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Ninette Cohen, PhD, FACMG Clinical Assistant Professor |
Ninette Cohen, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Senior Director of the Division of Cytogenetics and Molecular Pathology at Northwell labs. Dr. Cohen received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and completed her post-doctoral fellowships in the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY. Dr. Cohen is dual board certified in Clinical Cytogenetics and Clinical Molecular Genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG), is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (FACMG) and holds a New York State Certificate of Qualification in Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics. Dr. Cohen is extensively published in the areas of Cytogenetics and Cytogenomics. Dr. Cohen has been a part of Northwell labs leadership team since 2017, overseeing the clinical and academic activities of the Genetics labs at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, has introduced both automation and numerous quality improvement initiatives, which have resulted in improved turnaround time of patient results as well as outstanding provider and employee satisfaction. Dr Cohen brings years of clinical experience to the course "Cytogenetics Methods and Applications", which she co-teaches with Dr Fukuto since 2019.
