EDWARD ISAAC REICHMAN 341 Edward Avenue Woodmere, NY 11598 Phone/fax: 516-295-6337 e-mail:[email protected]

EDUCATION:

1990-1997 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Yeshiva University (New York, NY) Rabbinic Ordination received June 1997

1986-1990 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, (Bronx, NY) M.D. Degree received June 1990.

1982-1986 Yeshiva University, (New York, NY) B.A. Degree in Biology and Judaic Studies received June 1986.

1981-1982 Yeshivat Hakotel, (Jerusalem, Israel) One year intensive study in Biblical and Talmudic Literature.

EMPLOYMENT

1994 - present ATTENDING PHYSICIAN Emergency Department Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS

2004- present ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Department of Emergency Medicine Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY)

2004- present ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Department of Epidemiology and Population Health Division of Philosophy and History of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY)

1997 -2004 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Department of Emergency Medicine Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY)

1997 -2004 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine

1 Division of Philosophy and History of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY)

1998-99 FACULTY SENATE Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY)

BIOETHICS COMMITTEE Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY)

JOURNAL REVIEWER Einstein Quarterly Journal of Biology and Medicine Annals of Emergency Medicine Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought Cancer Investigation Assia Journal of Jewish medical Ethics (Jerusalem, Israel)

2001 -2003 NEW YORK ORGAN DONOR NETWORK Member of the medical board

2003 INSTITUTE FOR GENETICS AND PUBLIC POLICY Member- Reproductive Genetics Advisory Committee (Washington, DC)

2003-2005 CO-EDITOR: MEDICAL ETHICS DEPARTMENT- CANCER INVESTIGATION

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARD

1986 TENSER AWARD for Excellence in Biology (Yeshiva University)

1987 MAIMONIDES AWARD for Excellence in the Fields of Jewish Studies and Science- Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning

1989 HARTMAN INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP for the study of bioethics at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem

1999 KORNFELD FOUNDATION STUDY FELLOWSHIP Research grant of to study the ethical issues of organ donation according to Jewish law

2002 MICHAEL A. RUBINSTEIN, M.D., PhD, F.A.C.P., JONATHAN S. RUBINSTEIN, M.D. MEDICAL ETHICS PRIZE Recipient of the first award

2004 LEO M. DAVIDOFF SOCIETY for excellence in medical student teaching Albert Einstein College of Medicine Elected May 2004

2 POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL TRAINING

1992-1994 RESIDENT in Internal Medicine Queens Hospital Center (Flushing, NY)

1991-1992 FELLOW in Internal Medicine Queens Hospital Center (Flushing, NY).

1990-1991 INTERN in Internal Medicine Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Queens Hospital Center (Flushing, NY).

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Diplomate in Internal Medicine New York State Medical License Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number Basic Life Saving Advanced Cardiac Life Saving Certification Advanced Trauma Life Saving Certification Pediatric Advanced Life Saving Certification

PUBLICATIONS

E. Reichman, “Is there life after life: Superfetation in rabbinic literature,” in A. Axelrod and M. Oppenheim, Shalom Rav (2008), 99-112.

F. Rosner, H. Goldstein, E. Reichman, eds., Studies in Jewish Medical Ethics(Hojers Forlag; Denmark, 2008).

E. Reichman, “The human genome project and its impact on the Jewish family,” in F. Rosner, H. Goldstein, E. Reichman, eds., Studies in Jewish Medical Ethics(Hojers Forlag; Denmark, 2008), 53-58.

E. Reichman, “The anatomy of the human body in rabbinic literature,” in F. Rosner, H. Goldstein, E. Reichman, eds., Studies in Jewish Medical Ethics(Hojers Forlag; Denmark, 2008), 84-91.

E. Reichman, “The anatomy of Halakha,” in Y. Steinberg, ed., Beracha Le’Avraham(Jerusalem, 2008), 69-97.

E. Reichman, “Sex selection in halakha,” Tradition 40:1(Spring 2007), 73-76.

E. Reichman, “Brain death,” letter, Tradition 39:2(Summer, 2005), 109-110.

E. Reichman, "The Impact of Medical History on Medical Halakha," in Medicine and Jewish Law: Volume 3 (Yashar Books; Brooklyn, NY, 2005), 163-176.

E. Reichman, “Metzitzah b’peh: A medical historical note,” Intercom Journal of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists 25:3(Fall 2005).

