Renda S. Wiener, MD, MPH
Professor, Medicine
Biography
I am a pulmonary and critical care physician, health services researcher, and implementation scientist. My research focuses on implementation of lung cancer screening, with a goal of improving patient-centeredness, quality, and access. I also seek to improve patient-centeredness of care more generally by promoting high-quality communication and shared decision-making between patients and clinicians, and to de-implement low-value, potentially harmful practices. I have received grant funding from the NIH, VA HSR&D, VA QUERI, Department of Defense, PCORI, and several foundations to study these issues, and have co-chaired or participated in several clinical practice guidelines and policy statements to improve the quality, value, and patient-centeredness of lung cancer screening and pulmonary nodule evaluation.
Other Positions
- Member, Pulmonary Center, Boston University
- Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University
- Boston Medical Center
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Websites
Education
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD
- Dartmouth College, MPH
- Harvard College, AB
Publications
- Published on 2/11/2025
Gillmeyer KR, Rinne ST, Rucci JM, Klings ES, Elwy AR, Wiener RS. Factors Associated with Referral to Expert Providers among Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Feb 11. PMID: 39932507.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/17/2025
Sullivan DR, Golden SE, Schweiger L, Melzer AC, Datta S, Davis JM, Wiener RS, Slatore CG. Associations of Concordant and Shared Lung Cancer Screening Decision Making with Decisional Conflict: A Multi-Institution Cross-Sectional Analysis. MDM Policy Pract. 2025; 10(1):23814683241309945. PMID: 39839686.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/22/2024
Boudreau JH, Bolton RE, Núñez ER, Caverly TJ, Kearney L, Sliwinski S, Herbst AN, Slatore CG, Wiener RS. Veterans' Lung Cancer Risk Conceptualizations versus Lung Cancer Screening Shared Decision-Making Conversations with Clinicians: A Qualitative Study. Med Decis Making. 2025 Jan; 45(1):86-96. PMID: 39575828.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/7/2024
Bolton RE, Núñez ER, Boudreau J, Kearney LM, Ryan SK, Herbst A, Slatore C, Wiener RS. "We don't get that information right back to us unless it's a full-blown cancer": Challenges coordinating lung cancer screening across healthcare systems. Health Serv Res. 2025 Feb; 60(1):e14384. PMID: 39375035.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/30/2024
Barta JA, Farjah F, Thomson CC, Dyer DS, Wiener RS, Slatore CG, Smith-Bindman R, Rosenthal LS, Silvestri GA, Smith RA, Gould MK. The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Optimizing strategies for lung nodule evaluation and management. Cancer. 2024 Dec 15; 130(24):4177-4187. PMID: 39347601.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/20/2024
Fathi JT, Barry AM, Greenberg GM, Henschke CI, Kazerooni EA, Kim JJ, Mazzone PJ, Mulshine JL, Pyenson BS, Shockney LD, Smith RA, Wiener RS, White CS, Thomson CC. The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Implementation of high-quality lung cancer screening. Cancer. 2024 Dec 01; 130(23):3961-3972. PMID: 39302235.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/20/2024
Volk RJ, Myers RE, Arenberg D, Caverly TJ, Hoffman RM, Katki HA, Mazzone PJ, Moulton BW, Reuland DS, Tanner NT, Smith RA, Wiener RS. The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Current challenges and future directions for shared decision making for lung cancer screening. Cancer. 2024 Dec 01; 130(23):3996-4011. PMID: 39302231.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/20/2024
Kearney LE, Belancourt P, Katki HA, Tanner NT, Wiener RS, Robbins HA, Landy R, Caverly TJ. The Development and Performance of Alternative Criteria for Lung Cancer Screening. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Sep; 177(9):1222-1232. PMID: 39159457.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/10/2024
Slatore CG, Golden SE, Schweiger L, Ilea I, Sullivan DR, Rice SPM, Wiener RS, Datta S, Davis JM, Melzer AC. Longitudinal Assessment of Communication With Patient-Reported Outcomes During Lung Cancer Screening. Chest. 2025 Mar; 167(3):876-891. PMID: 39134143.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/22/2024
Flores A, Wiener RS, Hon S, Wakeman C, Howard J, Virani N, Mattus B, Foreman AG, Singh J, Rosen L, Bulekova K, Kathuria H. Sustainability of an Opt-Out Electronic-Health Record-Based Tobacco Treatment Consult Service at a Large Safety-Net Hospital: A 6-Year Analysis. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Jul 22; 26(8):1081-1088. PMID: 38320328.
Read at: PubMed
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