Michael Cohen (doctor)

M. Michael Cohen Jr. (March 28, 1937 – February 11, 2018)[1] was an American pathologist and geneticist who was Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University (Emeritus).

His post-graduate training included a fellowship in pathology and medical genetics with Robert Gorlin (1923–2006), an oral pathologist and geneticist who described a large number of syndromes, including one they delineated together known as Gorlin–Cohen syndrome.

Cohen held a bachelor's degree and doctorate in anthropology; he received a Doctor of Dental Surgery and a master's degree in oral and maxillofacial pathology; he also held a certificate in international health.

Cohen died of pneumonia on February 11, 2018, in Nova Scotia.

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