Gary Cohen, MD, is the Director of the Cancer Center at Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC). He also is an assistant professor in the Department of Oncology at The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. He is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hematology.
Dr. Cohen established the Cancer Center at GBMC in 1990. The Center has been listed by US News & World Report as one of the top 50 cancer programs in the U.S. He has won teaching awards from both Sinai and GBMC, has co-authored numerous articles on various aspects of clinical cancer research, and has been an active participant in the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group’s national cooperative clinical trials group. He chairs ECOG’s Community Scientific Committee and serves as community co-chair of its Melanoma Committee.
Dr. Cohen has served on many committees and boards for health-related organizations, including the Board of Directors of Hospice of Baltimore. He currently serves as Administrative Director of the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research, which awards more than $3 million a year to outstanding young cancer scientists. Dr. Cohen has consistently been listed in Baltimore Magazine as "Best in Baltimore" for medical oncology.
He completed his undergraduate training at Duke University and attended medical school at the University of Maryland. He completed his fellowship training in medical oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute of Harvard University and remained on staff there to pursue research in bone marrow cell growth. During that time, he also completed a fellowship in hematology. |