Dr. Robert Stuart Cohen (Dr. Bob), a beloved obstetrician and gynecologist in the St. Louis area for more than 35 years, died Tuesday (August 26, 2014) of heart failure at Missouri Baptist Hospital. He was 77 and lived in Creve Coeur.
Funeral service for Dr. Cohen will be held at 10:30 am, Friday August 29, at Congregation Temple Israel,-May Chapel, Ladue and Spoede Roads, Creve Coeur. Visitation will be at 10 am. Interment Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery.
A native of Nyack, New York, Dr. Cohen graduated from Union College in 1958. He earned a medical degree from State University of New York (SUNY–Syracuse) in 1962.
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After completing his residency at Maternity Hospital in St. Louis, Dr. Cohen served as a lieutenant commander at St. Alban’s Naval Hospital, Queens, NY during the Vietnam War.
Dr. Cohen was a founding partner of Specialists in OB-GYN, Inc. based in Town and Country. His sub-specialty was treating fertility patients alongside Sherman Silber, MD at St. Luke’s Hospital West. In the 1970s,
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Dr. Silber developed microsurgical techniques that resulted in pregnancy rates of approximately 70% for reversal of female sterilization. He taught the procedures to Dr. Cohen and the two St. Louis physicians became renowned for using the procedures on patients not only in St. Louis but also from throughout the US and many foreign countries.
Dr. Cohen was an attending physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, Missouri Baptist Hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital, and St. John’s Hospital. He practiced medicine in the St. Louis area from 1968-2001. He was an associate clinical professor of Ob-Gyn at Washington University School of Medicine.
“Every person with whom he interacted, from colleagues, to nurses, to patients and hospital staff was special to him. He always treated everyone with kindness and respect,” said his daughter Alice Moody.
Among his survivors are his wife of almost 49 years, Kathryn (Kay) of Creve Coeur, two sons, Alan and Andrew of St. Louis; a daughter, Alice Moody of Chicago, and five grandchildren.
Memorial contributions preferred to the American Heart Association
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