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Dr. Mitchell Jay Cohen will become the director of surgery at Denver Health medical center and a professor in the department of surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, the institutions announced Tuesday.
Cohen is a professor of surgery in residence at the University of California-San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital, where he also is associate trauma medical director and director of trauma research.
At Denver Health, Cohen will provide overall leadership to the department of surgery and will be responsible for strategic planning, clinical services and professional and business performance. He will provide oversight to the department that houses Denver Health’s regional American College of Surgeons verified Level 1 Trauma Center.
At CU, Cohen will have research space on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the Denver Health campus. His clinical work will be based at Denver Health.
Cohen received his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York in 1997 and did his surgical residency at Rush University in Chicago and a research fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center. He moved to the University of California-San Francisco’s Department of Surgery for a fellowship in trauma and critical care.
Cohen will assume his roles at Denver Health and the University on Aug. 15.
Denver Health had lost its chief of surgery in a wave of departures of top doctors that began last year and continued into 2016, raising questions about leadership at the venerable Denver institution. In March, Arthur Gonzalez, CEO of Denver Health for the past four years, announced his retirement effective June 30.
Dr. Bill Burman, president of Denver Health’s staff, has been named interim CEO while the board of directors conducts a national search for a chief executive.
Originally Published: May 24, 2016 at 6:29 p.m.
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