Dr. Sanford Cohen is the Northeast regional Chief Medical Officer for United Healthcare for health plans in the Mid-Atlantic States and northeast.

After spending time in private practice, serving as medical director for a medical group and director of performance improvement for a large hospital system he joined Oxford Health Plans in 1999 as Vice President in Medical Affairs and then joined United Healthcare in 2004.

He received his B.A. in Biology from Hofstra University in New York, and his Masters in Biology from Northeastern University in Boston. Sanford received his medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate and completed medical training in internal medicine and adult endocrinology in the Stonybrook Hospital System. He resides in Long Island New York and spends time with his wife and children when time allows.

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