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
Ito Fukunaga M, Wiener RS, Toomey S, Wagner J, Shi Q, Balakrishnan K, Nguyen A, Nguyen D, McKee MD, Bankier AA, Sadasivam RS, Crawford SL, Han PK, Houston TK, Mazor KM. Previsit Preparation for Shared Decision-Making in Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care Using a Paper Decision Aid and an Automated Text Messaging Program: Quasi-Experimental Pilot Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Sep 17; 9:e69044. PMID: 40961384.
Published on 7/28/2025Gillmeyer KR, Shusterman S, Rinne ST, Elwy AR, Wiener RS. Gaps in access to pulmonary hypertension care and opportunities for improvement: a multi-site qualitative study. BMC Pulm Med. 2025 Jul 28; 25(1):355. PMID: 40721744.
Published on 6/17/2025Barta JA, Arenberg D, Backhus L, Detterbeck F, Gould MK, Nair VS, Pasquinelli M, Powell CA, Sandler K, Silvestri G, Triplette M, Vachani A, Wiener RS, Mazzone PJ. Components Necessary for High-Quality Lung Cancer Screening: A 10-Year Update. Chest. 2025 Jun 17. PMID: 40553813.
Published on 6/8/2025Kaitz J, Barker AM, Gaj LJ, Herbst AN, Wiener RS, Clayman ML, Fix GM. When Patient-Centered Care Initiatives Align: Integrating VA Whole Health and Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening. Fed Pract. 2025 Jun; 42(6):224-228. PMID: 40832669.
Published on 6/2/2025Linsky AM, Canter BE, Glickman M, Qian S, Ryan SK, Still M, Fried TR, Wiener RS. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Goals-of-Care Conversations in Veterans Health Administration Clinics. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jun 02; 8(6):e2515980. PMID: 40522660.
Published on 6/1/2025Gillmeyer 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 Jun; 22(6):838-845. PMID: 39932507.
Published on 5/24/2025Gould MK, de Bie E, Qi L, Creekmur B, Mazzone PJ, Mularski RA, Ritzwoller DP, Slatore CG, Vachani A, Walter EC, Wiener RS, Dyer DS, McEvoy CE, Kelly K, Smith-Bindman R, Miglioretti DL. Baseline Characteristics of Participants and Pulmonary Nodules in the Watch the Spot Trial: A Pragmatic Trial of Less versus More Intensive Strategies for Active Surveillance of Patients With Small Pulmonary Nodules. Clin Lung Cancer. 2025 Sep; 26(6):e472-e482.e1. PMID: 40518364.
Published on 5/20/2025Roncarati JS, Byrne T, Kertesz SG, Elwy AR, Xu CX, Pimentel CB, Wiener RS. Lung Cancer Screening Offers and Low-Dose Computed Tomography Completion Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 May 20. PMID: 40394437.
Published on 4/28/2025Robinson 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 Jul; 45(5):522-532. 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.
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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