Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman

Edward Reichman is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he teaches Jewish medical ethics, and Attending Physician in the Emergency Department at Montefiore Medical Center. He received his semicha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and writes and lectures internationally in the field of Jewish medical ethics. He holds the Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Chair in Jewish Medical Ethics at Yeshiva College, and his research is devoted to the interface of medical history and Jewish law. His book The Anatomy of Jewish Law: A Fresh Dissection of the Relationship Between Medicine, Medical History and Rabbinic Literature was recently published jointly by Koren, OU and YU Presses.