Neal L. Cohen
Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health
In office
January 14, 1998 – January, 2002
MayorRudolph W. Giuliani
Preceded byBenjamin Mojica
Succeeded byThomas R. Frieden

Dr. Neal L. Cohen was the New York City Health Commissioner starting in 1998 and before that, Mental Health Commissioner since March 1996.[1] In January 2007, he began teaching full time at Hunter College as a Distinguished Lecturer in Public Health and the School of Social Work,[2] later becoming interim dean of the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College and acting associate provost for Health and Social Welfare at Hunter College.

Cohen has been clinical director and vice chairman of the psychiatry department at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, director of psychiatry at Gouverneur Hospital, and served on the board of the city's Health and Hospitals Corporation since March 1996.[1]

Education

Cohen earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1970.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Sengupta, Somini (January 15, 1998). "Giuliani Calls For a Merger Of 2 Agencies". New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Neal L. Cohen" (PDF). School of Urban Public Health. Hunter College. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
Government offices Preceded byBenjamin Mojica Commissioner of Health of the City of New York January 14, 1998 – January, 2002 Succeeded byThomas R. Frieden
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