A/Prof Jeremy Cohen

A/Prof Jeremy Cohen qualified from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in 1990. He undertook a post graduate career in clinical medicine and anaesthesia before moving to Australia to pursue a career in Intensive Care Medicine. He worked as a full time Intensive Care Specialist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital before joining the Wesley Hospital as the Deputy Director of Intensive Care in 2016.

Besides his clinical duties, A/Prof Cohen is an established researcher in the field of critical care endocrinology. He has authored numerous research articles in the field of adrenal function in critical illness and is a CI on the NHMRC funded ADRENAL trial, an international multi-centre trial. His work has focussed on the measurement of adrenal function and mechanisms of glucocorticoid resistance in septic shock and has led numerous publications in this and related areas. He has also taken an active role in the College of Intensive Care Medicine, where he has been an examiner for the Final Fellowship exam since 2008. He is currently an Associate Professor in the University of Queensland, an Honorary Professorial Fellow at The George Institute, and an elected member of the Board of the College of Intensive Care Medicine.