A TWO PART BOOK - Fiction: The Monster Within & Non Fiction: Autoimmune Disease. Sheldon Cohen M.D. M.D.

      

      A TWO PART BOOK

      Fiction: The Monster Within

      Non Fiction: Autoimmune Disease

      SHELDON COHEN M.D. FACP

      Copyright 2015 Sheldon Cohen M.D. FACP,

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      A graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Sheldon Cohen has practiced internal medicine, served as a medical director of the Alexian Brother’s Medical Center in Northwest Suburban Chicago, and served as the medical director of two managed care organizations: Cigna Health plan of Illinois and Humanicare Plus of Illinois. The author taught internal medicine and physical diagnosis to medical students from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and the Chicago Medical School. Recognizing the fact that busy physicians are pressed for time and thus often fail to capture a thorough medical history, the author perfected one of the first computerized medical history systems for private practice and wrote a paper on his experience with 1500 patients who utilized the system. This was one of the early efforts in promoting electronic health records, a work in progress to this day. Serving as a consultant for Joint Commission Resources of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the author did quality consultations at hospitals in the United States, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Copenhagen, Denmark, and served as a consultant to the Ministry of Health in Ukraine, assisting them in the development of a hospital accrediting body.

      Dr. Cohen is the author of 25 books.

      Dedicated to my Grandchildren

      Amanda, Megan, Carly Alexa, Ethan and Emily

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      intended as a substitute for professional medical advice. Before

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      ALSO BY SHELDON COHEN

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      A Jewish Journey

      A Jewish Story

      The Twins

      Brainstorm

      Holy Warrior Trojan Horses

      Revenge

      Bad Blood (with James Baehler)

      The History of Physics from 2000BCE to 1945

      World War IV: Militant Islam’s Struggle for World Control

      Grandpa’s Story-Poems and Grandkids Illustrate It Yourself Book

      The Coming Healthcare Revolution: Take Control of Your Health

      The Making of a Physician

      All things Medical

      The Slim Book of Health Pearls Series:

      Am I at Risk? The Patient’s Guide to Health Risk Factors

      Hormones, Nerves and Stress

      Man the Barricades: The Story of the Immune System

      Symptoms Never to Ignore

      The Complete Medical Examination

      The Prevention of Medical Errors

      The Perfect Prescription (with Megan Godwin)

      Challenging Diagnoses

      Cancer: Past, Present, and Future

      PROLOGUE

      This is a two part book:

      Part 1 describes a fictional account of a very rare and unusual autoimmune disease.

      Part II is a copy of another short book I have written which details and defines autoimmune diseases, an important sixty plus year old concept still not completely understood