Specialty Spotlight: Rachel Offenbacher, MD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast

Rachel Offenbacher, MD is a Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). She received her Medical Degree from SUNY Downstate after completing the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education (a 7 year BS/MD program at CUNY). She completed her residency and fellowship at CHAM and is an Assistanr Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In addition to seeing patients clinically, she is a member of a translational sarcoma research lab where she is investigating difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) on Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma. Dr. Offenbacher recently received funding from Hyundai Hope on Wheels to continue this work with the plan to move it into a phase II clinical trial. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, also a physician, and their three children.

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This episode is dedicated in memory of Dr. Rachel Offenbacher's mother, Devorah bas Chaim. May her memory be a blessing.

__________________________________________________ Rena Goldberg is a second year medical student at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. She attended Stern College for Women where she majored in Biology and minored in Chemistry. She has been involved in JOWMA since she was a pre-med, and is a co-host of the specialty spotlight podcast. __________________________________________________ This week's episode is sponsored by Toveedo! The Jewish videos your kids love, all in one happy place. Use code JOWMA10 for $10 off at https://toveedo.com/! __________________________________________________

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