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William Ettlinger Cohn, MD

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Cardiac Transplant Surgery (Heart Transplant)
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William Ettlinger Cohn, MD

Dr. Cohn is the Chief Medical Officer of BiVACOR Inc. and the Executive Director of Medical Device Labs at the Texas Medical Center. He is also a tenured professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and an adjunct professor of Bioengineering at Rice University and the University of Houston. Prior to joining BiVACOR Inc., he served as a Vice President at Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Executive Director for the Johnson & Johnson Center of Device Innovation at TMC, and Director of the renowned Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratory at the Texas Heart Institute.

Dr. Cohn has been deeply involved in developing the continuous-flow, totally implantable, artificial heart. In 2011, Dr. Cohn and Dr. O. H. Frazier successfully implanted the first pulseless total heart replacement device in a human patient. The device had been developed at The Texas Heart Institute.

Dr. Cohn has published extensively and has 124 granted US patents for his medical device innovations that have been foundational for nine venture-backed startups.

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Specialties

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Cardiac Transplant Surgery (Heart Transplant)

Credentials

  • Thoracic Surgery American Board of Thoracic Surgery General Surgery American Board of Surgery

Education

  • Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Professional Education: B.S. from Oberlin College - 01/1982 - Oberlin, OH United States, M.D. from Baylor College Of Medicine - 01/1986 - Houston, TX United States, Internship from Baylor College of Medicine - 01/1987 - Houston, TX United States, Residency from Baylor College Of Medicine - 01/1990 - Houston, TX United States, Chief Residency from Baylor College Of Medicine - 01/1991 - Houston, TX United States, Chief Resident from Baylor College Of Medicine - 01/1993 - Houston, TX United States, Associate in Cardiothoracic Surg from Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School - 01/1994 - Boston, MA United States

Medical groups

  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • TX Health Network

Hospital affiliations

Below is a list of facilities where this provider is credentialed and approved to perform procedures or has privileges.
  • Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center - Houston, TX

Languages

  • English

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