Honoring Dr. Neal H. Cohen’s Leadership and Contributions to UCSF

As Dean Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD recently announced in a message to the School of Medicine, Neal H. Cohen, MD, MPH, MS will retire from UCSF after more than four decades of distinguished service, leaving behind a legacy marked by exceptional leadership, innovation, and dedication to patient care and medical education.

Read the full School of Medicine announcement.

Highlights from an extraordinary career

Medical School

UCSF (1971)

Residency

UCSF Anesthesia (1972 – 1975)

Fellowship

UCSF Critical Care Medicine, 1978

Years as Full-Time Faculty

1976 – 2020

Honors, Awards, Appointments

William K. Hamilton Award for Excellence in Teaching (1980)
Director of Critical Care, Moffitt, 1983
Director, Respiratory Therapy, Moffitt, 1983
President of Medical Staff, UCSF Medical Center, 1994 – 1996
Vice Dean, UCSF, 2000
Chair for the ASA Section on Professional Practice 2015
Overseeing the Following ASA Committees:
Committee on Economics
Committee on Academic Affairs
Committee on Governmental Affairs
Committee on Health Policy Research
Committee on Large Group Practice
Committee on Practice Management
Committee on Rural Access to Anesthesia
Member, Practice Expense Subcommittee of the AMA Relative Value Update Committee, 2015
Co-Chair, ABA Critical Care Examination Committee, 2015
Reelected Chairman of the Board for El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, 2016
Chair, Newly created ASA Committee on Health and Public Policy, 2016
Chair, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Section on Professional Practice, 2016
Chair, Critical Care Medicine Examination Committee, American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), 2016