Dr. Eleni M. Rettig

Dr. Eleni Rettig is a head and neck surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School. She specializes in the surgical treatment of head and neck cancers, salivary gland tumors, cutaneous malignancies, and thyroid and parathyroid tumors; transoral robotic surgery for oropharynx cancers; and microvascular reconstruction of the head and neck. As part of the Dana-Farber Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Center, she works within a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive cancer care. Dr. Rettig’s research interests include human papillomavirus-positive oropharynx cancer, head and neck cancer epidemiology, and health-related quality of life among head and neck cancer patients.Dr. Rettig is a graduate of Yale University and received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. She completed residency training in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins followed by a fellowship in Advanced Head and Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Rettig is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC). Her top areas of expertise are Human Papillomavirus Infection, Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC), Mikulicz Disease, Osteotomy, and Gastrostomy.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 73 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 18 articles in the study of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC).