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Jon Cohen, Geoff Monk

Jan 07, 2019

Jon Cohen has been appointed as executive chairman of BioReference Laboratories, a unit of Opko Health.

Most recently, he was senior vice president and group executive for diagnostic solutions at Quest Diagnostics. Prior to that, he was a managing director for health industries services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and before that, chief medical officer at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. Cohen holds a BS degree from the University of Miami and an MD degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine.

OpkoHealth has also promoted Geoff Monk to president of BioReference Laboratories. He joined the company last year as general manager.

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