Medicine Grand Rounds 6/13/2025: “Lung Cancer Screening Beyond Clinical Trials: Examining delivery, quality, and outcomes in the general population” M. Patricia Rivera, MD

Dr. Rivera is a Professor of Medicine and Oncology and the C. Jane Davis & C. Robert Davis Distinguished Professor in Pulmonary Medicine, Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and an Associate Director at Wilmot Cancer Center in the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York. Her clinical expertise includes screening, diagnosing, and staging lung cancer and managing treatment complications. Through NIH/NCI-funded research, she studies the delivery, quality, and outcomes of lung cancer screening and examines interventions that can improve lung cancer screening rates. Throughout her career, Dr. Rivera has held numerous leadership positions in professional societies, including President of the American Thoracic Society from 2023 to 2024. Dr. Rivera is passionate about research, teaching, mentoring, and developing the next generation of pulmonary and critical care medicine leaders.