About Dr. Lawrence Cohen
Dr. Cohen is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and holds a Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Licensure. Since 1985, Dr. Cohen has been an active gastroenterology consultant at the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre in addition to medical and acting director positions there .Raised in Toronto, Canada, he began his post secondary school education at the University of Toronto, earning a Bachelor of Science degree, and later, his Masters of Science degree in Pharmacology.
He attended McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) where he earned his Doctor of Medicine degree and continued his post-graduate training with an internal medicine internship. He completed his residencies at Sunnybrook Medical Center, Toronto, and Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia respectively. Dr. Cohen continued at the University of Toronto and Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, to complete his subspecialty and clinical fellowships in gastroenterology.
Dr. Cohen has been an active member in numerous Canadian and American gastroenterology-related societies and committees, and over the past thirty years, has received many awards for his research, teaching and academic accomplishments. He has written or collaborated in 22 peer-reviewed journals, 39 abstracts and has been a presenting speaker to 26 learned societies.
Procedures Offered
Education
- Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto, ON
- Austin Hospital Melbourne, Australia
- Internship at St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto, ON
- MD -McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
- Master of Sciences at University of Toronto, ON
- Pharmacology Toronto, ON
- Bachelor of Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Memberships & Organizations
- American Gastroenterology Association
- American College of Physicians
- Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
- American College of Gastroenterology
- Canadian Medical Association
- Honours List Award; Innis College, University of Toronto
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto
- Research Scholarship; Addiction Research Foundation
- Award in Therapeutics (Merck, Sharpe &Dome); McMaster University
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Young Clinicians Teacher Award
- Finalist; Pairo Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
- Boyd Academy; Continuing Education Award
Additional Information
Dr. Cohen enjoys all that life has to offer, and lives for his family of five sons and a supportive, loving wife.