Dr. Aly Cohen, MD, FACR, FABOIM, physician and author, is a board certified rheumatologist, integrative medicine specialist, and environmental health expert specializing in arthritis, immune system disorders and women’s health. Dr. Cohen received her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Her medical training from Hahnemann University Hospital School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Cohen continued her specialist training in rheumatology and autoimmune diseases at Montefiore Hospital/Albert Einstein University Hospital in the Bronx, New York. Dr. Cohen is trained in medical acupuncture from the Helms Institute at UCLA and Environmental Medicine from Dr. Andrew Weil and the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine where she worked with Dr. Weil and his team. Dr. Cohen is the recipient of multiple awards including the Jones/Lovell Rheumatology Scholarship at the Center for Integrative Medicine in Tucson, Arizona and was voted 2016 Top Docs NJ by her medical colleagues, and was honored with the 2016 Burton L. Eichler Humanitarian Award for her work in environmental health education and curriculum. She collaborates with the Environmental Working Group (EWG.org) and is In relation to environmental health (today’s topic) she is author and co-editor of the authorative textbook in “Integrative Environmental Medicine” Weil/Oxford University Press. And is the founder of The Smart Human LLC. (TheSmartHuman.com), to educate colleagues and the community on the potential health issues from exposure to everyday chemicals. She ran the NYC marathon 2009 for The Lupus Foundation. And lives with her husband, two young sons, and many pets in Central, New Jersey. AlyCohenMD.com TheSmartHuman.com