Rachel L. Schreiber, M.D., FAAAAI is board certified in both Allergy/Immunology and Internal Medicine. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude, with a B.A. in English from the University of Maryland’s General Honors Program. After finishing a research fellowship through an Intramural Research Training Award at the National Institutes of Health she went on to graduate with her M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine internship and residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and her Allergy/Immunology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Schreiber has published numerous articles in peer reviewed scientific journals, and is co-author of “Allergic Rhinitis” in Pediatric Otolaryngology. She has recently been selected as one of “America’s Top Physicians” by the Consumers’ Research Council of America. After practicing Allergy/Immunology in Pittsburgh, PA, Dr. Schreiber moved back to her native Maryland in 2005. In September of that year, she opened the Family HealthCare Allergy and Asthma Specialists in Germantown, MD.

Dr. Schreiber is also the co-founder and president of MommyDocs, LLC (www.mommydocs.com). Through MommyDocs, she and her partner, pediatrician Dr. Jamie Freishtat, work through multiple media outlets to educate the public on practical pediatric medical issues.

Dr. Schreiber lives in Rockville, MD with her husband, their two sons, ages 4 and 2, and their chocolate lab Tela.

Colleen Ott, RN, BSN is our Allergy Center’s Nursing Director. She is a 1993 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. Following graduation, Colleen spent four years in active duty in the Army, and remained in the Army Reserves for a subsequent four years. Her nursing experience is extremely well rounded: She has worked on Medical-Surgical floors, Pediatric floors, and Labor & Delivery. Prior to joining the Allergy Center, she worked at Fort Meade’s Medical Facility in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Internal Medicine. Colleen has lived overseas in Germany, and in the US, she has resided in Texas, Arizona, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Colleen lives in Montgomery Village with her husband (still in the Army Reserves) and 2 children.

Vicki Solomon, Administrative Assistant, has a BS in Psychology and Behavioral Science from Point Park College in Pittsburgh, PA. She moved from Pennsylvania to Maryland in 1989, and was a counselor for several years at Potomac Ridge and Chestnut Lodge. She joined Family HealthCare in 2004, and began working with our Allergy practice in November 2006. Vicki has one grown daughter, and lives in Germantown, MD.

You can count on Vicki for a friendly voice and a warm smile. And our littlest patients have fun covering her in stickers.