Dr. Rebecca Cohen

Dr. Rebecca Cohen earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Biopsychology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. She then earned a master’s degree in medical sciences at Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences based on research completed at Harvard Medical School Neurology Department. Dr. Cohen completed her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine where she was recipient of the psychiatry department’s Malamud Award for Excellence. She began her adult psychiatry training at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN later transferring to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. where she served as Chief Psychiatry Resident at Georgetown Hospital during her final year.

Dr. Cohen was the recipient of the prestigious Hugh H. Hussey Teaching award for two consecutive years given by Georgetown University School of Medicine for excellence in medical student teaching by a resident. She was also awarded the Psychiatry Resident Award of Excellence by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Foundation.

After completing residency in Washington, D.C., Dr. Cohen moved with her husband to Boston, Massachusetts where she completed additional fellowship work in psychotherapy at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She worked for 12 years in private practice in Newton, MA where she became the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Director in 2010 and the site investigator of the National Outcomes Study for TMS in 2012. After relocating to Sarasota, FL, Dr. Cohen developed and lead another private practice in their TMS program and became the Regional Medical Director for a national TMS provider, with the goal of improved education, awareness and better clinical care in her southeast region.

Dr Cohen now serves as the Brain Health Expert on ABC7’s Suncoast View programming expanding awareness of the evidence base and current state of technology in the field of Neuroscience and Psychiatry. She has also been the recipient of several distinguished Top Doctor awards and honors, recognized for outstanding clinical work by both patients and medical colleagues alike.

Dr Cohen’s leadership in the field helped her get elected by her peers to the distinguished International Clinical TMS Society (CTMSS) Board of Directors and, in addition, she has served as the Co-Chair of the Society’s Membership Committee. Her CTMSS work has helped her collaborate with thought leaders and colleagues internationally to improve awareness and understanding of Neuromodulation and its applications in outpatient psychiatric settings.