Rebecca L. Glaser M.D., FACS
Curriculum Vitae

B.A. Chemistry, University of Dayton, 1979
Medical School , University of Cincinnati, 1983
Surgery Residency, Wright State University, 1988
Board Certified, General Surgery 1988
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, 1989
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Wright State University

Recent Published Articles

Annals of Surgery, Vol. 231, No. 5, May 2000
“Preoperative Lymphoscintigraphy for Breast Cancer does not Improve the Ability to Identify
Axillary Sentinel Lymph Nodes”

Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 18, No. 13, July 2000: pp. 2560-2566
“Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer: A Suitable Alternative to Routine Axillary
Dissection in Multi-Institutional Practice when Optimal Technique is used”

Annals of Surgery, Vol. 233, No. 4, May 2001
“Dermal Injection of Radioactive Colloid Is Superior to Peritumoral Injection for Breast Cancer
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Results of a Multi-institutional Study”

Annals of Surgery, Vol. 234, No.3, September 2001
“Defining the Optimal Surgeon Experience for Breast Cancer Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy:
A Model for Implementation of New Surgical Techniques”

The American Surgeon, Vol. 67, No. 6, June 2001
“Accuracy of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Patients with T2 and T3 Breast Cancers”

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Proceedings of the 41 st Annual Meeting No.571
“FDG Pet in Breast Cancer” Scientific Papers

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting No.573
“Correlation of FDG PET and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients with Breast Cancer” Scientific Papers Vol. 41, No. 5, May 2000

Dr. Rebecca Glaser retired from surgery, April of 2004, and is currently involved with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and its impact on healthcare. She has evaluated and treated over two thousand breast cancer patients and over fifteen hundred patients with hormone imbalances. She continues to treat patients and lectures on ‘Bioidentical Hormone Balance and Health’ and evidence based anti-aging therapies. She established the website, http://www.hormonebalance.org/ as a nonprofit, educational website for patients and health care providers (March 2005).

Dr Glaser is working on several research projects (with ZRT laboratory) dealing with hormone levels in breast cancer patients, familial breast cancer, and the measurement and absorption of hormones.