Mark Cohen

Mark Cohen MD,FACS,FSSO,MAMSE is Dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine and Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for Carle Health. He is a practicing surgical oncologist and endocrine surgeon and a tenured professor of Surgery and Biomedical and Translational Sciences at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. 

Dr. Cohen also holds a Founder Professorship in The Grainger College of Engineering in the Department of Bioengineering. His research covers several areas including novel approaches to tissue engineering to create functional organs from fat stem cells; the creation of a novel class of anticancer drug compounds that target chaperone proteins; nanoparticle drug-delivery systems for cancer and bone regeneration; and the use of mixed reality and AI/ML technologies to improve telemedicine and clinical care delivery. 

Dr. Cohen is president of the Global Consortium of Innovation and Engineering in Medicine (now with >50 institutions), elected to the administrative board of the AAMC Council of Deans, and inducted into the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators by the American College of Surgeons.