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Elliot Rinzler, M.D.

Elliot Rinzler, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Radiology

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  • Biography

    Elliot Sean Rinzler, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Pediatric Radiology Division.

    Dr. Rinzler holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. After graduating, he served as a research assistant at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and then earned his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Upon completing his internship at Tufts University in Boston, he became a flight surgeon in the Air Force, and was stationed at Kadena Air Force Base in Japan. After three years, he was promoted to Flight Commander and Deputy Chief of Aerospace Medicine, and was stationed at Travis Air Force Base in California. He then completed radiology residency training at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Rinzler received advanced training through fellowship programs in pediatric radiology at Seattle Children's Hospital in Washington, and in interventional radiology at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.

    He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2019 and continues to serve in the Air Force Reserves at the rank of lieutenant colonel.

    Dr. Rinzler is a member of multiple national and international professional organizations, including the American College of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America, the Society of Pediatric Radiology, the Society for Pediatric Interventional Radiology, and the Society of Interventional Radiology.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Jefferson Medical College of Thomas (2006)
    Internship
    Tufts Medical Center (2007), Transitional Year
    Residency
    Eastern Virginia Medical School (2017), Diagnostic Radiology
    Fellowship
    University of Washington Seattle Children's Hospital (2018), Pediatric Radiology
    Fellowship
    University of Cincinnati Medical Center (2019), Vascular & Interventional Radiology
  • Publications
    Changes in body mass index following venous thromboembolism in children: a prospective cohort study
    Dang MP, Hanna M, Yang ZT, Malone K, Rinzler ES, Zhang S, Zia A Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2025 Mar 9
    Bringing PERT to Pediatrics: Initial Experience and Outcomes of a Pediatric Multidisciplinary Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT)
    Dang MP, Cheng A, Garcia J, Lee Y, Parikh M, McMichael AB, Han BL, Pimpalwar S, Rinzler ES, Hoffman OL, Baltagi SA, Bowens C, Divekar AA, Davis Volk AP, Huang CJ, Veeram Reddy SR, Arar Y, Zia A CHEST 2025 Mar 167 851-862
    Bringing PERT to Pediatrics: Initial Experience and Outcomes of a Pediatric Multidisciplinary Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT)
    Dang MP, Cheng A, Garcia J, Lee Y, Parikh M, McMichael AB, Han BL, Pimpalwar S, Rinzler E, Hoffman O, Baltagi S, Bowens CD, Divekar A, Volk AP, Huang CJ, Veeram Reddy SR, Arar Y, Zia AN Chest 2024 Oct
    Updated guidance for efficacy and safety outcomes for clinical trials in venous thromboembolism in children: communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Pediatric and Neonatal Thrombosis and Hemostasis
    Whitworth H, Amankwah EK, Betensky M, Castellucci LA, Cuker A, Goldenberg NA, Male C, Rinzler E, Zia A, Raffini L Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2023 Jun 21 1666-1673
    Microwave ablation of osteoid osteoma: initial experience and efficacy
    Rinzler ES, Shivaram GM, Shaw DW, Monroe EJ, Koo KS Pediatric Radiology 2019 Apr 49 566-570
    Aneurysmal dilation of bowel mimicking an abscess in pediatric primary gastrointestinal lymphoma
    Rinzler ES, Phillips GS Radiology Case Reports 2019 Jan 14 52-54
    Seeding of a high-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma of the bladder along a nephroureterostomy tract
    Gemender M, Rinzler E, Werder G, Trace AP Radiology Case Reports 2017 Sep 12 542-545
    What Radiologists Can Learn From Fighter Pilots
    Rinzler E Journal of the American College of Radiology 2017 May 14 693-696
    Contrasting Electronic Health Records from Two Different Hospital Systems: Radiologists’ Perspective
    Rinzler E, Shaves S Journal of the American College of Radiology 2016 Aug 13 960-963
    Occupational Medical Imaging of Extremity and Spine Disorders in U.S. Air Force Aircrew and Aircraft Maintenance Workers
    Buse G, Jesinger R, Rinzler E, Bleazard E, Edmonds L, Southam S, Goldhagen M American Journal of Roentgenology 2012 198 E407
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American College of Radiology
    • Radiological Society of North America
    • Society of Interventional Radiology
    • Society of Pediatric Interventional Radiology
    • Society of Pediatric Radiology