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Rachel Wellner, MD, MPH, FACS

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Dr. Rachel Wellner is a board-certified general surgeon and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, most recently the Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Montefiore-Einstein Center for Cancer Care. She has served as a senior staff member at Hackensack University Medical Center, The Mount Sinai Hospital, and Beth Israel Medical Center. She has also been Director of Breast Services at NYEE/Continuum Cancer Center, Pascack Valley Hospital, and Palisades General Hospital.

Dr. Wellner graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College, earned her Medical Degree from the University of Connecticut and her Master’s Degree in Public Health from Columbia University. She pursued her surgical training at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine and worked to establish a clinical rotation in an underserved region of The Dominican Republic.

She completed a Society of Surgical Oncology-accredited breast oncology fellowship at The John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, California.

Dr. Wellner has been featured as a guest expert on several local and national news networks, including WPIX 11, Fox and Friends, and CNN.

 

Professional Highlights

  • Attending Breast Surgeon, Assistant Clinical Professor, Montefiore Medical Center– Senior-most breast surgeon on faculty, charged with re-building The Montefiore- Einstein Center for Cancer Care
  • Attending Breast Surgeon and Chief of Oncoplastic Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center
  • Chief of Breast Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley
  • Director of Breast Services, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

 

Medical Accreditation

  • Board-Certified by the American Board of Surgery

 

Professional Memberships

  • The American Society of Breast Surgeons
  • The Society of Surgical Oncology
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • The New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer Group
  • American Society of Breast Diseases

 

Honors

  • Founders’ Award, Latina SHARE Cancer Support: Breast and Ovarian Cancer Charity
  • AVON Walk For the Cure, Medical Director
  • The Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Surgery, Teaching Resident
  • The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching, The Mount Sinai School Of Medicine
  • The University of Connecticut Health Center Auxiliary Award in recognition of clinical and academic excellence
  • Hinz Family Scholarship, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
  • Magna Cum Laude Society, Dartmouth College.
  • Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, Dartmouth College
  • Golden Key National Honor Society, Dartmouth College
  • Rufus Choate Scholar, Dartmouth College
  • Tucker Foundation Research Fellowship, Dartmouth College
  • Dickey Endowment Research Fellowship, Dartmouth College
  • Rotary International Internship, Rotary Club International
  • The Milton Sims Kramer Book Prize, Dartmouth College

 

Publications and Presentations

  • Rachel Wellner; Oncoplastic Surgery. Chapter in Breast Reconstruction: Current Perspectives and State of the Art Techniques. Ed. Spiegel, 2013.
  • Jay Orringer, MD, Rachel B. Wellner, MD MPH, Maureen A. Chung, MD Ph.D., Armando Giuliano, MD: Algorithm for mastectomy incision selection: Plast Reconstr Surg (submitted).
  • Rachel Wellner, MD, MPH, FACS; Lester Silver, MD, FACS; Celia M. Divino, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York.
  • How to Establish an Overseas Surgical Rotation: Lessons from the Mount Sinai Experience. American College of Surgeons: Division of Education, March 2012.
  • RB Wellner, I Zairis, F. Wolodiger, NP Nagarsheth. Boerhaave’s Syndrome Secondary to a Giant Benign Mucinous Cystadenoma of the Ovary. In Press, Jo Gyn & Obstetrics.
  • RB Wellner, C Biggs, S Arora, D Telem, Y Tammaro, A Lambert. A Prospective Evaluation Of The Nipple-Areolar Complex After Mastectomy. Poster presentation, The Miami Breast Conference, 2008.
  • RB Wellner, J Dave, U Kim, T Menes. Altered lymphatic drainage after breast conserving surgery and axillary node dissection: Local recurrence with contralateral intramammary nodal metastases. Clinical Breast Cancer, 2007.
  • D Silverberg, CM Divino, L Silver, RB Wellner, ML Marin. Establishing an International Training Program for Surgical Residents. The Journal of Surgical Education, May 2007.
  • D Silverberg, CM Divino, L Silver, RB Wellner, ML Marin. Dept. of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Presented at APDS Surgical Education Week, March 2006.
  • Surgical Management of Breast Cancer: Myths and Facts. Speaker, BOLD (Bronx Oncology Living Daily), 2016.
  • Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Speaker, The New York Roentgen Society.
  • Oncoplastic Surgery. Speaker, Grand Rounds, Montefiore Medical Center.
  • Screening, Diagnosis, Primary Therapy, Oncoplastic Surgery. Speaker, White Plains Hospital CME Activity.
  • Oncoplastic Surgery. Speaker, Grand Rounds, Hackensack University Department of Medicine.
  • Oncoplastic Surgery. Speaker, Grand Rounds, Palisades Medical Center Department of Surgery.

 

Media Appearances

  • Featured doctor Assessing the Risks; Stage 0 Breast Cancer Non-invasive, Fox and Friends
  • Featured doctor On the Fence: The Pros and Cons of Breast Screening, Cure Magazine
  • Organized the 8th annual Dr. Edward S. Greenwald Breast and Cervical Screening Event, sponsored by The Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, co-sponsored by Time Warner, Inc., and Four Billion Strong, Inc.
  • Featured doctor PIX11 Cares: Breast Cancer Awareness Month Special, WPIX11
  • Featured doctor Hometown with Dr. Rachel Wellner, WMBC
  • Featured doctor PIX11 Cares: Breast Cancer Awareness Month Special, WPIX11
  • Featured doctor BRCA Gene, WPIX11
  • Featured doctor How a New Blood Test Can Predict Cancer’s Return, Fox and Friends
  • Featured doctor The Empowered Patient, CNN
  • Featured doctor Sirius Satellite Radio
  • Featured doctor The Komen Foundation’s Race For the Cure, CBS2 NY Komen Special
  • Featured doctor Breast Oncology and Reconstruction, ABC Radio

 

Education

  • Bachelors of the Arts in Spanish Literature, cum laude, Dartmouth College
  • Doctor of Medicine, The University of Connecticut School of Medicine
  • Masters of Public Health, The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
  • Internship in General Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City
  • Residency in General Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City
  • Fellowship in Breast Surgery, The John Wayne Cancer Institute
Last modified on: 09-06-2022
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