Renda S. Wiener MD, MPH
Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 638-4860rwiener@bu.edu
Sections
Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Centers
Pulmonary Center
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
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
Education
Medicine-Internal, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Health Policy Management, MPH, Dartmouth College
Anthropology, AB, Harvard College
Publications
Robinson SA, Barker AM, Fix GM, Clayman ML, Herbst AN, White JC, Wiener RS. Linking Patient Perceptions of Shared Decision Making to Satisfaction in Lung Cancer Screening Decisions. Med Decis Making. 2025 Apr 28; 272989X251333451. PMID: 40292863.
Published on 3/23/2025Barker AM, Wiener RS, Reisman J, Kearney L, Dones M, Fix GM. Black US military veterans respond favourably to a booklet using narratives to normalise shared decision-making. Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2025 Jun; 9:100606. PMID: 40230583.
Published on 2/11/2025Gillmeyer 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.
Published on 1/17/2025Sullivan 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.
Published on 11/22/2024Boudreau 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.
Published on 10/7/2024Bolton 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.
Published on 9/30/2024Barta 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.
Published on 9/20/2024Fathi 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.
Published on 9/20/2024Volk 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.
Published on 8/20/2024Kearney 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.
Media Mentions
Published on 2/8/2023
Risk-based lung cancer screening more cost-effective than USPSTF strategy, study finds
Published on 2/7/2023
Risk Model-Based Lung Cancer Screening More Cost-Effective Than USPSTF Recs
Published on 9/23/2021
MED’s Biology of the Lung Funded through Its 50th—Yes, 50th—Year
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