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STANLEY B. COHEN, M.D.
Dr. Cohen is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and in private practice at Rheumatology Associates, Dallas, Texas. He is co- Director of the Division of Rheumatology at Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas; and is Co-Medical Director of Metroplex Clinical Research Center. Dr. Cohen is actively involved in the teaching of Rheumatology fellows and residents during their clinical rotations in the office.

Dr. Cohen graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in biology from the University of Virginia and received his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), with honors, from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha. He then completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas and a Fellowship in Rheumatology at St Paul Medical Center/Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas. Dr. Cohen is Board certified in Internal Medicine with sub-specialty certification in Rheumatology.

A Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology, Dr. Cohen was Past Chairman of the Board of The North Texas Chapter of The Arthritis Foundation and was honored with the AF Medical Profession Award in 1994. He was recently elected President of the American College of Rheumatology in October 2009. He is a past-President of the American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation from 2000 to 2002 and served on the Board of Directors of The American College of Rheumatology from 2001-2004. Dr. Cohen served on the Executive Committee of the American College of Rheumatology from 2005-2008. The American College of Rheumatology is an organization of physicians, health professionals, and scientists that advances rheumatology through programs of education, research, advocacy and practice support that foster excellence in the care of people with arthritis and rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Dr. Cohen has served on the Medical Advisory Board of Directors of the Harold C Simmons Arthritis Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and previously was a member of the UTSWMC CME Executive Committee.

He has served as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry on protocol development in rheumatoid arthritis, glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis and disease modification in osteoarthritis, as well as Medical Advisory Boards and Data Safety Monitoring Committees. Dr. Cohen has been an author or coauthor of book chapters, articles and abstracts that have been published in many leading journals and presented at national and international medical and scientific symposia. He also received the Howard C. Coggeshall Lifetime Achievement Service Award from the North Texas Arthritis Foundation in 2006 for longtime support of the Foundation and its programs.


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