Monica Rizzo, M.D.

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.

Characteristics and treatment modalities for African American women diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer. Cancer 2009, 115(13): 3009-15.

National surgical patterns of care for primary surgery and axillary staging of phylloides tumor. Breast J 2009, 15(1): 41-4.

Management of Breast Abscesses in Non-Lactating Women. Am Surg 2010, 76(3):292-5.

The effects of additional tumor cavity sampling at the time of breast conserving surgery on final margin status, volume of resection, and Pathologist workload. Ann Surg Oncol 2010, 17 (1):228-34.

Improving on National Quality Indicators of Breast Cancer Care in a large public hospital as a means to decrease disparities for African American (AA) women. Ann Surg Oncol 2011, 18(1):34-9.