Gabe Cohen
Director of Medical School Admissions Service

Experienced with every step of the medical admission process, Gabe loves to work with medical school applicants to help them reach their goals. At Cambridge Coaching, he leads the MD Admissions team, working closely with our admin team and experienced MD Strategy and Writing coaches.

Gabe graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Molecular Biology and earned his MD at NYU Langone School of Medicine. He took an extra year during medical school to conduct HIV/AIDS research in Durban, South Africa as an NIH 2011-2012 Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholar. Subsequently, he completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Infectious Disease Fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology at NYU and serves as the Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) for Population Health for NYC Health + Hospitals.

In his free time, Gabe enjoys playing tennis, running with his Rhodesian Ridgeback and listening to jazz. He agrees with John Coltrane: "Invest yourself in everything you do. There's fun in being serious."

Education

MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Internal Medicine Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Infectious Disease Fellowship, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

BA, Princeton University

Favorite books

The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

What would you tell your ten-year-old self about education?

Curiosity is the most important characteristic, which needs nourishment to turn you into a lifelong learner.

What would be your dream class to teach?

Intro to hard bop: Jazz in the 1950s-1960s

What's the best piece of advice you've been given?