Harry Reich

Harry Reich (born September 29, 1941 in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania , United States ) is an American gynecological surgeon . Reich is a pioneer of laparoscopic surgery and has worked in medicine a. a. the laparoscopic ("minimally invasive") hysterectomy was introduced.

life and work

Reich attended high school in Kingston, Pennsylvania until 1959 and then studied at Lehigh University ( Bachelor 1964) and at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , where he received his doctorate in 1970. In 1969 he spent some time in the Ivory Coast for the Irish aid organization Africa Concern .

He then gained medical professional experience at the Queens Medical Center in Honolulu (surgical internship, until 1971), at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston ( resident , general surgery, until 1972) and at the Boston Hospital for Women in Boston ( resident , obstetrics and gynecology , until 1975). From 1972 to 1975 he was a fellow at Harvard Medical School , followed by a few months of fellowship at the Hershey Medical Center in Hershey , Pennsylvania.

In 1976, Reich set up his own gynecological practice in Kingston, a suburb of his native Wilkes-Barre. At the same time he began to teach at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia as a Clinical Assistant Professor (until 1980). In 1977 he taught as adjunct professor at King's College in Wilkes-Barre (until 1995), and in 1981 another at Binghamton University (until 1995).

In 1988, Reich became the first surgeon to perform laparoscopic lymphadenectomy to treat ovarian cancer . The first laparoscopic hysterectomy followed in 1989. After he had discovered in 1978 that endometriosis can be diagnosed by laparoscopy, Reich was the first in 1991 to operate this disease with laparoscopy. In the 1990s, Reich received various notable awards for these pioneering achievements, including the Excel Award for Outstanding Contribution to Laparoscopy (Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 1991) and three awards for "Best Doctor in America" ​​(Woodward / White, Inc.). The laparoscopic hysterectomy performed by Reich for the first time was officially named after him in 1998.

In addition to his private practice, which he still leads today, Reich continued to hold various teaching and management positions, for example at Tufts University in Springfield , Massachusetts (1990-1992), the Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia (1992-1993), and the Dobbs Ferry Hospital in Dobbs Ferry , New York (1993-1994) and at New Rochelle Hospital in New Rochelle , New York (1994-1995). From 1995 to 2000, Reich taught as an associate professor at Columbia University .

Reich was or is on the board of directors of numerous medical organizations, including the Foundation of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists , of which he has been director since 1993. In addition, he was and is part of the editorial team of various specialist journals such as B. the journal Gynecological Endoscopy .

Reich currently works for a variety of healthcare providers in Pennsylvania and New York. He is married with three grown sons and lives in the suburbs of Wilkes-Barre.

Publications (selection)

• with Jaroslav Fabian Hulka: Textbook of Laparoscopy , WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 3rd edition 1998.
• with Arrequi, Fitzgibbons, Katkhouda, McKernan (eds.): Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery. Basic and Advanced Techniques , Springer-Verlag, New York, 1995.
• with Ray Garry: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy , Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd. Oxford, England, 1993.

Web links

• Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeons: Harry Reich
• Harry Reich, MD
• Harry Reich honored by RCOG

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Historia de la cirugia laparoscopica. Retrieved January 8, 2017 . 
2. ↑ H. Reich, J. DeCaprio, F. McGlynn: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy . J Gynecol Surg. 1989, No. 5, pp. 213-226 Jeremy A. Hawe: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy. Retrieved January 8, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Harry Reich: Laparoscopic Excision of Deep Fibrotic Endometriosis of the cul-de-sac and rectum