Rachel L. Piechowiak, DO

Dr. Rachel Piechowiak is a Board-Certified Vascular & Interventional Radiologist in Northern Virginia. She completed her Interventional Radiology fellowship at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center, and Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey, where she was chosen as Chief Resident. She graduated from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, and also holds a Master’s Degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University at Buffalo. She has pioneered the development of novel minimally invasive treatments for Knee Pain, Frozen Shoulder, and Hemorrhoids, leading to multiple US clinical research trials. 

Dr. Piechowiak has extensive clinical expertise over more than 10 years, with a focus on embolization and vascular procedures, offering patients a minimally invasive alternative to more invasive surgery.

What is the Hemorrhoid Centers at Gastro Health Falls Church?

The Hemorrhoid Centers at Gastro Health Falls Church is a joint venture between Hemorrhoid Centers and Gastro Health. The location houses the doctors’ office and surgery center where an interventional radiologist performs hemorrhoid embolization procedures.

Hemorrhoid embolization is an interventional radiology treatment for internal hemorrhoids that offers long-lasting relief from rectal bleeding. Hemorrhoids form when abnormal connections are made between arteries and veins in the rectum. Embolization works by blocking these abnormal blood vessel connections, which eliminates the bleeding. 

An Interventional Radiologist performs this minimally invasive procedure under local anesthesia and moderate sedation in patients with internal hemorrhoids of grade one, two or three.

Certifications

Board Certified, Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology

Awards & Recognitions

Chief Resident of Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey