Answer the following question: Facts:   - honorific suffix: md      - education: bachelor -lrb- 1975 -rrb- doctor of medicine from the university of of medicine and dentistry of new jersey -lrb- 1983 -rrb- arts from the new college of florida    - awards: order of danica hrvatska for culture    - birth date: 1953    - name: philip j. cohen    - nationality: united states    - occupation: dermatologist united nations advisor author   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of philip j. cohen .
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philip j. cohen -lrb- born 1953 -rrb- is an american dermatologist and former united nations advisor on bosnia and herzegovina who has written several works on the history of the former yugoslavia , most notably `` serbia 's secret war : propaganda and the deceit of history '' , first published in 1996 by texas a&m university press to mixed reviews .he followed this in 1997 with the publishing of `` the world war ii and contemporary chetniks : their historico-political continuity and implications for stability in the balkans '' by ceres .in 1998 , he received an award from the president of croatia for his `` contribution in spreading the truth about the aggression against croatia '' and `` exposing great serb and anti-croat propaganda '' through his books .