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E. Reichman, “Don’t pull the plug on brain death just yet,” Tradition, 38:4(2004), 63-69.

E. Reichman, “End of life and sanctity of life- clinical case commentary” Virtual Mentor: Ethics Journal of the American Medical Association 7:5(May, 2005)

E. Reichman, "The Halachic Definition of Death in Light of Medical History," reprinted in D. Shatz and J. B. Wolowelsky, eds., Mind, Body and Judaism: The Interaction of Jewish Law with Psychology and Biology (Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University, Ktav Publishing House; Jersey City, NJ, 2004)

E. Reichman, “Why is this Gene Different from All Other Genes: The Jewish Approach to Biotechnology,” in Michael Brannigan, ed., Cross Cultural Biotechnology (Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, 2004)

E. Reichman, “Uterine Transplantation and the Case of the Mistaken Question,” Tradition 37:2 (Summer 2003)

E. Reichman, “Mysterious Creatures Demystified: Review of Nosson Slifkin’s Mysterious Creatures,” Jewish Action 65:2(Winter 2004), 77-80.

E. Reichman, “The Incorporation of Pre-Modern Scientific Theories into Biblical Literature,” Jewish Bible Quarterly 32,2:126 (April-June, 2004)

E. Reichman, “Abortion and Contraception in Jewish Law,” in F. Rosner, H. Goldstein and E. Reichman ,eds., Selected Topics in Jewish Medical Ethics: Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Medicine,Ethics and Jewish Law in Copenhagen (Hojers Forlag: Denmark, 2003).

E. Reichman, “Truth Telling and Disclosure in Jewish Law,” in F. Rosner, H. Goldstein and E. Reichman ,eds., Selected Topics in Jewish Medical Ethics: Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Medicine,Ethics and Jewish Law in Copenhagen (Hojers Forlag: Denmark, 2003).

E. Reichman, “The Interface of Medicine, the Priesthood, and Jewish Law Throughout the Ages,” in F. Rosner, H. Goldstein and E. Reichman ,eds., Selected Topics in Jewish Medical Ethics: Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Medicine,Ethics and Jewish Law in Copenhagen (Hojers Forlag: Denmark, 2003).

F. Rosner and E. Reichman, “Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Jewish Law,” Journal of Halakha and Contemporary Society 43(Spring 2002), 49-68.

E. Reichman, “Halacha is Good Public Policy in Most Stem Cell Research,” editorial, Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (August 3, 2001).

E. Reichman, "Biblical and Talmudic Medicine: A Bibliographical Essay," in F. Rosner, Encyclopedia of Biblical and Talmudic Medicine (Jason Aronson,

4 2000).

E. Reichman, "The Use of Anesthesia in Circumcision: A Re-Evaluation of the Halakhic Sources," Tradition 34:3(2000), 6-26.

E. Reichman, "The Incorporation of Early Scientific Theories into Rabbinic Literature: The Case of Innate Heat," The Torah U'Maddah Journal 8(1998-1999), 181-99.

E. Reichman, "The Halakhic Chapter of Ovarian Transplantation," Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought 33:1(1998), 31-70.

E. Reichman, "A Tale of Two Stones," BDD Journal of Torah and Scholarship 5 (1997).

E. Reichman, "The Impact of Medieval Medicine on Medical Halakha: The Case of Mumia," in F. Rosner, (ed.) Pioneers in Jewish Medical Ethics (Jason Aronson, 1997).

E. Reichman, "The Rabbinic Conception of Conception: An Exercise in Fertility," Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Thought 31:1 (Fall 1996), 33-63.

E. Reichman, F. Rosner, "The Bone Called Luz," Journal of History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 51:1 (January 1996), 52-65.

E. Reichman, "The Halachic Definition of Death in Light of Medical History," The Torah U'Maddah Journal 4(Spring 1993), 148-174.

E. Reichman, C.S.P. Jenkins, C.Bertone, E.Jean, B. Wenz, "The Effect of TPE on ATIII and VIIR:WF Concentration," Abstract. Blood: The Journal of the American Society of Hematology., 66:5 (November 1985), 326.

E. Reichman, "A Sketchy Analysis of Modigliani--an application of the methods of projective drawing analysis to the sketches of Amadeo Modigliani," Einstein Quarterly Journal of Biology and Medicine, 7:3(Summer 1989), 139-145.

