Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Barry J. Cohen, MD, MBA, FACS
Advanced Plastic Surgery Center
Dr. Barry J. Cohen is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon who leads the Advanced Plastic Surgery Center in Rockville and is the founder and senior partner of the Washington Plastic Surgery Group. He brings nearly four decades of experience across cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.
Why patients choose Dr. Cohen
Dr. Cohen earned his medical degree at Georgetown University and completed general surgery training at the Washington Hospital Center, where he was recognized for both clinical and research work. He went on to complete plastic surgery training with the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Clinical focus
Cosmetic surgery of the face, breast, and body; post-weight-loss and post-pregnancy body contouring; and reconstructive procedures.
Profile last fact-checked July 11, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Cohen compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only provider we list offering cosmetic surgery
1 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name cosmetic surgery.
We list 3 plastic & reconstructive surgery providers serving Rockville.
1 of 10 from Georgetown University School of Medicine
10 of the 107 doctors whose medical school we record studied at Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Longest since qualifying of our 6 plastic & reconstructive surgery providers
Qualified in 1987. The median for the 6 plastic & reconstructive surgery providers whose year we record is 1997.
Trained in the DC–Baltimore area
Completed residency locally, like 32% of the 87 doctors whose residency we record.
Medical school: Georgetown University School of Medicine — Washington, DC, United States.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Cohen sits by experience
Dr. Cohen finished medical school in 1987, 39 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 23 finished earlier, 110 finished later, and 1 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–1984Dr. Cohen1987
1985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–19941995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 20 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 — Dr. Cohen | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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