Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine named Alan R. Cohen, MD, the new chief of pediatric neurosurgery, effective May 23, according to News-Medical.
Here are six highlights:
1. Dr. Cohen is also the new holder of the Benjamin S. Carson Sr., M.D., and Dr. Evelyn Spiro, R.N., Professorship in Pediatric Neurosurgery.
2. He previously served as Boston Children's Hospital's neurosurgeon-in-chief and neurosurgery department chair. Dr. Cohen also held the Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
3. Dr. Cohen is currently the Society of Neurological Surgeons' president-elect and previously served as the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons' president.
4. He specializes in minimally invasive techniques for pediatric neurosurgical procedures.
5. Dr. Cohen has authored 170 articles and book chapters and published two textbooks.
6. After earning his medical degree from Cornell University School of Medicine in New York City, Dr. Cohen completed his internal medicine residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, N.H. He then completed his general surgery residency and neurological surgery residency at New York University Medical Center in New York City.