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Joseph I. Cohen, M.D., Forensic Pathologist
Anatomic, Clinical and Forensic Pathology
Board Certified, American Board of Pathology

  
    Personal Data

Joseph Ira Cohen, M.D.

Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA

Citizenship: USA

 

    Education

University of Arizona, B.S., Biology

Medical College of Wisconsin, M.D., 1986
(Milwaukee, WI)

 

    Professional Training and Experience

Surgical Resident, Department of Surgery, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ (June, 1986 to June, 1987)

Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of California, Irvine Affiliated Pathology Residency Program, Orange, CA (July, 1990 to June, 1994)

Chief Resident, University of California, Irvine Affiliated Pathology Residency Program, Orange, CA (July, 1992 to June, 1994)

Subspecialty Fellowship Training, Forensic Pathology, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York (July, 1994 to June, 1995)

Medical Examiner, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York (July, 1995 to June, 1999)

Chief Forensic Pathologist, Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner, Riverside, CA  (July, 1999 to present)

 

    Additional Professional Activities

Clinical Assistant Professor of Forensic Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

Monthly Presentation, "Craniocerebral Trauma," Medical Student and Resident Lecture Series, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York

Forensic medicine consultant, senior law student "mock" trials, Trial Advocacy Course, Fordham Law School, New York, NY

Medicolegal scene investigations, part-time, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York

Pathology consultant, Arizona Board of Medical Examiners, State of Arizona

Performed autopsy examinations, TWA 800 airline crash, Office of the Medical Examiner, Suffolk County, Long Island, NY (July, 1996)

Guest Speaker, Arson Investigation Course, Mercy College, "Role of the Medical Examiner in Arson Investigation," White Plains, New York, March 6, 1997

Forensic medicine consultant, Deer Valley High School Mock Trial Team, Glendale, Arizona (1997 National Mock Trial Champions, aired on Court TV, June 21, 1997)

 

    Professional Memberships

Diplomate, The American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, and Forensic Pathology

American Academy of Forensic Sciences

National Association of Medical Examiners

College of American Pathologists

American Society of Clinical Pathologists

American Medical Association

 

    Interests and Activities

Tennis, Basketball, Racquetball, Snow Skiing, Water Skiing, Running, Skeet Shooting, Fishing, Chess, Photography, Computers, Music, Scuba Diving

 

    Licensure

Licensed to practice medicine in Arizona, California and New York