Jerome C. Cohen, MD, Elected President of the Medical Society of the State of New York

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Jerome C. Cohen, MD, Elected President of the Medical Society of the State of New York
MSSNY is the State’s Primary Professional Organization for Physicians

 

Westbury, NY—April 15, 2024 – Loch Sheldrake gastroenterologist Jerome Craig Cohen, MD, was elected President of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) at its annual House of Delegates meeting in Uniondale, NY, on April 13.>

Dr Cohen previously served as President Elect of MSSNY, Vice President of MSSNY, as a Trustee of MSSNY, and as Speaker of the House of Delegates of MSSNY. As Speaker, his responsibilities included overseeing the policy-making business of the state’s principal professional organization for physicians as well as emceeing its official events, such as MSSNY’s annual Legislative Forum in Albany.

Dr. Cohen earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School and completed both his internship and residency training at Northwestern Medical Center in Chicago. He did further research with a fellowship in gastroenterology at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University. Dr. Cohen is board-certified in both internal medicine and gastroenterology. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association.

Dr. Cohen treated patients in Binghamton from 1984 to 2015. Since 2015, he has been treating patients in Cooperstown for Bassett Healthcare Network, where he serves as a Senior Attending Gastroenterologist. Dr. Cohen is also Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Cooperstown campus of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Cohen’s dedicated efforts on behalf of organized medicine have also included serving as president of the Broome County Medical Society, MSSNY Councilor for five years, MSSNY HOD delegate for over 30 years and member of MSSNY’s delegation to the AMA for the past 24 years. He is a past Chair of the AMA’s Council on Constitution and Bylaws.

He is particularly concerned about New York State’s looming healthcare access crisis and has, therefore, worked on and chaired the MSSNY/MLMIC (Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company) Medical Liability Defense Board. He is now an active member of MSSNY’s physician advocacy and state candidate evaluation committees. Dr. Cohen is also a Bio-Terrorism First Responder volunteer.

Dr. Cohen and his wife Elaine V. Drelich, DDS, live in Loch Sheldrake, New York.

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Founded in 1807, the Medical Society of the State of New York is the state’s principal non-profit professional organization for physicians, residents, and medical students of all specialties. Its mission is to represent the interests of patients and physicians to assure quality healthcare services for all. 

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Julie Vecchione
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Medical Society of the State of New York
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