After qualifying from The Royal London Hospital in 1982, Brian Cohen, MBBS, MD, FRCS Orth, trained in surgery in London and then in Cambridge. He completed his MD on the remodelling of bone in response to prosthetic implants and then spent a year on a sports medicine fellowship at a specialist orthopaedic sports clinic in Australia, learning advanced arthroscopic techniques.
Mr Cohen was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon at University College NHS Trust (UCLH) and honorary senior lecturer at University of London in 1996. In 1997, he was awarded a prestigious European travelling fellowship for the European Shoulder and Elbow Society. He was clinical director of Musculoskeletal Services at UCLH between 2000 and 2002. In 2004, Mr Cohen left the NHS to work entirely in private practice and is a founding partner in the London Orthopaedic Clinic.