Lawrence Sorel Cohen

Background

Cohen, Lawrence Sorel was born on March 27, 1933 in New York City. Son of Max and Fannie (Cooper) Cohen.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1954; Doctor of Medicine New York University, 1958; Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1970.

Career

Intern, then resident in medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1958-1960, 64-65; assistant in medicine, Harvard University Medical School, 1962-1964; senior investigator, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1965-1968; member task force on arteriosclerosis, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1978-1980; chairman clinical trials review committee, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1984-1985, 87-89; associate professor medicine, University Texas Medical School, Dallas, 1968-1970; professor medicine, Yale University Medical School, 1970-1981; Ebenezer K. Hunt professor medicine, Yale University Medical School, since 1981; deputy dean, Yale University Medical School, 1991-1995; special advisor to dean, Yale University Medical School, since 1995.

Achievements

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

Membership

Active American Heart Association, chapter president, 1980-1981, affiliate president Connecticut chapter, 1984-1986. With United States Public Health Service, 1960-1962. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Cardiology (trustee 1978-1983, member editorial bd.jour.).

Member Association University Cardiologists (president-elect 1990, president 1991), Interurban Clinical Club (president 1988), Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Jane Abramson, August 5, 1961. Children: Melanie, Wendy.

Father:

Max Cohen

Mother:

Fannie (Cooper) Cohen

Spouse:

Jane Abramson

child:

Melanie Cohen

child:

Wendy Cohen