Biography

Stephanie Rieder, MD, received her medical degree from the University Of Illinois College Of Medicine. She completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern McGaw Medical Center. Dr. Rieder completed her Gynecologic Oncology fellowship at the University of New Mexico in 2023. Dr. Rieder also has a Ph.D. in Sociology. Her research interests include exploring socioeconomic and racial disparities in cervical cancer treatment and intrapersonal dynamics that influence end-of-life care decisions for women with advanced gynecologic cancers. In her free time, she enjoys running, outdoor enthusiast, and is an avid vegetable gardener.

Areas of Specialty

Qualitative research
Health disparities
Mixed methods research
Clinical trials
Gynecologic oncology

Achievements & Awards

NRG-Oncology Health Equity Fellow (2023-2025)

Gender

Female

Languages

  • Spanish
  • German

Research and Scholarship

Rieder SM, Burgess E, Rutledge T, Sussman A, Boyce T, Pankratz VS, Kano M. Critical decisions: A mixed-methods study of decision-making among diverse gynecologic cancer patients considering therapeutic clinical trial enrollment. Gynecol Oncol. 2024 Jan 31;184:103-110. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2024.01.031. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38301308.

Jaffe SA, Kano M, Rieder S, Gundelach A, Boyce T, Rutledge T, Dayao Z, Sussman A. (2023) “Care Needs to be Integrated” Patient and provider perspectives on a cancer shared-care model. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-023-01486-y.

Kano M, Jaffe SA, Rieder S, Kosich M, Guest DD, Burgess E, Hurwitz A, Pankratz VS, Rutledge TL, Dayao Z and Myaskovsky L. (2022) Improving Sexual and Gender Minority Cancer Care: Patient and Caregiver Perspectives from a Multi-Methods Pilot Study. Frontiers in Oncology. 12:833195. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.833195

Alexander A, Strohl AE, Rieder S, Holl, J, Barber E. Examining Disparities in Route of Surgery and Postoperative Complications in Black Race and Hysterectomy. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2019; 133(1):6-12.

Rieder S. Tinkering toward departure: The limits of improvisation in rural Ethiopian biomedical practices. Social Science and Medicine. 2017; 179: 1-8.