Dr. Bickel was a 2011-12 hospice & palliative medicine fellow at the University of Michigan. She received her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson (UMDNJ-RWJ) - Piscataway Campus in 2004. She completed an internal medicine categorical residency, Women's Health Track at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Bickel went on to complete a Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, at the University of Michigan in 2011. Dr. Bickel's special interests include improving the quality of care of oncology patients, especially toward the end-of-life.