Dr. Stephen Cohen

Delivering excellent outcomes is at the heart of what Dr. Cohen does. As a practicing board-certified surgeon, he stays on the cutting edge of medicine and treatments that could benefit his patients and derives his greatest satisfaction from seeing patients with good surgical outcomes, while also striving as a medical educator to teach and train the next generation of surgeons. As a medical legal expert, he provides comprehensive medical legal review services for both plaintiff and defense attorneys, offering clarity on medical facts, causation, and standard of care to enhance case outcomes and ultimately improve patient care.

With over three decades of experience in both clinical and surgical practice as well as medical legal consulting, Dr. Cohen brings a unique blend of hands-on surgical expertise and knowledge to his work. What sets him apart is his ability to take complex medical issues and explain them in an easy to understand manner, whether it is for a patient, a medical student, an attorney, or a jury.

Known as an innovator in emerging colorectal techniques, he stays at the forefront of advances in colorectal diagnosis and treatment to refine surgical practices to new standards of excellence. That is the lens through which he assesses patient treatment plans, educates medical students, and provides comprehensive, honest medical legal review in medical malpractice cases.

It is with that pioneering spirit that he has joined forces with Kalivar, an innovative online platform that advances the medical legal consulting industry. By creating an online community where doctors can provide anonymous opinions on medical cases based on short event summaries, Kalivar creates a win-win for attorneys, medical experts, and ultimately patients. Physicians can leave unbiased opinions in their social media-like platform (since they remain anonymous and do not know whether the defendant or plaintiff are behind the request) and have the opportunity to be retained as an expert. Attorneys obtain diverse opinions for limited cost and receive a better understanding of the strengths or weaknesses of their case before embarking on a longer and more expensive process.

Outside of work, Dr. Cohen is committed to leading a healthy lifestyle and has completed two Ironman triathlons and over ten marathons. That same dedication, training, persistence, and commitment to getting the job done that he brings to both his surgical practice and his medical legal work carries him over the finish line in both his personal as well as professional life.