Overview
Dr. Esther Rhei a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital and Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center, and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rhei received her medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She then completed a general surgery residency at State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn and a fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Rhei is board certified in surgery. Her clinical and research interests include benign breast disease, breast cancer, and decision making in breast cancer surgery. She has received numerous teaching awards from Harvard Medical School and the Department of Surgery. Dr. Rhei has been named to Marquis Who's Who in the World, America's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly, and Top Doctor in Boston Magazine since 2012.
Dr. Rhei is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Intraductal Papilloma. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Angiosarcoma, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Lymphadenectomy, and Mastectomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 11 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE SNP
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
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- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
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- EPO
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Locations
75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Rhei has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Division Of Breast Surgery
Dr. Nakhlis received her medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1996. She subsequently completed her residency in general surgery and her breast surgery fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago. She is an attending physician in the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical research interests are focused on lobular neoplasia and other premalignant and proliferative breast lesions, and inflammatory breast cancer. Dr. Nakhlis is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Intraductal Papilloma. Her top areas of expertise are Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Intraductal Papilloma, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy.
Lahey Clinic Inc
Ashling O'connor is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in Burlington, Massachusetts. Dr. O'connor is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Intraductal Papilloma. Her top areas of expertise are Intraductal Papilloma, Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Subareolar Abscess, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. O'connor is currently accepting new patients.
The General Hospital Corporation
Barbara Smith is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Smith is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Intraductal Papilloma. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Angiosarcoma, Paget Disease of the Breast, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, and Lymphadenectomy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- AngiosarcomaDr. Rhei isDistinguished. Learn about Angiosarcoma.
- Breast CancerDr. Rhei isDistinguished. Learn about Breast Cancer.
- Inflammatory Breast CancerDr. Rhei isDistinguished. Learn about Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
- Intraductal PapillomaDr. Rhei isDistinguished. Learn about Intraductal Papilloma.
- Paget Disease of the BreastDr. Rhei isDistinguished. Learn about Paget Disease of the Breast.
- Advanced
- Breast LumpDr. Rhei isAdvanced. Learn about Breast Lump.
- FibroadenomaDr. Rhei isAdvanced. Learn about Fibroadenoma.
- Giant Mammary HamartomaDr. Rhei isAdvanced. Learn about Giant Mammary Hamartoma.
- Experienced
- Breast Cancer in MenDr. Rhei isExperienced. Learn about Breast Cancer in Men.
- Breast Enlargement In MalesDr. Rhei isExperienced. Learn about Breast Enlargement In Males.
- Breast InfectionDr. Rhei isExperienced. Learn about Breast Infection.
- Fibrocystic Breast DiseaseDr. Rhei isExperienced. Learn about Fibrocystic Breast Disease.
- GalactocoeleDr. Rhei isExperienced. Learn about Galactocoele.
- LymphadenectomyDr. Rhei isExperienced. Learn about Lymphadenectomy.