University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System has selected Stuart J. Cohen, MD, to serve as its first chief of primary care.
Three points:
1. Dr. Cohen is a professor of medicine at UAB and previously served as medical director for UAB Primary Care, a department with 47 physicians, 14 advanced practice practitioners and 140 staff members.
2. An internal medicine specialist, he joined the UAB faculty in 1998.
3. Dr. Cohen is a fellow in the American College of Physicians.