SELECTED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

December, 2005 Scholar-in-Residence, Young Israel of Oceanside, NY

June, 2005 Scholar-in-Residence, Kehilath Jeshurun (New York, NY)

May, 2005 Lecture, Beth Shalom (Lawrence, NY) Stem Cell research in Jewish law

April, 2005 Scholar-in-Residence for Passover Rye Town Hilton (Portchester, NY)

5 May, 2004 Scholar-in-Residence Suburban Torah Center (Livingston, NJ)

April, 2004 Scholar-in-Residence for Passover Rye Town Hilton (Portchester, NY)

April, 2004 First Annual Professor Rabbi Shlomo Margalit Memorial Lecture (Houston, TX)

February, 2004 Scholar-in-Residence Congregation Etz Chaim (Jacksonville, FL)

November, 2003 Annual Rabbi Lord Immanuel Jakobovits Memorial Lecture University College (London, England)

June, 2003 Scholar-in-Residence Lake Park Synagogue (Milwaukee, WI) Stem Cell research in Jewish law

June, 2003 Scholar-in-Residence Chabad of Mequon (Mequon, WI) Rabbinic Response to Scientific Discovery

June, 2003 Scholar-in-Residence Congregation Anshei Lebowitz (Milwaukee, WI) Organ Donation in Jewish Law

May, 2003 Scholar-in-Residence Congregation Sherith Israel (Nashville, TN) Stem Cell research in Jewish law, Rabbinic Response to Scientific Discovery, Infertility

May, 2003 Scholar-in-Residence (West Orange, NJ) Medical History, Organ donation, and Stem cells Research

March, 2003 Spotlight on Judaism – Cable network program Issues in Jewish Medical Ethics

March, 2003 Young Israel of Woodmere (Woodmere, NY) The Doctor, the Rabbi and the Patient: Organ donation in Jewish Law- Panel

Feb., 2003 Organizer and Speaker at Medical Conference- Kraft Center, Columbia University (New York, NY) Why is this Gene Different from all other Genes: Genetic Diseases in the Jewish population- scientific, ethical and halakhic issues

Feb., 2003 Congregation Beth Shalom Chevrah Kadisha Dinner (Lawrence, NY) Issues of Purity and Impurity throughout the Ages

December, 2002 Yeshiva University Women’s League (NY, NY) Stem Cell Research in Jewish Law

January, 2002 Medical Grand Rounds – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA) From Smallpox to Stem Cells: Jewish Medical Ethics Throughout the Ages

January, 2002 Scholar-in-Residence: Congregation Beth Jacob (Los Angeles, CA)

November, 2001 Medical Grand Rounds – Downstate Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY) From Smallpox to Stem Cells: Jewish Medical Ethics Throughout the Ages

6 October, 2001 Symposium on Stem Cell Research and Jewish Law Rabbinical Council of America Chairman and Presenter (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY)

April, 2001 Community Scholar-in-Residence (Toronto Canada) Seven lectures at different synagogues on Jewish medical ethics

April, 2001 Jewish Home for the Aged (Milwaukee, WI) End-of-life Issues in Jewish Law

February, 2001 Annual Conference on Jewish Medical Ethics (Detroit, MI) Lectures on live organ donation and the use of Nazi data

February, 2001 Scholar-in-Residence: Hebrew Institute of White Plains, NY The Halakhic Response to Scientific Discovery Throughout the Ages

January, 2001 2nd International Congress on Medicine, Ethics, and Jewish Law (Copenhagen, Denmark)

December, 2000 Annual Conference of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists (New York, NY)

November, 2000 Manhattan Jewish Center New Advances in Reproductive Technology According to Jewish Law

April, 2000 Drisha Institute of Adult Education Mini course (4 lectures) on assisted reproductive technology

January, 2000 Columbia University, Center for the Study of Science and Religion 2 part series on Jewish medical ethics

December, 1999 Maimonides Society (Milwaukee, WI) Assisted Reproduction in Jewish Law

November, 1999 Scholar-in-Residence Weekend Congregation Bnai David Judea (Los Angeles, CA)

October, 1999 Menorah Medical Center (Overland Park, KS) Grand Rounds - Jewish Medical Ethics in the 21st Century

October, 1999 Community Scholar-in-Residence - Kansas City, Kansas Contemporary Issues in Jewish Medical Ethics

July, 1999 Schlesinger Institute of Jewish Medical Ethics (Jerusalem, Israel) A History of the Jewish Medical Student

July, 1999 Congregation Magen David (Deal, NJ) Organ Donation in Jewish law

May 1999 Homowack Hotel (Spring Glen, NY)

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April 1999 Scholar-in-Residence - Radisson Hotel (Orlando, FL), Passover Eight Lectures on Topics of Jewish Medical Ethics

March 1999 Union of Orthodox Congregations Southern Florida Regional Conference Jewish Medical Ethics in the 21st Century

March 1999 Scholar-in-Residence - Young Israel of Miami Beach, Florida Topics in Jewish medical ethics including, infertility, organ donation and cloning.

