In Memory: Donald J. Cohen, M.D.

More Than A year Has Passed In Our Mourning Of Our Friend and colleague, Dr. Donald Cohen. As we count the calendar days that he has not been a daily, collegial presence in our lives, the year and months have been remarkably long and soberly filled with our missing him. But in memorial time that keeps him alive and present in our minds, it seems only yesterday that we were together in one of his signature interactions with so many of us—a knock at an office door or an impromptu telephone call just to check in or go for a quick walk, going to the hospital together to see a patient, co-teaching a seminar, having dinner with new fellows, finding an extra few minutes to connect a student with just the right mentor, writing a paper, imagining a book, talking about friends, family, children and grandchildren, vigorously arguing science, religion, philosophy, death, and life. In each and every one of these moments in their real time and now in their memorial time, there is Donald's characteristic urging—celebrate life, look to the future, be curious, give of ourselves to the children and families coming to us for care, always keep in mind those who have come before and will come after us. Donald's curiosity was boundless in its depth and breadth. He was a world-class scientist, compassionate clinician, ever-present teacher and mentor, confident, caring administrator, devoted humanitarian, and a loyal friend of psychoanalysis. His psychoanalytic identity is seamlessly woven with his role as scientist and academician. Each informs the other,