Emily Cohen, MD
Emily received her medical degree from the University of Amsterdam and did her internal medicine residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. She was an academic hospitalist from 2009-2015 at the White River Junction VA medical center where she developed and led a unique quality and patient safety curriculum for residents. She transitioned to primary care in 2015. She worked with medical students, resident physicians and nurse practitioners in VA clinics and acute primary care telemedicine visits in rural VA clinics.
Emily is passionate about increasing access to health care. She accepted a position at the San Francisco VA medical center to explore the outer limits of telemedicine in remote and complex areas of the United States. She is serving veterans in California, Nevada, and the Pacific Islands in her current role.
As part of her dedication to the underserved, she joined the Good Neighbor Health Clinic in 2024. This is also possible due to her tour of duty, living on the East Coast and working in Pacific Time allows for 3 extra hours in the day! She developed the concept of a cost friendly cooking class after seeing several patients at the clinic who identified as food insecure. The class started in July and has been very well received. There are also 2 medical students helping with the class, which adds to the fun!