Undergraduate Education

University of Pennsylvania
College of Arts and Sciences
A.B. in Chemistry
August 1965

University of Paris (Sorbonne)
Summer Program
Summer 1962

Medical Education

University of Miami (Florida)
School of Medicine
M.D.
June 5, 1968

Post-graduate Medical Education

Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Straight Medical Intern
July 1968 – June 1969

Boston University Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Jr. Asst. Resident in General Surgery
July 1969 – June 1970

State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center
Syracuse, New York
Resident in Neurological Surgery
July 1970 – June 1975

Upstate Medical Center, United States Veteran’s Administration Hospital (Syracuse, New York), Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospitals
Chief Resident
July 1974 – June 1975.

Experience

Private Practice
Neurological Surgery
Jamestown, New York
1977 – 1982

Private Practice
Neurological Surgery
West Palm Beach, Florida
1982 – present

Additional Training

American Institute of Medical Law, Inc., School of HealthCare Risk Management
Certification as Health Care Risk Manager (school no longer in existence)
May 1988-June 1989

Hospital Staff Appointments

Kindred Hospital
West Palm Beach, Florida
Active Staff

Courtesy/Consulting/Honorary Staff:

St. Mary’s Hospital
West Palm Beach, Florida
Level I Trauma Center

Tenet Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Fellowships

Fellow in Tropical Medicine
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Summer 1967

Special Fellowship 1-F10-NS-2490-1
National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke
June 1971 – June 1972

Fellow of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
March 1993

Licensure

Florida, License No, 14329
September 12, 1969, expires January 31, 2025

California, License No. G-26472
March 20, 1974, expires December 31, 2025

New York, License No. 103917
July 2, 1969, expires November 30, 2025

Mississippi, License No. 7541
May 6, 1976, expires June 30, 2025

Alabama, License No. 7630
November 11, 1976, expires December 31, 2024

Pennsylvania, License No. MD021221E
September 22, 1978, expires December 31, 2024

HealthCare Risk Manager, State of Florida, License No. 5500347, licensed
Continuously since 1999; re-certification no longer required-no expiration

Certifications

National Board of Medical Examiners
Certificate No. 98491
July 1, 1969

American Board of Neurological Surgery
May 11, 1979, not time-limited

American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization review
October 27, 1988 (with 4 additional re-certifications)

American Academy of Pain medicine
1992, not time-limited

Military Service

Major, United States Air Force Medical Corp
Chief, Section of Neurosurgery
USAF Regional Medical Center Hospital, Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi, Mississippi
September 1975 – September 1977; Honorable Discharge September 2, 1977

Previous Faculty Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of South Alabama School of Medicine
Mobile, Alabama
1976 – 1977

Peer, Utilization Review, Independent Medical Examination Experience

Numerous and various private and governmental organizations
from 1987 – Present
References names (past and present) available upon request

Selected Publications

Cohen, FL
Elective Medical Training in a Foreign Country
J. Florida Medical Assn 55:449-451, 1968

Cohen, FL
Effects of Various Lesions on Crossed and Uncrossed Descending Inspiratory Pathways in the Cervical Spinal Cord of the Cat
J. Neurosurg 39: 589-595, 1973

Cohen, FL
Responses of Single Thoracic Respiratory Neurons to Electrical Stimulation of Suprasegmental Respiratory Areas
Experimental Neurology 47: 199-212, 1975

Cohen FL, Fruehan CT, King RB
Carotid Sinus Syndrome. Report of Five Cases and Review of the Literature
J. Neurosurg 45: 78-84, 1976

Steele JR, Cohen FL, Weber WR
Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Within an Irradiated Glioblastoma Multiforme
Surg. Neurol. 9, 173-176, 1978

Cohen FL
Conus Medullaris Syndrome Following Multiple Intrathecal Corticosteroid Injections
Arch. Neurol. 36:228-230, 1979

