Dr. Cowen is a board certified dermatologist who has written over 70 scientific articles in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Archives of Dermatology, and other peer reviewed journals. He is currently a Director of the American Board of Dermatology, serves as Section Editor for the Archives of Dermatology and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. He has additional appointments as Adjunct Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Associate Professor of Dermatology at Georgetown University Medical Center and has given over 100 lectures locally, nationally, and internationally.