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.

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 0tolaryngology–head and neck surgery at Johns Hopkins Medical School followed by a fellowship in advanced head and neck oncologic and reconstructive surgery at the Mayo Clinic.