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
Insurances Accepted	View list » Aetna Health Inc. AllWays Health (NHP) - ACD AllWays Health (NHP) - PBO Beech Street Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65 Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO Cigna (PAL #'s) Commonwealth Care Alliance Fallon Community HealthCare Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan) Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO Health Care Value Management (HCVM) Humana/Choice Care PPO Maine Community Health Options (MCHO) MassHealth Medicare Medicare - ACD OSW - Connecticut OSW - Maine OSW - New Hampshire OSW - Rhode Island OSW - Vermont Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) Railroad Medicare Railroad Medicare - ACD Senior Whole Health TriCare Tufts Health Plan Unicare United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO Well Sense Pediatrics « Hide list

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 anatomic pathology at the University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg. She did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, D.C. before completing 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 breast cytology, molecular diagnostics and digital imaging.

Pathology Associates

55 Fruit Street

Boston, MA 02114-2696

617-726-3980

617-724-6564

Brachtel, Elena, MD

Brachtel, Elena, MD