Steven Cohn Application PackageCohn Steven L
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6365 Collins Ave - Apt 4304 Miami Beach
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FL 33141
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scohn@med.miami.edu
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786-239-0584
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● I am applying for an appointment because I have special abilities, knowledge and experience. Please list below:
I live in Miami Beach (North Beach), and I am a lifelong tennis fan and player who plays regularly at Flamingo
Park Tennis Center, Miami Beach Tennis Center, Normandy Island, and La Gorce Country Club. I was the
captain and played first singles on my high school team that won two county championships, and I went on to
play Division I at Rutgers University. While in college, I was a tennis instructor for children and adults for the city
of Bayonne, NJ and was also the tennis director for the Skyline Cabana Club in Jersey City, NJ. I am also on the
tennis committees of our Miami Beach and Long Island condos. (see resume attached above)
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advisory and non-advisory bodies who are presented with a voting conflict of interest under Section 112.3143.
Florida Statutes.
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the City Clerk a Statement of Candidate formally announcing candidacy for City elective office, such filing with the
City Clerk shall be deemed a tender of resignation from the City agency, board or committee, and the member's
automatic resignation shall thereby immediately create a vacancy in the agency, board, or committee.
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agency, board, or committee. (Miami Beach City Code Section 2-22)
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No Organization Information Submitted.
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Property
Akoya condominium (unit owner)
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● Pursuant to City Code Section 2-25 (b) and 2-448:
Do you have a parent, spouse, child, brother, or sister who is employed by the City of Miami Beach?No
If "Yes", identify person(s) and department(s):
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Acknowledgement of fines/suspension for Board/Committee Members for failure to comply with
Miami-Dade County Financial Disclosure Code Section 2-11.1(i)(2)
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Miami Beach, Florida, no later than 12:00 noon of July 1, of each year:
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3. A Copy of your latest Federal Income Tax Return.
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ENTITLED “STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR CITY OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENCY MEMBERS AND
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YES I understand that (2).
(2) If am engaged to provide services, for compensation, to either (1) a candidate for City elected office, or (2) a political
committee or electioneering communications organization expending funds for or against candidates for City elected office,
such engagement shall be deemed a tender of resignation from the City agency, board, or committee.
Steven L. Cohn, MD, MACP, SFHM, FRCP
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Steven L. Cohn, MD
6365 Collins Ave – Apt 4304
Miami Beach, FL 33141
786-239-0584
scohn@med.miami.edu
TENNIS RESUME
Player:
Bayonne High School (NJ) tennis team – 1967-69
• Hudson County Champions - 1967 & 1969
• Team captain - 1st singles (9-1 record) - 1969
Rutgers College tennis team (Division I) - 1970 & 1973
• 5th/6th singles & 2nd/3rd doubles
Teacher:
Tennis Instructor – Bayonne Parks and Recreation – Bayonne, NJ - 1969-1971
• Gave free group lessons for the city 4-6 hrs/wk in the summer
Tennis Director – Skyline Cabana Club - Jersey City, NJ – 1972
• Gave private & group lessons to children and adults
• Gave day camp children’s clinics
• Organized men’s & women’s singles and doubles tournaments
• Directed daily operations and reservations
Administrative:
Tennis Committee Chairperson – Akoya Condominium – Miami Beach, FL 2021-present
• Responsible for overseeing court resurfacing with color change (all green to blue and green)
• Assisted with developing new condo logo – had new windscreens incorporate logo
• Organized subcommittee to research ball machines and purchase it for condo use
• Established new set of condo rules for tennis and pickle ball
Tennis Committee member – Acorn Ponds Condo Association – Roslyn, NY – 2023-present
• Changed court reservation system to Playtomic
• Orient new owners to the rules
• Oversee violations and complaints
• Advise board members on court maintenance
Tennis Committee member – La Gorce Country Club – Miami Beach, FL – 2021-2022
• Suggested new activities
• Advised board on rules and reservations
• Researched/recommended Tweener lighting system for 2 courts that didn’t have lights
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PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM VITAE October 28, 2024
I. PERSONAL 1. STEVEN LAWRENCE COHN, MD, MACP, SFHM, FRCP 2. Home Phone: Cell: (786) 239-0584
3. Office Phone: (305) 243-5505 (FL)
4. Home Address: Local Address: 6365 Collins Ave - Apt 4304 - Miami Beach, FL 33141 New York Address: 20 Old Field - Roslyn, NY 11576 5. Current Academic Rank: Professor Emeritus – Medicine (University of Miami)
Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus (SUNY Downstate)
6. Primary Department: Medicine 7. Secondary Appointments: None 8. Citizenship: US 9. Visa: N/A
II. HIGHER EDUCATION 10. Institutional: Universidad de Monterrey - Monterrey, NL (Mexico); MD; 08/74-06/78 Rutgers-The Graduate School-New Brunswick, NJ; MS (physiology); 06/73-05/74
Rutgers College - New Brunswick, NJ; BA (biological sciences); 09/69-05/73 11. Non-Institutional: Fifth Pathway - Downstate Medical Center-Methodist Hospital; 07/78-05/79
12. Certification, Licensure: Florida - 8/2/11 (#ME110720); valid through 1/31/26 New York - 10/5/79 (#139889); inactive New Jersey - 6/17/82 (#40641); inactive Board Certified - American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - 09/14/83; valid
indefinitely III. EXPERIENCE 13. Academic:
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL Professor Emeritus; 04/2017-present. Professor of Clinical Medicine; 09/2011-04/2017. State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate, Brooklyn, NY Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus; 12/2018-present.
