Lawrence Cohen

Background

Cohen, Lawrence was born on November 23, 1926 in Leeds, England. Son of Joseph and Millie (Burnstein) Cohen.

Education

B. Doctor of Chemistry, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Leeds University, 1949. F.D.S.R.C.S., Leeds University, 1951. Labrador Retriever Club of the Potomac, Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons, Guys Hospital, 1956.

Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1966.

Career

Clinical instructor, U. Birmingham, 1949-1950; intern, resident oral surgery, Middlesex Hospital, 1956-1959; senior resident plastic unit, Stoke Mandeville, 1960-1961; senior resident, University College, 1961-1962; lecturer oral pathology, University College, 1962-1963; senior lecturer oral medicine, University College, 1963-1967; professor, head department oral diagnosis, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1967-1976; professor department oral diagnosis, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1967-1992; department chairman dentistry, director dental education, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, 1976-1986; president, Medical Emergency Service Associations, 1978-1992. Visiting professor medicine University of Chicago, 1974-1975. Consultant oral diagnosis VA West Side Hospital, Chicago.

Achievements

• Lawrence Cohen has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, dentist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Synopsis of Medicine in Dentistry

    (Book by Cohen, Lawrence)

Membership

Member dental advising committee Health Education Commission, Board Higher Education State of Illinois, 1969-1973. Chairman Food and Drug Administration Panel Review Oral Cavity Drug Preparations, 1974-1980. Consultant Federal Trade Commission, 1985-1992.

Served to squadron leader Royal Air Force, 1950-1952. Fellow Royal Society Medicine, American College Dentists. Member American Academy Oral Medicine (president 1984-1985), American Medical Association.

Connections

Married Gloria Stewart, December 27, 1951. Children: Alan Steven, Martin Ian, David Charles.

Father:

Joseph Cohen

Mother:

Millie (Burnstein) Cohen

Spouse:

Gloria Stewart

child:

Alan Steven Cohen

child:

David Charles Cohen

child:

Martin Ian Cohen