Dr.Michel and his wife MaryBeth live in the Gainesville /Haymarket area with their three sons and new daughter.
Dr.Michel grew up in Newark, DE and West Chester, PA where he graduated from high school as his senior class president. Dr. Michel did his undergraduate work at Boston University and The Australian National University before receiving his BS in pre-med with a business minor from Pennsylvania State University. After Graduating with honors from Temple University School of Medicine, he completed a three year residency program at The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; Upon completion of his residency, Dr.Michel joined the National Health Service Core and spent three years as a primary care pediatrician in a medically underserved community in Phoenix, Arizona. After getting married he and his wife returned to the east coast and Dr.Michel worked as a pediatric clinical instructor for a family practice residency and also as a private practitioner in a large nine doctor practice in Pennsylvania. Eventually he moved to Virginia to work with a close friend at South Riding Pediatrics where he spent three great years prior to starting Haymarket Pediatrics in 2003. Dr.Michel’s varied clinical experience as well as his experience as a father have helped mold him into a caring, dedicated pediatrician. Dr.Michel is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is board certified. He was also listed in the February 2007 Northern Virginia Magazine as one of the 6 top pediatric doctors in the Northern Virginia, metro DC area.