Rodan BA, Cohen FL, Bean WJ
CT Biopsy of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis in AIDS
J. Florida Medical Assn. 71:158-160, 1984

Rodan BA, Cohen FL, Bean WJ, Martyak SN
Fibrous Mass Complicating Epidural Morphine Infusion
Neurosurg. 16:68-70, 1985

Cohen FL, Koerner RS, Taub SJ
Solitary Brain Abscess Following Endoscopic Injection Sclerosis of Esophageal Varices
Gastrointest. Endosc. 31:331-333, 1985

Cohen FL
Letter to the Editor (reply to Pain Focus article, The Fallacy of Using “50% Pain relief As the Standard for Satisfactory Pain Treatment Outcome,” Seres JL)
Journal of Pain, 1:174-176 (Summer 2000)

Cohen FL
Letter to the Editor. Discography.
Palm Beach Co. Med. Soc. Bull., Feb. 1983, pp. 14-15 (with reply).

Cohen FL
Letters from Readers. Animal Rights
Commentary, 112:1 (July- August 2001), P. 6.

Cohen FL
Letter to the Editor. Animal Rights/Proposed Animal Law Section of The Florida Bar
Florida Bar News. Vol. 28, No. 19 (October 1, 2001)

Cohen FL
The “When All Else Fails” Syndrome, in Readers’ Comment
Surg Neurol 57: Pp 141-142 (February 2002)

Cohen FL
Informed Consent, in Reader’s Comment
Surg Neurol 60: Pp. 367-368 (October 2003)

Cohen FL
Reply and Comment, Informed Consent, in Reader’s Comment
Surg Neurol 61: Pp. 501-502 (May 2004)

Cohen FL
The Expert Medical Witness in Legal Perspective
J. Legal Med, 25:185-209, 2004.

DiPaolo T, Cohen FL, Roberts GW
Silence of the Experts, ”Trial”
Journal of The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 40:20-29, October 2004

Cohen FL, Mendelsohn D, Bernstein M
Wrong-Site Craniotomy: analysis of 35 Cases and Systems for Prevention
Clinical Article
J. Neurosurg. Published online December 18, 2009; DOI 10.3171/2009.10.JNS091282
J. Neurosurg. 2010, Sept; 113(3):461-473

Cohen FL, Mendelsohn D, Bernstein M
Response
J. Neurosurg. Published Online December 18, 2009; DOI: 10.3171/2009.10JNS091399
J. Neurosurg. 2010 Sept;113(3):458-460

Cohen FL, Murphy W, Bernstein M
Is Prophylactic Lumbar Disc Surgery Ever Indicated?
Can J Neurol Sci. 2011; 38: 375-378 (March 2011)

Cohen FL, Roberts GW
Multiple Operations on the Same Patient
Surg Neurol Int 2012;3:S238-43

Cohen FL, Roberts GW
Standard of Care: Irrebuttable Presumption: Due Process (Abram v State Department of Health, Board of Medicine, 13 So.3d, 85(Fla Dist Ct App., 4th Dist. 2009)
LegalMedical Perspectives, January/February, 2014

Cohen FL
Cerebral Hemorrhage Following Chiropractor Activator Treatment-Case Report and Review of Literature
J Neurol Surg Rep. 2016; 77(4): e162-e167. DOI: 10.1055/s-006-1597626

Cohen FL
Author’s Response to Letter to the Editor by Liebschner and Ehni regarding engineering analysis of Chiropractic Activator’s ability to cause cerebral hemorrhage
(Cerebral Hemorrhage Following Chiropractic Activator Treatment-Case Report and review of the Literature, this journal, e1620-167, 2916)
J Neurol Surg Rep. 2017

Cohen FL
Inappropriate Endoscopic Lumbar Surgery and Multiple Complications: Case Report, Malpractice Implications, and Lessons Learned.
Clinics of Surgery. Vol 7, Issue 8, April 5, 2022. ISSN: 2638-1451/Volume 7