- Goiter
- Graves' disease
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Lymph nodes in the neck
- Parathyroid cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid nodule
- Thyroid biopsy
- Thyroidectomy
Rachel Kelz, MD
Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery Perelman 3rd Floor
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Executive Vice Chair
- Co-Director, Thyroid Disease Team
- Director, Center for Precision Resource Utilization
- Director, Center for Surgery and Health Economics
- William Maul Measey Professor in Surgery
- Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
My education and training
- Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
209 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Surgery, 2005
- American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, National
- American College of Surgeons, National
- American Surgical Association, National
- American Thyroid Association, International
- Association for Program Directors in Surgery, National
- Association of Academic Surgeons, National
- Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), Chicago, IL, National
- Halsted Society, National
- International Association of Endocrine Surgeons, International
- International Surgical Society, International
- John Morgan Society, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Philadelphia Academy of Surgeons, Fellow, Local
- Society of Clinical Surgery (Scientific Society), National
- Society of University Surgeons, National
- Southern Surgical Association, National
- Surgical Biology II Club (Scientific Society), National
- Surgical Outcomes Club (Scientific Society), National
- Penn Center for Head and Neck Cancer
- Penn Thyroid and Parathyroid Cancer Program
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2017 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Zubizarreta J, Reinke C, Kelz R, Silber J, Rosenbaum P Matching for several sparse nominal variables in a case-control study of readmission following surgery , The American Statistician (TAS), 65(4): 2011,229-238
Mills AM, Holena DN, Kallan MJ, Carr BG, Reinke CE, Kelz RR Effect of insurance status on patients admitted for acute diverticulitis , Colorectal Diseases, 15(5): 2013,613-620
Holena, DN; Hadler, R; Wirtalla, C; Carr, B; Morris, JB; Kelz, RR Teaching status: The impact on emergency and elective surgical care in the U.S. , Annals of Surgery, 253(5): 2011,1017-1023
Mittal MK, Morris JB, Kelz RR Germ simulation: A novel approach for raising medical students awareness toward asepsis , Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 6(2): 2011,65-70
Silber JH, Rosenbaum PR, Kelz RR, Reinke CE, Neuman MD, Ross RN, Even-Shoshan O, David G, Saynisch PA, Kyle FA, Bratzler DW, Fleisher LA Medical and financial risks associated with surgery in the elderly obese , Annals of Surgery, 256(1): 2012,79-86
Reinke CE, Hadler RA, Karakousis GC, Fraker DL, Kelz RR Does the presence of thyroid cancer increase the risk of venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing thyroidectomy? , Surgery, 150(6): 2011,1275-1285
Reinke CE, Drebin J, Kreider S, Kean C, Resnick A, Raper S, Kelz RR Timing of pre-operative pharmacoprophylaxis for pancreatic surgery patients: A venous thromboembolism reduction initiative , Annals of Surgical Oncology, 19(1): 2012,19-25
Holena D, Mills A, Carr B, Wirtalla C, Sarani, B, Kim P, Braslow B, Kelz RR Transfer status: A risk factor for mortality in patients with necrotizing fasciitis , Surgery, 150(3): 2011,363-370
Shah PK, Shah KK, Karakousis GC, Reinke CE, Kelz RR, Fraker DL Regional recurrence after lymphadenectomy for clinically evident lymph node metastases from papillary thyroid cancer: A cohort study , Annals of Surgical Oncology, 19(5): 2012,1453-1459