She is a family physician certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine and the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine and did her graduate work in the area of pain physiology. She works clinically as a consultant in chronic pain and addiction rehabilitation at OrionHealth (Vancouver Pain Clinic), and at The Orchard Recovery Centre. Dr. Rieb is a NIDA sponsored Canadian Addiction Medicine Research Fellow. And she is also the recipient of a UBC Faculty of Medicine Post Graduate Teaching Award.