Daily News | This physician’s clinic is the ballpark, and his patients the Phillies
When a high school baseball player came in with elbow pain, Cohen worked up a treatment plan “not that different” than what he’d recommend for a pro.Cohen leaves his white coat behind when he heads to the ballpark. Standing behind home plate for the national anthem, his formal slacks and suit jacket stick out from the Phillies’ powder blue uniforms and fans’ red caps and jerseys.
It’s among the best seats in the house, but Cohen’s attention is split between the game and his phone. Mid-game he receives an X-ray of one of his patients, and an injury report of another team. He pays attention to players from both teams. If one of them leaves the field his “antenna goes up a little,” he said.
In addition to the Phillies, he also serves as team doctor for a few minor league, AAA, and college teams. He previously was on the Philadelphia Flyers medical team,Communicating medical findings and developing a plan with the athletes and trainers is an important part of the job, said Michael Ciccotti, a Rothman orthopedic surgeon who served as the Phillies head team physician for more than two decades prior to Cohen.
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