Aly Cohen MD, FACR
Dr. Aly Cohen (pronounced “Ay-lee”) is triple board certified in rheumatology, internal medicine, and integrative medicine and is also an environmental health expert in Princeton, New Jersey. She is on the faculty of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM), where she created and manages the environmental medicine curriculum for medical colleagues. Dr. Cohen has collaborated with the Environmental Working Group, Cancer Schmancer, and other disease-prevention organizations and is coeditor of the textbook Integrative Environmental Medicine, part of the Oxford University Press/Weil Integrative Medicine Academic Series. In 2015, she created TheSmartHuman.com to share environ¬mental health, disease prevention, and wellness information with the public. She lectures nationally on environmental health topics for el¬ementary/high schools, colleges/universities, medical schools, and physician-training programs, and she is a regular expert guest for tele¬vision, print, and podcasts. She has been the recipient of countless awards, including Top Docs NJ in rheumatology from 2016-2023, Top Docs New York Magazine 2022, Top Docs Philadelphia and New York Magazines 2022, Exceptional Women in Medicine 2020-2022, the NJ Healthcare Heroes Award in Education for The Smart Human educational platform in 2015, and the 2016 Burton L. Eichler Award for humanitarianism.
Dr. Cohen is working to educate and empower the next generation to make safer, smarter lifestyle choices through the creation of environmental health and prevention curricula for schools nationally. Her TEDx talk, “How to Protect Your Kids From Toxic Chemicals,” can be found on YouTube, and you can follow her health and wellness tips and recommendations on Facebook at The Smart Human and on Twitter and Instagram @thesmarthuman. Sign up for The Smart Human newsletter, read her latest posts at TheSmartHuman.com, and listen to her podcast The Smart Human. She lives on a farm in New Jersey with her husband, two sons, and lots of furry friends!