Dr. Cohen obtained his medical degree from Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine in College Station, Texas. He completed an internship in Pathology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas. Dr. Cohen also served as an Assistant Professor and Renal Pathologist at the University of Utah Health Science Center and Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc. (ARUP Laboratories) in Salt Lake City, Utah.

 As a founding member of BVP, he has served as Medical Director of Laboratories and Department of Pathology chairman at St. Joseph Health System since 1999. He is also chairman of the board of directors of Alliance Health Providers of Brazos Valley, Inc. and serves on multiple hospital committees. Dr. Cohen has also served as a past president of the medical staff.  He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.  Dr. Cohen is a member of the College of American Pathologists, American College of Physician Executives and Brazos Valley Pathology Physicians Organization. He is also President of Pathology Resource Consultants, LLP, a pathology practice management firm.