and chronic dialysis, veno-venous hemofiltration, plasmapheresis and kidney transplantation. Learn more »
Special interests
Kidney transplantation, nephrotic syndrome
Health care plans accepted
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- Aetna (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
- Beech Street (PPO)
- Best Doctors (PPO)
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CCN (PPO)
- CIGNA (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
- Employer Coalition on Health (HMO)
- First Health (PPO)
- Great West Health Care (formerly One Health Plan) (PPO)
- Harmony Health Plans of Illinois (HMO)
- Health Alliance Medical Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- HealthNetwork/Wellmark (PPO)
- HFN, Inc. (EPO, PPO)
- Humana, Inc. (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Illinois Health Connect (HMO)
- Managed Care Strategies (PPO)
- Multiplan (PPO)
- National Provider Network (PPO)
- Preferred Plan (PPO)
- Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (POS, PPO)
- Sagamore - Indiana (PPO)
- UniCare (HMO, PPO)
- United Healthcare of Illinois (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
- WEA Insurance Group (PPO)
Medical school
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1972
Postgraduate training
University of Minnesota Hospital, 1978; Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1973-1975
Certifications
Board certified in Pediatric Nephrology, 1979; Pediatrics, 1978
Publications
View a partial list of Dr. Cohn's publications
Available from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.
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2300 Children's Plaza, (707 W. Fullerton Ave.)
Chicago, IL 60614-3363
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Sees patients at
- 1Children's Memorial Hospital
2300 Children's Plaza, (707 W. Fullerton Ave.)
Chicago, IL 60614-3363
1.800.KIDS DOC
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