Renda S. Wiener, MD, MPH
Professor, Medicine
Biography
I am a pulmonary and critical care physician, health services researcher, and implementation scientist. The goal of my research is to improve how patients, families, and doctors understand, discuss, and make decisions about medical care. Based on my clinical work, I understand why doctors are eager for new strategies to improve patient outcomes. However, we have a tendency to adopt strategies when there is still limited knowledge of the benefits or possible harms. It is essential that we understand these effects before exposing our patients to the iatrogenic harms that may result from overly aggressive management.
My research has focused on two core areas:
1) Identifying and de-implementing low-value care in pulmonary and critical care medicine,
2) Defining and implementing patient-centered strategies to optimize the ratio of benefits to harms in lung cancer screening and evaluation of potentially malignant pulmonary nodules.
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 care.
Other Positions
- Member, Pulmonary Center, Boston University
- Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University
- Boston Medical Center
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Education
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD
- Dartmouth College, MPH
- Harvard College, AB
Publications
- 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. 2024 Oct 07. 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, Greenburg 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 Sep 20. 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 Sep 20. 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. 2024 Aug 10. 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 - Published on 7/1/2024
Caverly TJ, Wiener RS, Kumbier K, Lowery J, Fagerlin A. Prediction-Augmented Shared Decision-Making and Lung Cancer Screening Uptake. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 01; 7(7):e2419624. PMID: 38949809.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/7/2024
Fix GM, Kaitz J, Herbst AN, Wiener RS, Crocker D, Miano D, Barker AM. Practical Strategies for Co-design: The Case of Engaging Patients in Developing Patient-Facing Shared-Decision Making Materials for Lung Cancer Screening. J Patient Exp. 2024; 11:23743735241252247. PMID: 38855653.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2024
Lui JK, Sangani RA, Gillmeyer KR, Vakhshoorzadeh J, Trojanowski MA, Bujor AM, Gopal DM, Wiener RS, LaValley MP, Klings ES. Correction to: Hemodynamic Response to Oral Vasodilator Therapy in Systemic Sclerosis-Related Pulmonary Hypertension. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2024 Jun; 38(3):657. PMID: 36662449.
Read at: PubMed
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