PRACTICE DESCRIPTION
Dr. Reichel was recruited to Westwood Dermatology Group in 2007, where he serves as Laboratory Director and is involved in all aspects of diagnostic dermatopathology. Particular areas of interest include pathology of skin diseases in all ages of life, early histological diagnosis of malignant melanoma and basal cell carcinoma, pathological diagnosis of blistering skin diseases, proper technical processing of skin biopsies, and rare tumors of the skin and soft tissue.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Dr. Reichel is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Society of Dermatopathology, the International Society of Dermatopathology, and the Society for Investigative Dermatology. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology in the Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University where he is an Attending and former Tumor Board Director. He has written numerous papers and is a co-author of the authoritative textbook, Histologic Diagnosis of Inflammatory Skin Diseases.
EDUCATION
Dr. Reichel is a graduate of Harvard College in Cambridge, MA. He attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he received his M.D. with distinction in Microbiology and Immunology. After completing an internship in Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, Dr. Reichel completed his residency in Dermatology at the University of California, Davis where he served as Chief Resident. He then went on to complete a Fellowship in Dermatopathology with A. Bernard Ackerman, M.D. at the New York University Skin and Cancer Unit and fellowship in Clinical and Laboratory Dermatological Immunology. He is Board certified in Dermatology and Dermatopathology and has a special qualification in clinical and laboratory Dermatological Immunology.