February 1999 Scholar-in-Residence - Hebrew Institute of White Plains, NY The Human Genome Project and Organ Donation in Jewish law

November 1998 Jacobi Medical Center Emergency Medicine Training Program DNR and End-of-life Decisions

November 1998 Annual Conference of the National Institute of Judaism and Medicine Marriot Marquis Hotel (NY, NY) Organ Transplantation and Rationing

October 1998 Conference on Genetic Disorders in the Jewish Community Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY) The Ethics of Genetic Testing and Therapy

June 1998 Israel Medical Association, Middlesex Hospital (London, England) Infertility and Jewish Law

June 1998 South Hampstead Synagogue (London, England) The Anatomy of Halakha

May 1998 Scholar-in-Residence - Concord Hotel (Kiamesha Lake, NY) Infertility, Organ Transplantation and Advanced Directives in Jewish Law

April 1998 Panel Discussion- Young Physician's Division of UJA (NYC) Infertility and Jewish Law

March 1998 Young Israel of White Plains, NY The Impact of Medical History on Medical Halakha

March 1998 Scholar-in-Residence - Young Israel of Oak Park (Detroit, MI) Autopsy, Assessment of Risk, Reproductive Technology and End-of-Life Issues in Jewish Law

March 1998 Drs. William and Martha Weil Memorial Lecture (Queen's College) Surrogate Motherhood and Reproductive Technology in Jewish Law Queens College (Queens, NY)

8 March 1998 Albert Einstein College of Medicine Introduction to Clinical Medicine for 1st year medical students The Duty to Treat

February 1998 Scholar-in-Residence Synagogue of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY)

December 1997 Congregation Etz Chaim (Queens, NY) When Man Creates Man: Assisted Reproduction in Jewish Law

Nov.-Dec. 1997 Drisha Institute of Adult Education(New York, NY). Six Lecture Series Medicine in Rabbinic Literature

November 1997 National Conference on Judaism and Medicine SUNY-Downstate Medical School (Brooklyn, NY) Human Experimentation and the Nazi Data: A Jewish Perspective

November 1997 Trachtenberg Memorial Lecture (Englewood, NJ) Symposium on End-of-Life Issues

July 1997 Scholar-in-Residence, Fairfield, CT Organ Donation in Jewish Law

July 1997 Conference of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists Ovarian Transplantation

June 1997 Montefiore Medical Center Emergency Department Confidentiality

March 1997 The Impact of Medical History on Medical Halakha Torah U'Madda Lecture Series Stern College (New York, NY)

Spring 1997 Clinical Medical Ethics full semester college course Fordham University (Bronx, NY)

February 1997 Organ Transplantation in Jewish Law Queens College Jewish Student Organization

February 1997 Physician Assisted Suicide Panel Discussion- with Dr. Ruth Macklin, Dr. Samuel Klagsbrun and Dr. Alan Fleischman Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY)

December 1996 Brain Death in Jewish Law Young Israel of the Mainline (Philadelphia, PA)

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RESEARCH AND ELECTIVE EXPERIENCE:

Sept-Dec 1992 Research conducted in the area of History of Medicine at the following institutes: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London,England) Cambridge University Institute for Geniza Manuscript Research (Cambridge,England) Hadassah Medical School, Dept. of History of Medicine (Jerusalem, Israel) Research directed by Professor Samuel Kottek of Hadassah University (Jerusalem, Israel)

Feb-March 1990 Research conducted in the area of bioethics and Jewish law at the Hartman Institute of Philosophy (Jerusalem, Israel)

Jan 1990 Research conducted in the area of history of medicine Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London, England).

1987 Research conducted in the area of bioethics issues of euthanasia and withdrawal of nutritional support Research directed by Ruth Macklin, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx,NY).

1985-86 Research conducted in the area of hematology, investigating the effects of plasmaphoresis on the levels of anti-thrombin III and factor VIII:WF. Research directed by C.S.P. Jenkins, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Dept. of Hematology, Bronx Municipal Hospital (Bronx, NY).

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