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CHICAGO DOCTOR SEEN AS CHOICE TO HEAD UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL
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Dr. Jordan C. Cohen, chairman of the department of medicine
of Michael Reese Hospital, an affiliate of the University of
Chicago, is the top choice of University of Massachusetts president
David C. Knapp to become the chancellor of the UMass Medical
School, according to Beacon Hill sources.
Through a spokesman Friday, Knapp declined to confirm or deny
that Cohen is his first choice. In any event, Knapp says he will
not make a recommendation to the board of trustees for the slot
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