Yale School of Medicine
Education - Medical Education (small parent)
Physician Associate Program

Physician Associate Program
Harkness Office Building
Second Floor
367 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510-3222
Tel: 203.785.2860
Fax: 203.785.3601
pa.program@yale.edu

Rita Rienzo, MMsc., PA-C

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

Rienzo, Rita

Academic and
Professional Highlights

  • Develop and assess the clinical curriculum
  • Maintain accreditation standards for clinical curriculum
  • Lecture in surgery and emergency medicine topics
  • Academic advisement of students
  • Clinical practice with the Department of Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital

Research Interests

  • Post graduate residency programs
  • Developing clinical skills in PA students
  • Diversity in the PA Profession

Courses taught, committee participation and professional activities

  • Course Director, Call Back Series
  • Course Director, Introduction to Surgery
  • Instructor, Physical exam skills for PA students
  • Member, Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee (EPCC)
  • Member, Yale PA Program Admissions Committee
  • Member, Self Assessment Committee
  • Member, Progress Committee
  • Member, SCM User Testing Group, Yale New Haven Hospital

Presentations and Publications

Coauthor, Chapter 10, Acute Abdominal Pain, Clinicians Guide to Surgical Care, Mc-Graw Hill, 2008.
Bacterial Nosocomial Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit. Surgical Physician Assistant. 5(1)1999; 26-35.
"Factors Influencing Graduate Physician Assistants in Their Decision to Pursue Postgraduate Residencies," Faculty Presentation, Physician Assistant Educators' Association Annual Conference, November, 2008.
"Using a Small Animal Lab to Develop Clinical Skills," Poster Presentation, American Academy of Physician Assistants Annual Conference, San Diego, 2009.
"Factors Influencing Graduate Physician Assistants in Their Decision to Pursue Postgraduate Residencies," Poster Presentation, American Academy of Physician Assistants Annual Conference, San Diego, 2009.
 

Contact

Office

(203) 785-2860

Email

rita.rienzo@yale.edu

Education

  • Surgical Residency, Yale-Norwalk Post Graduate Residency, 1998
  • MMSc, Emory University School of Medicine PA, 1994
  • BS Biology, Fordham University, 1980

Awards

  • 2007, PAEA Research Institute Grant
    Factors Influencing Graduate Physician Assistants in Their Decision to Pursue Postgraduate Residencies
  • 1999, Frank J. Scallon Medical Science Foundation Medical Writing Award
  • 1998, Astra Zeneca Surgical Writing Competition, First Prize