Adjunct Professor of Medicine; 02/2012-12/2018. Clinical Professor of Medicine; 07/2002-01/2012. Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine; 07/96-06/2002. Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine; 07/86-06/96. Instructor of Medicine; 07/82-06/86.
Clinical Instructor of Medicine; 07/79-06/82.
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14. Hospital Appointments:
Medical Director – UHealth Preoperative Assessment Center (UPAC), University
of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; 07/12-04/17. Director, Medical Consultation Service, University of Miami Hospital, Miami, FL; 09/11-04/17. Director, Medical Consultation Service, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL,
07/15-06/18.
Attending Physician in Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - University of Miami Hospital, Miami, FL; 09/11-present. Attending Physician in Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - Sylvester Cancer Center, Miami, FL; 09/11-08/18.
Attending Physician in Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine -
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL; 09/11-present. Attending Physician in Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL; 09/11-08/18. Attending Physician in Medicine, SUNY Downstate - University Hospital of
Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; 07/82-11/2011
Attending Physician in Medicine, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY; 07/82- 11/2011. Attending Physician in Medicine, NY Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY; 07/82- 11/2011.
Attending Physician - Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital Center,
Brooklyn, NY; 07/80-06/85. Director, Medical Consultation Service, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY; 07/85-11/2011. Director, Preoperative Medical Consultation Clinic (Ambulatory Surgery), Kings
County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY; 07/86-11/2011.
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY; 07/2001-06/2007. Acting Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY; 07/91-06/2001.
Interim Director: Perioperative Medical Consultation, University Hospital of
Brooklyn; 07/2003-06/2004. Consultant, Department of Medicine, Brooklyn Veteran Administration Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 07/96-06/2008. Associate Medical Director for Performance Improvement (Quality Assessment),
SUNY Downstate, University Hospital, Brooklyn, NY; 07/93-06/2003.
Quality Assurance Reviewer (Adult Mortalities), University Hospital, Brooklyn, NY; 07/90-06/93. Resident (Medicine); State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center - State University Hospital, Kings County Hospital,
Brooklyn Veterans Administration Hospital, Brooklyn, New York; 07/80-
06/82. Intern (Medicine); State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center - State University Hospital, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn Veterans Administration Hospital, Brooklyn, New York; 07/79-06/80.
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15. Non-Academic: Private Practice (hospital-based) - University Hospital of Brooklyn; 07/82-
06/2007.
Island Peer Review Organization (IPRO), Lake Success, NY; Physician Consultant, 07/99-12/11. Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation (CNR), Brooklyn, NY; Consultant - Quality Improvement, 07/97-06/2005.
Office of Professional Medical Conduct, State of New York; Consultant: Expert
Physician - 07/95-6/2005. Harvard Study of Medical Malpractice in New York State; reviewer; 07/88-10/88.
IV. PUBLICATIONS
16. Books and Monographs (5): Cohn SL (ed). Decision-Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls. McGraw Hill, NY, NY, and ACP, Philadelphia, PA, 2021.
Cohn SL (ed). Perioperative Medicine. Springer, London, UK, 2011. Williams MV, Hayward R (co-editors); Flanders S, Gross R, Cohn SL, Holman R, Merli G, Michota F, Nelson J, Whitcomb W (section editors). Comprehensive Hospital Medicine: An Evidence-based and Systems Approach. Elsevier Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
Cohn SL, Smetana GW, Weed HG (eds). Perioperative Medicine - Just the
Facts. McGraw Hill, NY, NY, 2006. Cohn, SL. Guest Editor. Preoperative Medical Consultation. Med Clin North Am. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA. Vol. 87(Number 1) - January 2003.
17. Book Chapters (40):
18. Juried or Refereed Journal Articles (51): 19. Online Media (36)
20. Featured articles (26) 21. Abstracts/Posters (refereed) (18)
V. PROFESSIONAL 22. Professional Organizations: (Active Membership) Royal College of Physicians – fellow (FRCP); 2022-present. American College of Physicians (ACP) - master (MACP); 1979-present.
