September 13, 2005

The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has summarily suspended the medical license of Seth D. Cohen, M.D., due to his felony conviction in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Oakland County, Michigan.

On April 7, 2005, Cohen pled no contest to Accosting a Minor for Immoral Purposes and was later sentenced to 60 days in jail with credit for one day. Upon release Cohen will be placed on probation, with terms, for a period of three years. Additionally, Cohen was ordered to pay fines and costs totaling $720.

The Public Health Code provides for the mandatory summary suspension of a health professional’s license upon the conviction of a felony. On August 29, 2005, the MDCH Bureau of Health Professions issued an order immediately suspending Cohen’s license, which became effective on September 2, 2005. An administrative hearing will be scheduled to address the status of Cohen’s medical license.

For more information on disciplinary actions taken by the health professional licensing boards within MDCH, please go to http://www.michigan.gov/mdch, and click on Health Systems and Licensing.

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