After completing her surgical oncology fellowship at Emory University in 2005, Monica Rizzo, MD, FACS, joined the division of surgical oncology at Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM). As an ACS Commission on Cancer Liaison Physician at EUHM, Dr. Rizzo is actively involved in quality measures and initiatives to assure excellence in cancer care at the hospital. She serves as a Chair for the weekly Breast Multidisciplinary Tumor Board at Midtown. She is also engaged in projects dedicated to decreasing disparities in breast cancer treatment for women of underserved communities. Her clinical expertise includes treatment of breast cancer, melanoma and skin cancer as well as soft tissue sarcoma.
Dr. Rizzo earned her medical degree from the Turin University School of Medicine in Turin, Italy. She then went on to do a thoracic surgery residency at the Turin University School of Medicine, followed by a research fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine. She then started her General Surgery Residency at Washington University in St Louis and completed her General surgery residency at the University of Missouri Columbia. She also completed a clinical Surgical Oncology fellowship at Emory University.
Titles & Roles
Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Associate Director, Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Education & Training
Education
Fellowship, Surgical Oncology, 2005
Emory University School of Medicine
Residency, Surgery, 2003
Univ of Missouri Hospital & Clinic
Residency, Surgery, 2000
Washington University
Medical Education, MD, 1993
University of Turin
Board Certifications
Surgery (General Surgery)
American Board of Surgery, 2005
Professional Memberships
American College of Surgeons: Fellow; Commission on Cancer Liaison Physician, Emory University Hospital Midtown
American Women Association
Society of Surgical Oncology, Disparities Committee
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
BM Downs, C Mercado-Rodriguez, A Cimino-Mathews, C Chen, JP Yuan, E Van Den Berg, LM Cope, F Schmitt, GM Tse, SZ Ali, D Meir-Levi, R Sood, J Li, AL Richardson, MB Mosunjac, M Rizzo, S Tulac, KJ Kocmond, T de Guzman, EW Lai, B Rhees, M Bates, AC Wolff, E Gabrielson, SC Harvey, CB Umbricht, K Visvanathan, MJ Fackler, S Sukumar
JM Giltnane, KE Hutchinson, TP Stricker, L Formisano, CD Young, MV Estrada, MJ Nixon, L Du, V Sanchez, PG Ericsson, MG Kuba, ME Sanders, XJ Mu, EM Van Allen, N Wagle, IA Mayer, V Abramson, H Gόmez, M Rizzo, W Toy, S Chandarlapaty, EL Mayer, J Christiansen, D Murphy, K Fitzgerald, K Wang, JS Ross, VA Miller, PJ Stephens, R Yelensky, L Garraway, Y Shyr, I Meszoely, JM Balko, CL Arteaga
GE Umpierrez, D Smiley, K Hermayer, A Khan, DE Olson, C Newton, S Jacobs, M Rizzo, L Peng, D Reyes, I Pinzon, ME Fereira, V Hunt, A Gore, MT Toyoshima, VA Fonseca
M Rizzo, MJ Lund, G Oprea, M Schniederjan, WC Wood, M Mosunjac
04/01/2008
Awards
Atlanta's Top Doctors, Atlanta Magazine, 2016, 2017, 2018
Ratings & Reviews
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