Monica Rizzo, MD, FACS

Outcomes of the same-day discharge following mastectomy before, during and after COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal of surgical oncology

DNA Methylation Markers for Breast Cancer Detection in the Developing World.

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Single incision for oncologic breast conserving surgery and sentinel node biopsy in early stage breast cancer: A minimally invasive approach.

The breast journal

Morbidity and Outcomes Following Axillary Lymphadenectomy for Melanoma: Weighing the Risk of Surgery in the Era of MSLT-II.

Annals of surgical oncology

Ipilimumab and Stereotactic Radiosurgery Versus Stereotactic Radiosurgery Alone for Newly Diagnosed Melanoma Brain Metastases.

American journal of clinical oncology

A Minimally Invasive Approach for Inguinal Lymphadenectomy in Melanoma and Genitourinary Malignancy: Long-Term Outcomes in an Attempted Randomized Control Trial.

Annals of surgical oncology

Genomic profiling of ER⁺ breast cancers after short-term estrogen suppression reveals alterations associated with endocrine resistance.

Science translational medicine

Invasive Scalp Melanoma: Role for Enhanced Detection Through Professional Training.

Annals of surgical oncology

Excising Additional Margins at Initial Breast-Conserving Surgery (BCS) Reduces the Need for Re-excision in a Predominantly African American Population: A Report of a Randomized Prospective Study in a Public Hospital.

Annals of surgical oncology

Tanning beds: A call to action for further educational and legislative efforts.

Journal of surgical oncology

Phyllodes tumors in African American women.

American journal of surgery

Prognostic factors for overall survival after radiosurgery for brain metastases from melanoma.

American journal of clinical oncology

Enhanced down-regulation of ALCAM/CD166 in African-American Breast Cancer.

BMC cancer

Oncologic outcomes of patients undergoing videoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy for metastatic melanoma.

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Randomized study comparing a Basal-bolus with a basal plus correction insulin regimen for the hospital management of medical and surgical patients with type 2 diabetes: basal plus trial.

Diabetes care

Final results from phase II trial of neoadjuvant docetaxel and capecitabine given sequentially or concurrently for HER2-negative breast cancers.

Clinical breast cancer

Soft tissue angiofibroma: report of 2 cases of a recently described tumor.

Human pathology

Image of the month. Locally advanced breast cancer.

JAMA surgery

1 or 2 cm margins of excision for T2 melanomas: do they impact recurrence or survival?

Annals of surgical oncology

Differences in inpatient glycemic control and response to subcutaneous insulin therapy between medicine and surgery patients with type 2 diabetes.

Journal of diabetes and its complications

Feasibility of accelerated partial breast irradiation in a large inner-city public hospital.

Annals of surgical oncology

CD45/CD8 Myeloid Histioid Antigen and Plasma Cell Antibody Immune Response in a Case of Malignant Melanoma.

North American journal of medical sciences

Locoregional recurrence after mastectomy with immediate transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap reconstruction.

Annals of surgical oncology

Management of papillary breast lesions diagnosed on core-needle biopsy: clinical pathologic and radiologic analysis of 276 cases with surgical follow-up.

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

21-Gene recurrence scores: racial differences in testing, scores, treatment, and outcome.

Cancer

Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) of the breast: a series of 24 patients.

The breast journal

Time to treatment for patients receiving BCS in a public and a private university hospital in Atlanta.

The breast journal

Treatment adherence and outcome in women with inflammatory breast cancer: does race matter?

Cancer

The changing field of locoregional treatment for breast cancer.

Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.)

Initial experience with videoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy.

Annals of surgical oncology

Randomized study of basal-bolus insulin therapy in the inpatient management of patients with type 2 diabetes undergoing general surgery (RABBIT 2 surgery).

Diabetes care

Improving on national quality indicators of breast cancer care in a large public hospital as a means to decrease disparities for African American women.

Annals of surgical oncology

Reed-Sternberg cells in breast FNA of a patient with left breast mass.

Diagnostic cytopathology

Prevalence and clinical outcome of hyperglycemia in the perioperative period in noncardiac surgery.

