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May Cohen, OC (born 1931) is a Canadian physician and educator. She is best known for initiating the creation of a women’s health curriculum in Ontario medical schools, and for her work as a women’s health advocate (source 3 from the Wikipedia article).

Early life and studies
May Cohen, née Lipshitz, was born on March 7, 1931, in Montreal, Quebec. She is the daughter of Sam and Manya Lipshitz (Dr. Gerald z‘l & Dr. May Cohen: Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto). Her father, Sam, worked as the editor of a Jewish newspaper and her mother, Manya, taught Yiddish (Herron). Shortly after she was born, May and her family moved to Toronto, Ontario, where she was raised (Herron). She attended the Harbord Collegiate Institute and graduated as the top student in Ontario before attending medical school at the University of Toronto (Gasner). There, she again graduated at the top of her class and was the recipient of a Cody Medal in 1955 (A Day in the Life of Dr. May Cohen). After graduating, she received a Medical Research Council scholarship to study endocrinology for two years (Gasner).

Career
After finishing medical school, she went on to practice as a family physician in Toronto for 20 years. Then, in 1977, she began teaching and practicing family medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario (source 3 from the Wikipedia article). In 1987, she went on sabbatical and travelled to Australia to focus on her work in the women’s health field (A Day in the Life of Dr. May Cohen). When she returned, she became a part of a task force run by the Canadian Medical Association centered on reproductive technology (A Day in the Life of Dr. May Cohen). During this time, she was also a contributing member of the Women’s Issues Committee at the Ontario Medical Association (A Day in the Life of Dr. May Cohen). She then helped to identify weaknesses in the curricula of every medical school in Ontario. (A Day in the Life of Dr. May Cohen). The committee's findings sparked the creation of the Women’s Health Office and the Gender Issues Committee at McMaster University. The Women's Health InterSchool Curriculum Committee was also created due to the issues that the committee discovered, of which May was the co-founder (source three from the Wikipedia article) (A Day in the Life of Dr. May Cohen). From 1990 to 1991, she served as the national president of the Federation of Medical Women in Canada (source four from the Wikipedia article). She then worked as the Associate Dean of Health Services at McMaster University from 1991 to 1996. After the birth of her first child, she began focusing on family medicine once again (A Day in the Life of Dr. May Cohen).

Recognition
May was named a Canadian Medical Hall of Fame inductee in 2016 for her work in women’s health (Dr. May Cohen Named as an Officer to the Order of Canada). In 2017, she was named an Officer to the Order of Canada (Office of the Secretary to the Governor General). In 2000, Eli Lilly Canada and McMaster University created the Eli Lilly Canada-May Cohen Chair in Women's Health in her honor, which included a one million dollar donation over five years from Eli Lilly Canada to be used for research in the field of women’s health (Morrison). Eli Lilly Canada and McMaster University also created the Eli Lilly Canada/ May Cohen Chair in Women's Health (About Dr. May Cohen ).

There have also been several awards named in May’s honor, such as the May Cohen Award for Women Mentors, created by the Canadian Medical Association, and the May Cohen Leadership award, created by the Federation of Medical Women of Canada. (source five from the Wikipedia Article)("Federation of Medical Women of Canada Honour Dr. Donna Stewart with the 2005 May Cohen Leadership Award")

Additionally, she has won several other awards. In 1986, she was named The City of Hamilton's Women of the Year (Gasner). In 1945, she was a recipient of the Governor General's Award (Gasner). She earned the Canadian Medical Association's Medal of Service in 2000, and in 2001, she was named an inductee to the Hamilton Gallery of Distinction (Gasner).

Personal life
In 1952, May married Dr. Gerry Cohen. a family practitioner (source 1 from the Wikipedia article). The couple has three children, Eric, Russel, the late Stuart, and five grandchildren (source 3 from the Wikipedia article).