Sanford Irwin Cohen

Background

Cohen, Sanford Irwin was born on September 5, 1928 in New York City. Son of George A. and Gertrude (Slater) Cohen.

Education

Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, New York University, 1948; Bachelor of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine Chicago Medical School, 1952.

Career

Intern, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, 1952-1953; resident psychiatry, U. Colorado Medical Center, 1953-1954; resident, Duke Medical Center, 1954-1955, 57-58; member of faculty, Duke Medical Center, 1956-1968; professor psychiatry, Duke Medical Center, 1964-1968; head division psychosomatic medicine and psychophysiol. research, Duke Medical Center, 1964-1968; lecturer psychology, Duke Medical Center, 1960-1968; instructor, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1964-1968; consultant, Veterans Administration Hospital., Durham, North Carolina, 1957-1965; consultant, National Institute of Mental Health, 1963-1966; professor psychiatry, Boston University Medical School, 1970-1986; department chairman, Boston University Medical School, 1970-1986; visiting research scientist health and behavior branch, division basic science, National Institute of Mental Health, 1986-1988; professor psychiatry, U. Miami (Florida) School Medicine, since 1988; vice department chairman, U. Miami (Florida) School Medicine, since 1990. Markle scholar medical science, 1957-1962. Commonwealth fellow, Czech Republic and Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1996.

Achievements

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

Membership

Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life), American College Clinical Pharmacology (life). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychosomatic Society, Academy Behavioral Medicine Research.

Connections

Married Jean Steinbruecker, November 30, 1952. Children— Jeffrey, Debra, John, Robert.

Father:

George A. Cohen

Mother:

Gertrude (Slater) Cohen

Spouse:

Jean Steinbruecker