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) - senior fellow (SFHM); 2009-present.
Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI) - officer (governing board member); 2009-present. Florida Medical Association – 2020-present. Previous membership - (inactive):
Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) - member; 1986-2016.
American Society of Anesthesiologists (affiliate member); 2008-2009.
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American Heart Association - New York Chapter (member); 1989-1992. American Heart Association - Clinical Cardiology Council (member); 1998-2000.
New York State Medical Society - (member); 1982-1996.
Kings County Medical Society - (member); 1982-1996. American Medical Association - (member); 1980-1983. 23. Honors and Awards:
Fellowship – Royal College of Physicians (FRCP); 2022.
Mastership – American College of Physicians (MACP); 2018. Individual Award for Excellence in Teaching – Society of Hospital Medicine, 2017 President: South Florida Chapter Society of Hospital Medicine, 2016-2017. Senior Fellow - Society of Hospital Medicine (SFHM); 2012.
Councilor-at-Large: ACP Downstate 3 Region (NY), 2008-2010.
The Best Doctors in New York. New York Magazine; 2001, 2010, 2011. Top Doctors - US News & World Report; 2011. Top Doctors: New York Metro Area. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd; 1997-2011. America’s Top Doctors. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. 2007.
America’s Top Physicians. Consumers’ Research Council of America; 2003-
2005. QuantiaMD Community Choice Award for Excellence and Innovation in Sharing Knowledge; 2011. Excellence in Resident Teaching Award (Hospital Medicine) – University of
Miami Miller School of Medicine; 2014.
Excellence in Curriculum Development – Medicine Consult Service (UMH) – (Hospital Medicine) – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; 2012. Excellence in Innovation Award – Medicine Consult Service (UMH) – (Hospital Medicine) – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; 2012
Excellence in Medical Education – Downstate Resident Alumni Society; 2001.
Teacher of the Year – Department of Medicine; SUNY Downstate, 1996-1997. Dedicated Service Award – Department of Medicine Housestaff; SUNY Downstate, 1993. Fellow - American College of Physicians (FACP); 1991.
24. Other Professional Activities: CME Invited Presentations (429) National Society Meetings (127) Other National Meetings (104) International Meetings (6)
Regional & Local Society Meetings (27)
Grand Rounds: National, Regional and Local (165) VI. TEACHING 25. Teaching Awards: Individual Award for Excellence in Teaching – Society of Hospital Medicine; 2017 Excellence in Resident Teaching Award – Division of Hospital Medicine –
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; 2014. Excellence in Curriculum Development – Medicine Consult Service (UMH) -
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Division of Hospital Medicine – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; 2012.
Excellence in Innovation Award – Medicine Consult Service (UMH) - Division of
Hospital Medicine – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; 2012 Founding Member – Academy of Medical Educators – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; 2012 Excellence in Medical Education – Downstate Resident Alumni Society; 2001.
Chosen by the medical residents from pool of all the general internal
medicine attending physicians (approximately 35). Teacher of the Year – Department of Medicine; 1996-1997. Chosen by the department chairman, after consultation with the housestaff, from the pool of all attending physicians in the department
(several hundred).
Dedicated Service Award – Department of Medicine Housestaff; 1993. Chosen by the medical residents from the pool of all teaching attendings (over 100).
VII. SERVICE 30. University Committee and Administrative Responsibilities: Committees:
Member – UMMG Medicine Leadership Council – 2016-2018. Chair – Anticoagulation Committee, University of Miami Hospital, 2015-2017. Member - Anticoagulation Committee, University of Miami Hospital, 2013-2014. Member - Transfusion Committee, University of Miami Hospital, 2014-2017. Member – OR Committee, University of Miami Hospital, 2013-2017.
Chair - Performance Improvement Committee, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Brooklyn, 2003-2011. Chair - Ambulatory Care Committee, University Hospital, 2001-2003. Chair - Risk Management Committee, University Hospital, 1993-2001. Co-Chair - Quality Assessment Committee - Managed Care Task Force (Health
First), University Hospital, 1994-1998. Interviewer - Medical School Admissions Committee, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 1996-2011. Representative - Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Executive Committee of the Medical Board, 1988-2011.
Representative - Executive Performance Improvement Committee, University Hospital, 1993-2003. Member - Finance Committee - Managed Care Task Force, University Hospital, 1995-2000. Member - Length of Stay Committee, University Hospital, 1994-2001.
Representative - Department of Medicine, OPD Phase I Implementation Committee, HSCB Ambulatory Care Task Force, University Hospital, 1990-1994. Representative - Department of Medicine, Kings County Hospital - Medical Records Committee, 1988-1993.