Elizabeth Rieth, MD

About Me

I am a board-certified anesthesiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. My areas of expertise include providing anesthesia care to people with head and neck cancers. As a member of our Lactation Task Force, I also support women who are breastfeeding around the time of surgery or a procedure.

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  • Clinical Expertise: Adult and Pediatric Anesthesia; Anesthesia for Head and Neck Cancer Surgery; Perioperative Lactation; Perioperative Cancer Care
  • Languages Spoken: English
  • Education: MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Residencies: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Board Certifications: Anesthesiology

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Publications

Perioperative Care of the Breastfeeding Patient. Simon JA, Carabetta M, Rieth EF, Barnett KM. AORN J. 2018 Apr;107(4):465-474.

Implementation and Organization of a Perioperative Lactation Program: A Descriptive Study. Rieth EF, Barnett KM, Simon JA. Breastfeed Med. 2017 Dec 22. Epub ahead of print. 

Bilateral Otorrhagia after Robotically Assisted Gynecologic Surgery in the Setting of a Reduced Trendelenburg Position and Low-Pressure Pneumoperitoneum: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Aloisi, A, Pesce JE, Paraghamian SE, Chi DS, Rieth EF. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2017 Apr. Epub ahead of print.

Comparison of two 3.5 inch hustead needles. Gadalla F, Rieth EF, Abramovitz SE. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2007 Nov-Dec;32(6):540-1.

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Caudal anesthesia in pediatric cardiac surgery: does it affect outcome? Leyvi G, Taylor DG, Reith E, Stock A, Crooke G, Wasnick JD. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2005 Dec;19(6):734-8.

Utility of ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation in pediatric surgical patients: a clinical series. Leyvi G, Taylor DG, Reith E, Wasnick JD. Paediatr Anaesth. 2005 Nov;15(11):953-8.

Multiple signaling pathways converge on the Cbfa1/Runx2 transcription factor to regulate osteoblast differentiation. Franceschi RT, Xiao G, Jiang D, Gopalakrishnan R, Yang S, Reith E. Connect Tissue Res. 2003;44 Suppl 1:109-16. Review.

Bone morphogenetic proteins, extracellular matrix, and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways are required for osteoblast-specific gene expression and differentiation in MC3T3-E1 cells. Xiao G, Gopalakrishnan R, Jiang D, Reith E, Benson MD, Franceschi RT. J Bone Miner Res. 2002 Jan;17(1):101-10.

Clinical Trials

As home to one of the world’s top cancer research centers, Memorial Sloan Kettering is typically involved in more than 900 clinical trials at a given time. Currently, clinical trials focused on the conditions I treat are enrolling new patients. If you’re interested in joining a clinical trial, click to learn about the trial’s purpose, eligibility criteria, and how to get more information.

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Insurance

Most major health insurers offer plans that include MSK as one of their in-network providers. If MSK is in-network, it means all our doctors are too. Medicaid and New York State Medicare also provide benefits for care at MSK.

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