Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Breast Surgery
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA  02115
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Breast Oncology Program
450 Brookline Avenue
Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers
Boston, MA  02115
About Esther Rhei, MD
Gender
Female
Leadership Title
Medical Director, BWH Comprehensive Breast Health Center
Specialties
Breast Surgery
Clinical Interests
benign breast disease
breast cancer
breast cancer surgery
breast conservation surgery
breast diseases (non-cancer)
clinical trials
mastectomy with immediate reconstruction
multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer
neoadjuvant therapy
nipple sparing mastectomy
radioactive seed-guided biopsy and lumpectomy
sentinel lymph node biopsy
skin-sparing mastectomy
surgical oncology
Bio

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.

Education

Internship
State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 1990 - 1995
Medical School
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1986 - 1990
Board Certifications
Surgery, 1996
Fellowship
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1996 - 1998

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Awards

Boston Magazine Top Doctor, 2022
Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors, 2022
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