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Vein Specialist Joins Berkshire Surgical Services of BMC

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Health Systems announced the appointment of Dr. David Cohen, a board-certified and fellowship-trained specialist in vascular medicine to the medical staff of Berkshire Medical Center and the provider staff of Berkshire Surgical Services of BMC. He is accepting new patients in need of vein care.

Cohen comes to the Berkshires from New Jersey, where he had served as a provider and vein specialist with Advanced Vascular Associates in Morristown. He was previously the medical director of Circulatory Care of New Jersey in Paramus.

He received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, NY, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, and was fellowship trained in Cardiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, and Interventional Cardiology at Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla, NY.

Cohen specializes in diagnosis and treatment of venous diseases including varicose veins, chronic venous insufficiency, venous ulcerations, deep thrombosis, and spider veins. Some treatments he provides include thermal and non-thermal ablations, phlebectomy, and sclerotherapy services.