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HealthFirst Medical Advisors

The HealthFirst Medical Advisory Board is a distinguished group of healthcare professionals who provide insights on clinical impact, drug safety and emerging trends. They help to guide HealthFirst product development, clinical support and market strategy while upholding the highest ethical and medical standards.
Stanley F. Malamed - HealthFirst

Stanley F. Malamed, DDS

Dr. Malamed is a dentist anesthesiologist and Emeritus Professor of Dentistry at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC in Los Angeles, where he taught from 1973 to 2013. He is a Diplomat of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology and has authored more than 160 scientific papers and 17 chapters in various medical and dental journals and textbooks in the areas of physical evaluation, emergency medicine, local anesthesia, sedation and general anesthesia.

 

Dr. Malamed has received the Heidebrink Award [1996] from the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology as well as the Horace Wells Award from the International Federation of Dental Anesthesia Societies, 1997 (IFDAS). He has authored three widely used textbooks published by CV Mosby: Handbook of Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office (7th edition 2015); Handbook of Local Anesthesia (7th edition 2019); and Sedation–A Guide to Patient Management (6th edition 2017). In addition to the Emergency Medicine DVD set (2nd edition, 2008), he has published Malamed’s Local Anesthetic Technique DVD (2004).

Zev Schulhof - HealthFirst

Zev Schulhof, DMD, MD

Zev Schulhof holds a dental degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and a medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Dr. Schulhof then completed a General Surgery internship at Mount Sinai Hospital. His Oral & Maxillofacial surgical training included a Chief Residency at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Schulhof continues to be involved in residency training while maintaining his busy private practice in Teaneck NJ.

 

Dr. Schulhof is a sought-after lecturer on topics such as Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office, Pain Control and Anxiety, Botox and Facial Fillers, Implants and Bone Grafting. Dr. Schulhof teaches hands-on training courses for MIS implants, the American Academy of Facial Cosmetics and on Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office. He is also the Medical Director of the MIS Biomaterials and Bone Grafting division. He publishes articles both nationally and internationally on a variety of topics.

Dr. Schulhof is the current President of the American Academy of Facial Cosmetics, a Diplomate, in the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; and a clinical instructor and attending surgeon, at Mount Sinai Hospital. He is a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Steve Yun - HealthFirst

Steve Yun, MD

Dr. Yun is a board-certified anesthesiologist who specializes in office and dental anesthesia. He obtained his M.D. from the University of Southern California and completed his post-graduate training at the UCLA Center for Health Sciences. He is a Lecturer at the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Clinical Professor at the Western University of Health Sciences, and an Expert Consultant and Examiner for the Dental Board of California. He is also a Safety Inspector for the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities (AAAASF).

He has extensive clinical research experience and has given numerous lectures across the country and internationally on patient safety issues.

Donald Cohen - HealthFirst

Donald Cohen, DMD

Dr. Cohen has been a licensed practicing dentist in New York State for more than 30 years. He taught at Columbia University SDOS for more than 30 years and was an Attending Dentist at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City for over 20 years. Dr. Cohen is past president of the New York State Society of Dentistry for Children and is currently Director of Compliance for Health Compliance Team Inc., a national compliance company delivering total on-site compliance solutions and seminars to dental offices. Dr. Cohen is employed by HealthFirst.
Scott A. Cohen - HealthFirst

Scott A. Cohen, MD, MBA

Dr. Scott Cohen is a practicing inpatient and ambulatory physician who also serves as chief informatics officer for the Bassett Healthcare Network. Cohen completed his undergraduate work at the University at Albany in 1993 with a BS in Biology and received his MD degree from the Albany Medical College in 1997. He then joined Albany Medical Center Hospital to complete a residency in Family and Community Medicine, in which he is board-certified. Dr. Cohen joined the faculty at Bassett Medical Center in 2000 and has served as Informatics liaison and Medical Director during his tenure. He also earned an MBA in 2009 from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

 

 

Dr. Cohen took a network-wide role in Informatics in 2009 and was named Chief Medical Information officer in 2013. He has a special interest in collaborative technology and patient care and has coordinated a group of hospitals throughout New York to implement processes to promulgate New York regulations.

 

Dr. Cohen enjoys seeing patients both in ambulatory practice and the inpatient setting as a hospitalist. He serves as adjunct faculty for Upstate Medical University and Columbia University.


In 2014 Cohen became dual board certified, adding Clinical Informatics certification, one of only 300 in the world. Cohen is a member of numerous committees surrounding Quality, Informatics and Medical Staff Governance. In 2015 Cohen was named Chief Performance Improvement Officer, in recognition for his role in Bassett’s Clinical Quality and Performance Improvement program.

Fiona Collins - HealthFirst

Fiona Collins, BDS, MBA, MA

Fiona M. Collins, BDS, MBA, MA, is a distinguished speaker and author with both national and international acclaim. She has delivered presentations on a range of topics including infection control, oral disease prevention and management, pain management, vaping, tobacco cessation, and dental materials. Dr. Collins is an active member of the ADA, CDS, and OSAP, serves as the ADA representative to the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), participates in standards working groups, and is a fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. She earned her general dentistry degree from the University of Glasgow in Scotland and holds an MBA and an MA from Boston University.
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