Diabetes care

Management of breast abscesses in nonlactating women.

The American surgeon

The effects of additional tumor cavity sampling at the time of breast-conserving surgery on final margin status, volume of resection, and pathologist workload.

Annals of surgical oncology

Using National Quality Forum breast cancer indicators to measure quality of care for patients in an AVON comprehensive breast center.

The breast journal

Breast abscesses in nonlactating women with diabetes: clinical features and outcome.

The American journal of the medical sciences

Characteristics and treatment modalities for African American women diagnosed with stage III breast cancer.

Cancer

National surgical patterns of care for primary surgery and axillary staging of phyllodes tumors.

The breast journal

Effects of an outreach and internal navigation program on breast cancer diagnosis in an urban cancer center with a large African-American population.

Cancer

High prevalence of triple-negative tumors in an urban cancer center.

Cancer

Surgical follow-up and clinical presentation of 142 breast papillary lesions diagnosed by ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy.

Annals of surgical oncology

08/05/2024

Dr. Rizzo is wonderful!

06/05/2024

Perfect

03/04/2024

Dr Rizzo was on time and explained the procedure.

27/03/2024

Dr Rizzo is the Ultimate!!! Could not expect a better physician.

21/03/2024

I had a very good experience.

20/03/2024

Dr. Rizzo laid out options very clearly and was very helpful.

09/03/2024

Dr Rizzo is wonderful! She is warm, compassionate and very thorough in providing information and answering questions.

17/02/2024

Dr. Rizzo is kind, focused on patient care and patient education. Excellent bedside manner.

07/02/2024

Love DrRizzo, she is thoroughl, answers my questions and is very concerned about f/u and tx.

28/01/2024

Dr. Rizzo guided me through making an informed decision on whether to have a mastectomy or a lumpectomy for breast cancer. She also offered to set up a meeting with the radiation oncologist to discuss radiation process after a lumpectomy. She gave me her recommendation but left the final decision to me. I went with her recommendation.

04/01/2024

Dr. Rizzo is an excellent physician.

15/12/2023

Very Good no problem

11/12/2023

Dr Rizzo is the BEST

07/12/2023

Everyone on my doctors team was great!!

03/12/2023

Doctor Rizzo is a God sent she is kind and very nice and she explains you

01/12/2023

Loved Dr. Rizzo!

24/11/2023

Dr. Rizzo is great. Wonderful manner and very cheerful with her patients. She really shows she CARES.

22/11/2023

Good

01/11/2023

Dr Rizzo and her Pa were so warm and comforting answered all my questions and gave recommendations in a very calming and respectful way. The care shown was very reassuring which is what you need when you have a serious condition .

27/10/2023

Emory and Doctor, Nurses are great nice and clean.

22/10/2023

Dr Rizzo is kind and compassionate.

11/10/2023

Dr Rizzo and her resident that also came in the exam room were excellent

07/10/2023

Dr Rizzo informed me that I would be getting surgery, first all info would be compiled and looked at and appointment made with Radiology first.

06/10/2023

Dr. Rizzo is professional and caring. She is patient and listens at the patient's concerns with attention.

23/09/2023

Excellent team

06/09/2023

Dr.Rizzo is very compassionate and extremely intelligent. Glad to have you on my team.

23/08/2023

My experience with Dr Rizzo's surgery was great. No pain, no bruising, nice incision. Could not have been easier.

30/06/2023

Dr. Rizzo was vey well informed about my case and very informative about treatment. I liked her.

28/06/2023

The doctor made me feel very comfortable and confident

21/06/2023

Excellent communication skills, showed concern for me, educated me about my medical situation and listened to my concerns. Afterwards, accepted my judgements regarding what I wanted to do. Very much appreciated Dr. Rizzo.

19/06/2023

Very good

28/05/2023

Dr. Rizzo's delivery was very poor. She showed no empathy towards me or my condition. Her bedside manner was horrible. She made me feel like her decision for treatment was the best and the only RIGHT decision. I did not like or appreciate her energy. Personally she was cold and lacked compassion, I will not and cannot have a doctor with this disposition perform my surgery.

