Dr. Reichman is the executive director of the New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center and professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine and Community Health at New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey. He has been the principal investigator for several National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants related to tuberculosis.
Dr. Reichman serves as chairman of several CDC committees, including the National Coalition to Eliminate Tuberculosis and the National Tuberculosis Training Initiative. He participates in numerous professional organizations and societies, including the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, where he served as vice-chair of the Executive Committee; the American Lung Association, where he served as president; the American Thoracic Society; and the American College of Chest Physicians.
Dr. Reichman has published more than 200 articles, scientific reviews, and book chapters, many on the diagnosis, treatment, control, patient compliance with therapy, and epidemiology of tuberculosis and other infectious lung diseases. In 1993, he published the first comprehensive medical book covering tuberculosis, which is now in its second edition. His most recent book, Timebomb: The Global Epidemic of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, received the American Medical Writers Association's Best Trade Medical Book award in 2002.
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1972
Subspeciality Certification in Pulmonology, 1972
Education
- MD: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1964
- Internship: Medicine, Bellevue Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 1964–1965
- Residency: Bellevue Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 1967–1968
- Residency: Harlem Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 1968–1969
- Fellowship and Chief Resident: Pulmonology, Harlem Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 1969–1970
- MPH: School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1971
Academic Appointments
- Professor: Medicine and Preventive Medicine, and Community Health, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, 1992–present
Professional Affiliations
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
- American Lung Association
- American Thoracic Society
- American College of Physicians
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American Public Health Association
Selected Publications
- Reichman LB, Tanne JH (2002). Timebomb: The Global Epidemic of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Reichman LB, Hershfield EH, eds. (2000). Tuberculosis—A Comprehensive Internation Approach, 2nd ed. New York: Marcel Dekker.
- Mangura BT, Napolitano E, Passannante MR, McDonald RJ, Reichman LB (1998). Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a church gospel choir. Chest, 113: 234–237.
