Dana Cohen, MD

Well respected by her peers and beloved by her patients, Dr. Cohen, most importantly, is a clinician. She is an internal medicine doctor who has spent her career focusing on integrative medicine. She has helped thousands of patients find relief from a variety of health problems utilizing the principles of integrative and functional medicine. She practices with an emphasis on the individual, understanding that no two patients are alike. Her results demonstrate that there is an art to medicine and a way to connect with patients on a level much deeper than what is achieved through mainstream medicine. She focuses on nutrition and limits her patients’ reliance on prescription medications by using diet, lifestyle changes and nutritional supplementation.

The American Board of Internal Medicine certified Dr. Cohen in 1998. She served on the Board of Directors of the American College for the Advancement of Medicine (ACAM), the leading voice of Integrative Medicine, for four years. She is currently an advisor to their Board of Directors. She has served as the program director for their yearly conferences, which train more 1,500 master-level health-care providers. She has lectured for them numerous times. Dr. Cohen has worked side by side with the late Dr. Robert Atkins, a true pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. She is a founding member on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Organic and Natural Health Association. She is on the scientific advisory board of Cure® Hydration and was a paid expert for Essentia® Water. She received her MD from St. George’s University School of Medicine and completed her three-year internal medicine residency at Albany Medical Center.

Her first book “Quench” with coauthor Gina Bria published by Hachette Book Group has garnered rave reviews and has a cult following of devotees. It has been published in six languages. Her latest book with co-author Colin Sapire published by Hayhouse is called “FuelUp: Harness the Power of your Blender and Cheat Your Way to Good Health.”

In addition, Dr. Cohen performed in the off-Broadway show “The Thinnest Woman with the Fewest Wrinkles Wins,” a meditation on the themes of body image, weight issues and plastic surgery. A New York native, she currently resides in Jackson Heights with her husband Henry and dog Frida and has a home in the Hudson Valley where she loves to garden.

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