Doctors

Michael L. Cohen, M.D.

LICENSURE

• Massachusetts - September 23, 1966
• California - October 11, 1974

EDUCATION

• Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Psychology, A.B. 9/55 - 6/59
• University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Ohio, M.D. 9/59 - 6/63

TRAINING

• Internship, Internal Medicine, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA 7/1/63 - 6/30/64
• Junior Resident, Internal Medicine, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA 7/1/66 -6/30/67
• Senior Resident, Internal Medicine, Boston Veteran's Administration Hospital, Boston, MA 7/1/67 - 6/30/68
• Postdoctoral Fellow in Pulmonary Disease, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA 7/1/68 - 6/30/70
• Clinical Associate in Tuberculosis, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA 7/1/69 - 6/30/70
• Intensive Residency in Occupational Medicine, UCSF. 1984

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Massachusetts, 1970-1974:

• Medical Director, Pulmonary, Service and Respiratory Therapy Department ,Salem Hospital, Salem, MA 9/70-9/74
• Consultant in Pulmonary Diseases, North Shore Children's Hospital, Salem MA, Hunt Memorial Hospital, Danvers, MA
• Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy Department, North Shore Children's Hospital, Salem, MA 1/73-9/74
• Consultant in Tuberculosis, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1971-1974
• Board of Directors: Essex County, MA, Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association 1972-1974

California 1974 -

• Board of Directors Contra Costa County Lung Association 1974
• Medical Director, Institute of Medical Studies, Respiratory Therapy School, Berkeley, CA 1977 - 1980
• Chairman, Medical Residency Committee, John Muir Memorial Hospital, Walnut Creek, CA 4/77 - 6/04
• California Thoracic Society, Respiratory Care Assembly, Steering Committee 1980 – 1983 Chairman 1983, 1984
• Contra Costa County Public and Environmental Health Advisory Board. 1987 - 1988
• American Medical Association 1998 - 2003
• Medical Director Pulmonary Services and Respiratory Therapy Department, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA 1974 - 2004
• Medical Staff, Active member, Mt. Diablo Hospital, Concord, CA 1974-2004
• Consultant Pulmonary Medicine, Contra Costa County Hospital, Martinez, CA 1974-2004
• American Medical Association. House of Delegates 1990 - 2003
• Department of Medicine, Chairman John Muir Medical Center 1981 - 1984
• Contra Costa County Public Health Blue Ribbon Steering Committee 1982 - 1983

TEACHING:

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California, Davis, CA 1977 - 1981
• Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine ,University of California, Davis, CA 1981 - 1990
• Clinical Professor of Medicine ,University of California, Davis, CA 1990 - 1996

MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS:

• Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association, Occupational Health Committee 1985 - present
• California Thoracic Society, Occupational Lung Disease Committee 1988
• Qualified Medical Evaluator, Industrial Medical Council 1991 - 2002
• Counselor Alameda-Contra Costa County Medical Society 1980 - 2003
• Secretary-Treasurer, Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association 1991 - 1992
• President-Elect, Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association 1992 - 1993
• President, Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association 1993 - 1994
• Scientific Advisory Panel on Chest Diseases California Medical Association 1992 - 1993
• Independent Medical Examiner, Division of Workers' Compensation, State of California 1992 - 1994
• CMS (Medicare) Medical Advisor Consultant 1998 -2000
• National Association of Medical Directors of Respiratory Care, 1975 –present, Board of Directors 2005-2011
• California Medical Association
• American Medical Association
• American College of Chest Physicians
• American Thoracic Society
• California Thoracic Society

CURRENT STATUS:

• Medical Director, Contra Costa Sleep Center, Walnut Creek, CA 10/99-present
• American Sleep Disorders Association 12/90 - present
• California Sleep Society, Board of Directors 2008-present

HOSPITAL STAFF MEMBERSHIP:

• John Muir Medical Center, 1601 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek, CA, Active Staff, 6/74 - present

CERTIFICATION:

• American Board of Internal Medicine 1970
• American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of Pulmonary Disease 1971
• American Board of Internal Medicine 1978
• American Board of Sleep Medicine 2001

MEDICAL SOCIETIES:

• American Thoracic Society
• American College of Chest Physicians
• American Medical Association
• Massachusetts Thoracic Society
• Alameda-Contra Costa Medical
• Association California Medical
• Association California Thoracic
• Society California Thoracic Society
• National Association of Medical Directors of Respiratory Care
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine California Sleep Society