Rachel L. Schreiber, M.D., FAAAAI, FACAAI is a Board Certified Allergist/Immunologist and Past President of the Greater Washington Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Society.
Dr. Schreiber is a Top Doctor in Washingtonian Magazine, Bethesda Magazine, and Washington Consumer Checkbook. She is named one of “America’s Top Physicians” by the Consumers’ Research Council of America and Castle Connolly. She has also been awarded the “SuperDoctors” distinction.
Dr. Schreiber has published numerous articles in peer reviewed scientific journals, and is co-author of “Allergic Rhinitis” in Pediatric Otolaryngology. She is a member of numerous local and national medical and professional societies, and in addition to her work with GWAAIS, she is the past president of the Capital Allergy Associates and served as a Board Member for the Pennsylvania Allergy and Asthma Association. She is the Maryland State Delegate for the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. She has mentored students in the Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership class at George Washington University School of Business and guest lectured in GW’s “Medical Issues in Sports Medicine” class. She has served as the Honorary Medical Chair of the Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) Walk in Rockville, MD. Dr. Schreiber gives lectures to school staff, administrators, and parents about food allergy. She has given professional lectures to other physicians, including the Montgomery County Pediatric Society and at the NIH.
She also has a commitment to helping to train the next generation of physicians and allergists, and is Adjunct Teaching Faculty at the NIAID/NIH. To that end, you may meet with an NIH Allergy/Immunology Fellow in conjunction with Dr. Schreiber.
Dr. Schreiber graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude, with a B.A. in English from the University of Maryland’s General Honors Program. After completing a research fellowship through an Intramural Research Training Award at the National Institutes of Health she went on to graduate with her M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine internship and residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), and her Allergy/Immunology fellowship at UPMC/Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
After practicing Allergy/Immunology in Pittsburgh, Dr. Schreiber moved back to her native Maryland in 2005, and has been practicing in the area since then. She opened Schreiber Allergy in 2015. Dr. Schreiber has worked with multiple media outlets, including the web, print publications, radio, and local and national television to educate the public on practical medical issues.
Dr. Schreiber lives in Rockville with her husband, two sons (now in college, Go Terps!) and their dog Leo.