Jon Cohen (physician)

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Jon R. Cohen is an American physician, business executive, and former public official who is currently the CEO of Talkspace, one of the largest telehealth, mental health companies in the U.S. He was previously executive chairman and CEO of Bioreference Laboratories.

Cohen has been featured in over 150 broadcast and written press interviews for his leadership during the COVID-19 crisis. Cohen served for over nine years as a senior executive and named executive officer at Quest Diagnostics. Originally as chief medical officer, and then as most recently as senior vice president and group executive – diagnostic solutions. Before joining Quest, Cohen served as senior advisor to New York governor David A. Paterson.

In 2006, Cohen ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of New York. For seven years he served as chief medical officer at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System .(Northwell Health) Cohen is a vascular surgeon who completed his residency in surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and vascular surgery fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed professional articles and authored two books.