2007
The Department of Health Policy & Management at Harvard School of Public Health has approved a three-year, renewal of appointment for Michael H. Cohen as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Management.
Michael H. Cohen will serve on the advisory board of Integrative Practitioner, an innovative, online community of healthcare professionals.
Healing at the Borderland of Medicine and Religion by Michael H. Cohen is republished in Hyberabad, India by Orient Longman Private Limited.
We are serving as co-counsel on a litigation matter with Richard Jaffe, Esq., an attorney who represents clients in high-profile, cutting edge medical issues.
Real Lawyers Have Blogs presents Five Questions: Michael H. Cohen of the Complementary & Alternative Medicine Law Blog.
Michael H. Cohen travels to meetings at the University of the West Indies in Barbados.
Michael H. Cohen directs the 2007 course on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Health Law & Policy at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.
Healing at the Borderland of Medicine and Religion will be distributed in South Asia, pursuant to a distribution agreement between the publisher, University of North Carolina Press, and a rights agent in the region.
2006
November/December 2006
Michael H. Cohen, Esq. is admitted to the Bar of England and Wales as a Solicitor (non-practicing), adding the U.K. law credential to existing membership in the Bar of California, New York, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C.
Donna Eden's Energy Medicine Program is added to the list of selected recent clients.
Law Offices of Michael H. Cohen - October 2006
The Practice of Integrative Medicine: A Legal and Operational Guide soon available from Springer Publishing. Authored by Michael H. Cohen, Mary Ruggie, PhD of Harvard University, and Marc S. Micozzi, MD, PhD of the University of Pennsylvania.
Barbados visit to the University of West Indies by Michael H. Cohen to discuss legal issues of regional (Caribbean) and international importance, including those relevant to intellectual property and the law of international organizations.
Nice plugs for the Complementary & Alternative Medicine Law Blog:
- "Useful resource for holistic practitioners: Boston-area Attorney Michael H. Cohen's CamLaw Blog - The Complementary and Alternative Medicine Law Blog. Covers latest developments affecting practice of alternative medicine, as well as updates on key issues. While Cohen is a legal wonk who specializes in litigation affecting the practice of complementary and alternative medicine, he writes clearly and provides a much-needed service with this blog. No gobbledly-gook here. Just the straight dope."
—The Mind-Body-Journal.
- "Complementary & Alternative Medicine Law Blog: Published by the leading expert in the field, CAMLaw is a great current awareness resource for new laws and new secondary sources."
—Georgetown Law Library (resource center for complementary and alternative medicine).
- "CAMLaw continues to add extremely informative articles worthy of a read and consideration."
—Bob Carroll, Esq. of Perenich, Carroll, Perenich, Avril, Caulfield & Noyes, P.A. (Florida).
September 2006
Healing at the Borderland of Medicine and Religion published by the University of North Carolina Press. Health law specialist and Professor Lawrence Gostin, Georgetown University Law Center and the Center for Law and the Public's Health, has favorably reviewed the book:
"Michael Cohen eloquently explores pathways to healing--a universal human desire. He opens our eyes to new ways to think about health--beyond the exclusivity of science and medicine to a wonderful array of different traditions and methodologies. For modern health care professionals, this book offers rich rewards."
Michael H. Cohen received more-than passing scores on all three portions of the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test, qualifying him to apply for admission to the Law Society of England and Wales.
August 2006
Michael H. Cohen's faculty page at the Harvard School of Public Health is online.
Mr. Cohen also joins the Board of Directors of the Society of Integrative Oncology.
Mr. Cohen is interviewed by Contemporary Pediatrics on legal and ethical issues concerning pediatric use of complementary therapies. As the practice continues to expand (see list of selected recent clients), the firm has moved its canine attorney link.
May 2006
May 6, 2006: ichael H. Cohen speaks on "Naturopathic Ethics in the 21st Century" at a day conference organized by the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Examiners.
March 2006
March 7-9 2006: Michael H. Cohen in Barbados at the University of West Indies.
April 2006
Michael H. Cohen arrives at HQ (formerly the Albany House) by making a brief appearance as an extra in "James Bond: Casino Royale" in two days of filming in Nassau, the Bahamas. He is later spotted at the Nassau International Airport en route to Abaco by a Swiss banker in a tan raincoat who in a hushed voice asks him to confirm: "MI-6?"
