Helen Cohen

Dr Helen Cohen has done research with a condition called chronic regional pain syndrome and has found very odd responses to visual stimuli which include an inability to perform simple drawing and writing tasks, 3rd August 2010

Rheumatologist (UK)

Dr Helen Cohen is a Consultant in Rheumatology and Chronic Pain at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex, UK. Dr Cohen graduated from the University of Wales College of Medicine, completed higher training in Cardiff and her PhD at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath. She has a special interest in the management and treatment of chronic pain, and specifically in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) / hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD), and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). She leads the CRPS and hypermobility rehabilitation programs at Stanmore.

One of Dr. Cohen’s main research interests is in understanding how brain mechanisms contribute to severe chronic pain syndromes. Her clinical interests include general rheumatology, hypermobility, fibromyalgia, and CRPS among other chronic, difficult-to-explain pain syndromes.

Dr. Cohen held an Arthritis Research UK Clinical Fellowship for 3 years which supported her research work. She has presented nationally and internationally on CRPS, hypermobility and chronic pain, and published articles in peer-reviewed journals.

She is a keen hiker/mountaineer and martial arts enthusiast.

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