Loch Sheldrake resident and gastroenterologist Jerome C. Cohen, MD, was elected as President of The Medical Society of New York (MSSNY) on April 23 at their annual House of Delegates meeting in Tarrytown, NY. 

Dr. Cohen previously served as Vice President of MSSNY as well as a 30 year MSSNY delegate, 5 year MSSNY councilor, and 23 year member of MSSNY’s delegation to the American Medical Society. His responsibilities included overseeing the policy-making business of the state’s principal professional organization for physicians.

Dr. Cohen earned his Medical degree from Northwestern University and completed his fellowship in Gastroenterology at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University.

He treated patients in Binghamton from 1984 to 2015 and currently serves as a Senior Attending Gastroenterologist for Basset Healthcare Network in Cooperstown, NY.

Dr. Cohen is particularly concerned about New York State’s looming healthcare access crisis and has worked on and chaired MSSNY/MLMIC (Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company) Medical Liability Defense Board. He is an active member of MSSNY’s physician advocacy board and a Bio-Terrorism First Responder volunteer. 

Dr. Cohen lives in Loch Sheldrake with his wife Elaine V. Drelich, DDS.