Alan R. Cohen, MD
Chair, Pediatrics
Medical director, Thalassemia Program
Dr. Cohen serves as Physician-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He holds the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatrics.
As Physician-in-Chief, Dr. Cohen provides oversight of 18 clinical divisions at CHOP. His area of specialization is Hematology and his clinical and research interests are focused on thalassemia, sickle cell disease and hemophilia. He formerly served for 20 years as medical director of CHOP’s Thalassemia Program.
Dr. Cohen’s many publications include original papers in major journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Pediatrics, Blood, and the British Journal of Haematology. In 1998, Dr. Cohen was the chairperson of the Seventh Cooley’s Anemia Symposium of the New York Academy of Sciences, and he served as editor of the volume of the Academy’s Annals that followed this conference. He currently holds a research grant from the Centers for Disease Control. He is the principal investigator of a T32 training grant and a Child Health Research Center K12 Award Program for faculty development.
Dr. Cohen is an active member of numerous professional and scientific societies. He is the former chair and a current member of the Medical Advisory Board of the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation; Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Pediatrics; and President-elect of the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC).
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