January 2006
January 3-11, 2006: Michael H. Cohen directs Winter session course on "Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Health Law and Policy" at Harvard School of Public Health (Department of Health Policy and Management).
2005
December 2005
December 2, 2005: Michael H. Cohen speaks on Legal and Ethical Issues in CAM at North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, conference on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Overview
September/October 2005
Sept 24-Oct 5, 2005: Michael H. Cohen in meetings in Dubai and Bahrain regarding interest in complementary medicine, health tourism, and regulation of complementary care providers.
August 2005
Michael H. Cohen interviewed in Applied Neurology regarding the importance for physicians (and neurologists in particular) to be aware and informed about complementary and alternative medicine from a legal perspective.
June 2005
June 27, 2005, noon-1 pm: Michael H. Cohen speaking at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine CAM Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine CAM Center, on "Liability and Other Legal Implications of Complementary, Alternative, & Integrative Medicine."
June 10, 2005 Michael H. Cohen speaking at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine into Clinical Practice: Evidence-Based Medicine, "Legal Issues in Establishing a CAM (CIM) Center." (lecture and a workshop).
June 8, 2005 Michael H. Cohen speaking at Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, Botanical Medicine in Modern Clinical Practice, New York, NY, "Legal & Professional Considerations in Botanical Practice."
May 2005
May 14, 2005
Michael H. Cohen at The Integrative Medicine Program of Spaulding Hospital, Energy Healing for Healthcare Professionals: Developing Your Skills (Boston, MA) on "Legal Boundaries and Ethics in Energy Work During the Clinical Encounter."
May 2005 M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Institutional Review Board Committee, "Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Legal and Ethical Issues for the Clinician and Clinical Researcher."
February 2005
Complementary Therapies in Pediatrics: A Legal Perspective by Michael H. Cohen & Kathi J. Kemper, MD appears in Pediatrics. [Cohen MH, Kemper KJ. Complementary therapies in pediatrics: A Legal Perspective. Pediatrics, 2005; 115: 774 - 780.]
A funded study entitled, Emerging Credentialing Practices, Malpractice Liability Policies, and Guidelines Governing Dietary Supplements Recommendations: A Descriptive Study of 19 Integrative Health Centers in the U.S. by Cohen et al. appears in Archives of Internal Medicine. [Cohen MH, Hrbek A, Davis R, Schachter S, Kemper KJ, Boyer EW, Eisenberg DM. Emerging credentialing practices, malpractice liability policies, and guidelines governing complementary and alternative medical practices and dietary supplements recommendations: a descriptive study of 19 integrative health care centers in the U.S. Arch Int Med 2005;165:289-295.]
Policies Pertaining to Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies: A Random Sample of 39 Academic Health Centers by Cohen et al. appears in Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. [Cohen MH, Sandler L, Hrbek A, Davis RB, Eisenberg DM. Policies Pertaining to Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies in a Random Sample of 39 Academic Health Centers. Alt Ther Health Med 2005;11:1:36-40.]
March 2005
March 17, 2005: Michael H. Cohen speaks at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Integrative Medicine department, "Legal Issues in Complementary and Integrative Medicine."
January 2005
Jan 12, 2005: The Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. released its Report on Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public. Michael H. Cohen served as Committee Consultant.
2004
December 2004
Medical Law International published Overcoming Legal and Social Barriers to Integrative Medicine by Michael H. Cohen and Mary Ruggie, PhD, Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. This is the second of two articles in a study funded by the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
September 2004
Michael H. Cohen was awarded a grant from the Ministry of Science and Research of Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany to participate in a study entitled, Governmental Regulations for Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine in Eastern and Western Countries.
June 2004
Michael H. Cohen spoke at Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University at the course on Botanical Medicine in Modern Clinical Practice, concerning "Legal & Professional Considerations in Botanical Practice."
Michael H. Cohen spoke to the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, on "Complementary Medicine: Legal Issues."
March 2004
Michael H. Cohen was awarded a grant as Principal Investigator from the Greenwall Foundation in New York to study Pediatric Use of Complementary Therapies by Parents: Ethical and Policy Choices.
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