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December 9, 2019

Medical oncologist Tina Rizack, MD, joins Saint Anne’s Hospital medical staff

Fall River, Mass. Tina Rizack, MD, MPH, FNCBC, a specialist in medical oncology, has joined the Saint Anne’s Hospital medical staff.

A member of Steward Medical Group who practices at Saint Anne’s Hospital Regional Cancer Center in Fall River, Dr. Rizack is a graduate of Emory University’s School of Public Health and School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. She completed an internship in obstetrics and gynecology and residency in internal medicine at the University of Chicago and a fellowship in hematology and oncology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is board certified in internal medicine, oncology, and hematology.Dr. Tina Rizack, medical oncologist

Prior to coming to Saint Anne’s, Dr. Rizack held roles in hospital medicine before becoming a hematologist/oncologist. She was director of medical gynecological oncology at Women and Infants Hospital, Providence; and most recently, medical oncology and hematology at South County Hospital, Wakefield, RI, where she also was director of the breast health program.

Currently a clinical associate professor of medicine and obstetrics/gynecology at Brown, Dr. Rizack is the author of numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, books and book chapters, and abstracts. She sits on numerous committees at Brown’s Alpert Medical School, including the Medical Faculty Executive Committee, Admissions Committee, and serves as a doctoring mentor for Brown medical students.

A fellow of the National Consortium of Breast Centers, Dr. Rizack’s special clinical interests are women’s cancers, including breast and gynecological cancers, plus hematology and oncology issues in pregnancy.

Consultations with Dr. Rizack are available by calling 508-235-5226.

About Saint Anne’s Hospital

Founded by the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation in 1906, Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Massachusetts, is a full-service, acute care Catholic hospital with 211 beds and satellite locations in Dartmouth, Attleboro, Swansea, New Bedford, and Stoughton, Massachusetts. A member of Steward Health Care, Saint Anne’s provides nationally recognized patient- and family-centered inpatient care and outpatient clinical services to patients from surrounding Massachusetts and Rhode Island communities. Saint Anne’s key services include the Center for Orthopedic Excellence; bariatric surgery; multiple robotic-assisted surgical capabilities, including orthopedic surgery, spine surgery, and general surgery; Saint Anne’s Hospital Regional Cancer Center; two ambulatory surgery centers; the Center for Pain Management; and inpatient geriatric psychiatry services. Saint Anne’s has continued to earn The Leapfrog Group’s “Straight A’s” for patient safety since 2012 and the “Top Hospital” award for 2017 and 2018.

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