BruceMichaelCohenMD

Summary

• Bruce M. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., is the Robertson-Steele Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the President and Psychiatrist in Chief Emeritus at McLean Hospital/Mass General Brigham. Currently, as Director of the Program for Neuropsychiatric Research at McLean, Dr. Cohen leads a consortium of investigators and clinicians using laboratory, brain imaging and clinical research studies to increase understanding and develop new treatments for psychiatric disorders. Collaborating investigators work at McLean, other local academic centers, and international sites. Following undergraduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduate (molecular biology) and medical studies at Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Cohen completed his residency training at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. At McLean, he was Director of Research and over Psychotic and Geriatric Services before becoming President. Under Dr. Cohen’s leadership, McLean Hospital became financially stable, implemented 36 new clinical and research programs, and grew to treat more patients, perform more research, and teach more trainees than at any time in its distinguished history. He has taught locally, at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as lecturing by invitation nationally and worldwide to academic and lay audiences on psychiatric research, education, and care. He has directed continuously funded translational research projects and centers for over 45 years. Dr. Cohen is the author of over 400 manuscripts of original research in peer-reviewed journals, and he has 5 awarded patents based on his research. He has authored one book and has chapters in 19 textbooks. He has consulted to industry and to academic and clinical centers. Dr. Cohen has been featured in local and national publications as one of the best doctors in America, and he has won local and national awards for research, teaching, and clinical care.