Mark Cohen (surgeon)

Mark Cohen is a Canadian laser eye surgeon who practices in Montreal and Toronto. In 2001, he and Avi Wallerstein founded LASIK MD, Canada's largest provider of laser refractive surgery. As of 2010, LASIK MD performs over half of all laser vision correction procedures in Canada.^[1]

Education

Cohen completed his medical degree (MD, CM) and specialization in ophthalmology (FRCSC) at McGill University. At McGill, Cohen was a recipient of the Holmes Gold Medal,^[2] awarded to the graduate with the highest aggregate academic standing upon completion of medical school. Following residency, Cohen completed his training with a post-doctoral fellowship in corneal transplantation surgery and laser vision correction of the cornea at the University of Montreal.

Cohen is clinical instructor and lecturer in refractive surgery at McGill University and the University of Sherbrooke. Residents from these training programs receive their clinical training at the LASIK MD facility in Montreal. This facility is a non-hospital based facility accredited site by the College of Physicians of Quebec for the training of laser vision correction to ophthalmic surgery residents. This accreditation was obtained via the University of Sherbrooke.^[3]

Professional work

Cohen is a certified C-LASIK instructor, one of 14 surgeons in North America with the designation to teach LASIK by the developers of the first LASIK microkeratome (Chiron). In 2000, he co-authored the Quebec government’s Council for the Evaluation of Health Care Technology's report on LASIK and PRK, a document designated for the public. Cohen was a clinical assessor for Bausch and Lomb for the zero compression Hansatome microkeratome, specifically designed to allow for safer and thinner corneal flaps for LASIK surgery. He is one of two National Medical Directors for LASIK MD (2001–present).

Cohen is the President of LASIK MD (2001–present) and Cataract MD (2001–present). While President, LASIK MD was named one of Canada's Best 50 managed companies in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in a competition organized by the National Post and Deloitte's.^[4]

Awards

In 2007, Cohen was awarded the Bank of Montreal Arista award organized by the Young Chamber of Commerce of Montreal as Quebec’s leading Young Professional for the year.^[5] In 2006, he received the Howard Stotland Technology Award for Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year.^[6] In 2008, Cohen was named one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40.^[7][8] He is a Quebec recipient of the Ernst & Young 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the professional/financial services category^[9] and received a National Citation in honour of Service Excellence.^[10]

References

1. ^ Les Affaires - February 26, 2011
2. ^ http://www.holmesgoldmedal.com
3. ^ http://www.cmq.org/DocumentLibrary/UploadedContents/CmsDocuments/Liste-agrements-2007-2008.pdf
4. ^ https://www.canadas50best.com/Pages/Home.aspx
5. ^ http://www.concoursarista.qc.ca/en/anciensLaureats/2007.html
6. ^ http://www.jccmontreal.com/4105/11_01_about_the_promies.asp
7. ^ http://www.top40award-canada.org/award/
8. ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080505.wtop40-cohen06/BNStory/Business
9. ^ http://www.ey.com/GLOBAL/content.nsf/Canada/Entrepreneur_Of_The_Year_-_Recipients_-_Regional_-_2008#quebec
10. ^ http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/Canada/Media_-_2008_-_EOY_National

External links

• LASIK MD

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