26/05/2023

Good experience.

05/04/2023

Dr. Monica Rizzo is atvthe top of her game. She listens and responds with empathy

28/03/2023

Good

20/03/2023

Disappointed. I had detailed my concerns in my chart but that information was not reviewed prior to my appointment. Information that was pertinent was not included in the medical note and one section was the exact opposite of what I described. The information that is incorrect also was detailed in my my chart question. So a quick review would have confirmed the concern and described when the issue has occurred.

15/03/2023

Dr. Read and Dr Rizzo were wonderful.

10/03/2023

Very Very Good Experience

05/03/2023

I was pleased with my visit to Dr.Rizzo.

17/02/2023

Dr. Rizzo is very professional and demonstrates compassion and concern for patient's well-being

03/02/2023

Very knowledgeable doctor as I expected. I am very grateful to get treatment at Emory.

13/01/2023

I felt dismissed, belittled, and spoken down to. She contradicted other doctors' diagnosis related to the surgery complications and recommended not following their directions. She apologized more than once for the extensive number of complications caused by the surgery.

16/11/2022

Dr. Rizzo was pleasant, professional, and she answered my questions and described my diagnosis/prognosis to aid my understanding without raising any anxiety.

15/11/2022

Very good experience. In addition, I shared Dr. Rizzo's contact information with a few of my family members and coworkers.

04/11/2022

Dr. Rizzo was incredibly empathetic while maintaining an objective conversation about all options.

12/10/2022

Good

10/10/2022

Great Listener, professional, and knowledgeable

30/09/2022

Very professional..good bedside manners

28/09/2022

Wonderful. So thankful to have been referred to Dr Rizzo

16/09/2022

Dr. Rizzo is the best!!! She is always caring and gentle. I have great confidence in her skills!

16/09/2022

My concerns were dismissed as "it just takes time to heal". I was told it could take a full 12 months. No discussion of options to alleviate pain. I was told to "stretch and lose weight". Dr clearly did not want to spend any time listening to my complaint. Yes, I was 10 mins late. I left home with twice as much time as I would need. Traffic was out of my control. I was disappointed that I was dismissed like a misbehaving child.

15/09/2022

Dr. Rizzo Is very professional and caring.

01/09/2022

Very easy to talk to!

31/08/2022

Dr. Rizzo explained the details and options about my treatment. Listened to my questions. Felt very confident with her.

26/08/2022

I experienced a very good & challenging appointment overall & look forward to the continuation.,,

10/08/2022

She was dismissive

07/08/2022

Inadequate explanation to the point at pre-op apt she described one operation then in hospital describerd a different operation more high risk with different anesthesia. As a professor she is obviously very well-respected and competent. But, I have 2 MAJOR health problems: RADS Disability & immunodeficiency with MRSA dormant in my tissues. I cannot have surgery unless my pulmonologist & infectious disease specialists have approved and given pre-op instructions. Inexcusable that should happen. She controls apt. At pre-op apt she interrogated me at great lengths about my ability to perform tasks: how did you get here? How do you get groceries? Ego fixes your meals? What help do you have? Do you drive? What help do you help at home? Contradictorily, refused to help me get appropriate accommodations for my RADS at hospital so my surgery could be safely performed without causing another RADS attack which would necessitate steroids crushing more bones.Even cut me off when I attempted ask a question. Left without even asking but 2 of my questions.

22/07/2022

I love Dr. Rizzo so much wish all my doctors made me smile!

30/06/2022

I had a very good experience.

27/06/2022

Except for how difficult the communication system is!!! Not sure others would find that something they can deal with.

12/06/2022

Very short apt. Complicated patient from ID & pulmonoary point. I will have to coordinate all.

10/06/2022

Will not concern for my surgery looking for new provider within Emory

10/06/2022

Professional

03/06/2022

Highly recommend

03/06/2022

Good

01/06/2022

Dr. Rizzo is very knowledgeable and I have every confidence in her.

18/05/2022

Dr. Fizzled answered all of my questions thoroughly. I am waiting for her practice manager to contact me with a surgery date.