Rachel Masch M.D.

Dr. Rachel Masch is a native of New York. She attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island where she majored in International Relations. Her interest in medicine was sparked when she did volunteer work at the World Health Organization while studying abroad in Geneva, Switzerland. She returned to Providence and completed her medical school degree at Brown University School of Medicine. She maintained her interest in international health care during medical school, doing clinical work in places as varied as Stockholm, Sweden and Calcutta, India.

Her interest in women’s reproductive rights and health care issues steered her into a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and she did her internship and residency at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. After completing her training, she came back to New York and joined the faculty at New York University School of Medicine.

In keeping with her desire to further women’s health care internationally, Dr. Masch obtained a Masters in Public Health from The Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. This degree enabled her to further her work in reproductive rights, and she began the Reproductive Choice Service at NYU/Bellevue, where she was the Medical Director and also became a Fellowship Director in Family Planning. She has continued her international work, providing medical consultation and clinical care in American Samoa, Vietnam, South Africa and El Salvador.

Dr. Masch has recently joined the faculty at Beth Israel Medical Center where she is the Associate Director of the Division of Family Planning and is helping to start another family planning service. In addition to her academic work, which allows her to pursue her love of teaching, research and global health, she also continues to enjoy her private gynecology practice at The Concorde Medical Group which enables her to provide individualized health care on a local level. Her main areas of interest are contraception, education, and culturally-sensitive provision of care.