Background
Cohen, Sheldon Gilbert was born on September 21, 1918 in Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel H. and Dorthy (Goldberg) Cohen.
historian physician Immunology educator
Cohen, Sheldon Gilbert was born on September 21, 1918 in Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel H. and Dorthy (Goldberg) Cohen.
Graduate, Wyoming Seminary, 1936. Student, Syracuse University, 1937. Bachelor, Ohio State University, 1940.
Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1943. Doctor of Science (honorary), Wilkes University, 1976.
Intern, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1944;
resident internal medicine, Fort Howard Veterans Administration Hospital., Baltimore, 1947-1948;
resident in allergy, Veterans Administration Hospital., Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, 1948-1949;
resident in allergy, U. Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1948-1949;
research fellow, U. Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1949-1950;
practice medicine specializing in allergy, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1951-1972;
research associate, U. Pittsburgh, 1950-1951;
attending physician, Allergy Clinic, Falk Clinics, 1950-1951;
chief of allergy, Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, 1951-1972;
attending physician in allergy, Veterans Administration Hospital., Wilkes-Barre, 1951-1960;
consultant in internal medicine and research, Veterans Administration Hospital., 1960-1972;
associate professor biological research, Wilkes U., Wilkes-Barre, 1952-1962;
professor biological research, Wilkes U., Wilkes-Barre, 1962-1968;
professor experimental biology, Wilkes U., Wilkes-Barre, 1968-1972;
Adjunct Professor immunology, Wilkes U., Wilkes-Barre, since 1991;
consultant extramural programs, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1972-1973;
chief allergy and immunology branch, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1973-1976;
director immunology, allergic and immunologic diseases program, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1977-1988;
science advisor division of intramural research office of director, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, since 1988;
board science advisors, Allergy and Immunology Institute of International Life Sciences Institute, 1989-1997. Adjunct Professor medicine Northwestern University, since 1988. Scholar National Library.
Medicine, since 1988. Regional medical consultant Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital, Denver, 1969-1972. Member medico advisory board Cooperative American Relief Everywhere, 1977-1989.
Consultant to Ministry Public Health, State of Kuwait, 1981-1983. Member expert advisory panel on immunology World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, since 1979, director World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Allergy, 1985-1989. Board directors Asthma and Allergy Foundation American, 1969-1981, member committee public education, 1976-1981.
Board directors Lupus Foundation American, 1978-1985, executive vice president, 1981-1985, member medical council, 1978-1993. Member aeroallergens committee National Research Council, 1976-1980.
Trustee Marywood College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1983-1989. Board of Governors advisory county Wilkes U., Wilkes-Barre, 1991-1992. Captain Medical Corps, United States Air Force, 1944-1946.
Fellow American College of Physicians, American Academy Allergy (chairman research county 1963-1966, historian 1963-1969, vice president 1979-1980, Distinguished Svc. award 1971), American College Allergists. Member College Physicians Philadelphia, American Association Immunologists, Association American Physicians, Clinical Immunology Society, American Thoracic Society, American College Rheumatology, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Collegium International Allergologicum, American Federation Clinical Research, American Association for History of Medicine, Washington Society for History of Medicine (vice president 1993-1994, president 1994-1996), Cosmos Club, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha (New York University alumni).