New York, NY/WWPress/ – Dr. Mary Ann Adler Cohen, was Recognized and Distinguished by The Who’s Who Directories as a Top Professional of North America – 2026-2027.

Dr. Mary Ann Adler Cohen: A Profile in Compassionate Medicine

Dr. Mary Ann Adler Cohen is a physician whose life work reflects a rare blend of intellect, empathy, and dedication. For more than four decades, she has stood at the intersection of mind and body, helping patients with the most complex and serious medical illnesses find dignity, understanding, and hope. Her career is not simply a series of accomplishments but the expression of a deep and steady calling to serve those who need care the most.

She maintains a full time private practice in psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychosomatic medicine, HIV psychiatry, and geriatric psychiatry, weaving these disciplines together through individual, couple, and family therapy. This integrated approach reflects a simple but powerful belief: that healing the whole person means caring for both the emotional and physical sides of illness. As Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, she has shared this philosophy with generations of physicians, shaping how they think about patients and care.

Dr. Cohen’s medical training laid the foundation for a lifetime of distinguished service. She earned her medical degree and completed rigorous psychiatric training that prepared her for the demanding and varied fields she would come to lead. Building on this education, she became board certified in adult psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and psychosomatic medicine, an extraordinary breadth of expertise that few clinicians achieve. These credentials reflect not only her intellectual rigor but also her commitment to mastering every dimension of the care she provides.

Her leadership has shaped the institutions and programs around her. She directed Psychosomatic Medicine Services and Fellowships at Fordham and Metropolitan Hospitals, and she led AIDS Psychiatry Services and Fellowships at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Through these programs, she has trained countless clinicians, passing along not only knowledge but also a model of what thoughtful, humane medicine can look like. In 2003, she founded and chaired the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine HIV Psychiatry Special Interest Group, which has since grown to 331 members. She also serves as President and co-founder of the World Psychiatric Association Section on HIV/AIDS Psychiatry, extending her influence across borders and continents, and she chairs the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Bioethics Special Interest Group, addressing the ethical questions that arise when caring for those who are most vulnerable.

Her scholarship has shaped the field in equally important ways. As co-editor of the Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry and principal author of the Handbook of AIDS Psychiatry, she has created resources that guide clinicians around the world. These texts carry forward the wisdom she has gathered since 1981, when she first began providing care for people living with HIV and AIDS, often during years when fear and stigma made that care both difficult and courageous.

Beyond her titles and publications lies the heart of her mission. Dr. Cohen has built health care environments designed around the real needs of patients, and she has created programs that identify and reduce disparities and discrimination in medical settings. She understands that the quality of care a person receives should never depend on who they are or what they face, and her commitment to inclusive, respectful treatment has opened doors for patients who were too often overlooked.

Through every role she has held, Dr. Mary Ann Adler Cohen has remained guided by a single, steady purpose: to provide compassionate and integrated care for people with HIV and AIDS and other complex, severe illnesses. Her career is a testament to what becomes possible when intellect and kindness work together. Her legacy lives not only in the programs she has created and the students she has taught, but in the countless patients who have felt truly seen and cared for because of her.

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