[3][4][5][6][7] Cohen earned a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University, a Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall School of Law, a Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business, both at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers Workshop.

[13] Cohen served as Director of Legal Programs at Harvard Medical School Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, and was awarded a Fortieth Anniversary Senior Fellowship at the Center for the Study of World Religions within Harvard Divinity School.

[15][18] Cohen then authored the book Beyond Complementary Medicine: Legal and Ethical Perspectives on Health Care and Human Evolution in 2000.

Dr. Wayne Jonas reviewed the book in the Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges stating that, "Cohen ... points out the consequences of applying legal and ethical principles to concepts and assumptions not usually discussed in conventional circles, yet used and believed daily by the public.

"[19] In 2002, Cohen authored the book Future Medicine: Ethical Dilemmas, Regulatory Challenges, and Therapeutic Pathways to Health Care and Healing in Human Transformation.

Health Affairs reviewer Dr. Clyde B. Jensen stated that the book, "makes ... valuable contributions to the integration of conventional and complementary medicine".