Our Team - Mass General Cancer Center

Departments	Department of Pathology
Specialties	Department of Pathology
Clinical Interests	Breast pathology Cytopathology
Locations	Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical Education	MD,University of Hamburg Faculty of Medicine
Board Certifications	Anatomic Pathology, American Board of Pathology Cytopathology, American Board of Pathology
Gender	Female
Patient Age Group	Adult
Accepting New Patients	Yes
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Dr. Brachtel received her MD degree from the University of Hamburg Medical School, Hamburg, Germany. After her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Paul Racz at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, she worked as a house officer in England in internal medicine and surgery, before entering a residency in pathology at the University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, D.C. before completing a residency in anatomic pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a fellowship in cytopathology. Her areas of expertise are breast pathology and cytopathology, with a special interest in digital imaging.

Pathology Associates

55 Fruit Street

Boston, MA 02114-2696

617-726-3980

617-724-6564

Brachtel, Elena, MD

Brachtel, Elena, MD