Alex Cohen
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Clinical Professor Alex Cohen AO
MD. FRACP. FRCP.FRCPE.FRCPI D.Litt (Hon) UWA
Emeritus Chancellor, The University of Western Australia
Alexander Cohen is a Clinical Professor of Medicine and a former Chancellor at UWA. He was Chair of the Finance and Investment and Resources Committees at UWA, Director of Clinical Training at Hollywood Private Hospital and Director of Postgraduate Medical Education at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
Alex holds various positions within the community as Convenor and Chair of the Specialist Medical Review Committee for the Commonwealth of Australia Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Director of the Risk Management Program for the Medical Defence Association of WA, President of the Diabetes Research Foundation of WA and Director of the National Board for Diabetes.
Alex is a past President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and of the Australian Medical Association (WA), Emeritus Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Royal Perth Hospital, a Fellow of the Australian Medical Association and Wolfson College Oxford, and a past Research Fellow of Harvard University Medical School. Alex was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters in 2002.
Alex Cohen has practiced, taught and researched medicine in Australia and overseas for a lifetime of wonderful requitement. Although specifically orientated toward endocrinology and metabolism he is an unashamed General Physician since it is impossible to evaluate the global consequences of a disorder such as diabetes without considering every aspect of its bodily and intellectual intrusions. Great universities in the UK and USA have given him insights into what may be attained by the minds and dedications of humans and a deep respect for their courage and loveable frailties. The Chancellorship of this University was the apogee of this journey.