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. Much of 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, 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 from professional societies and the Veterans Health Administration 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, Shusterman S, Barker AM, Fix GM, Wiener RS. Patient Perceptions of Quality of Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening in Telehealth vs In-Person Discussions. Chest. 2026 Apr 21. PMID: 42025999.
Published on 4/15/2026Kearney LE, Wiener RS, Barker AM, Hunleth JM, Murray GF, Fix GM. Aligning precision oncology with person-centeredness: A call for a new definition. Cancer. 2026 Apr 15; 132(8):e70391. PMID: 41954228.
Published on 4/12/2026Ferris SD, Boama-Nyarko E, Wiener RS, Shimada SL, Fix GM, Foster MV. Telehealth-Supported Physical Activity Among Veterans With a History of Lung Cancer: Protocol for a Single-Arm Feasibility Study. Cancer Control. 2026; 33:10732748261441360. PMID: 41968510.
Published on 3/5/2026Carter-Bawa L, Ostroff JS, Rawl SM, Hirsch EA, Banerjee SC, Ciupek A, Comer RS, Kale M, Leopold KT, Monahan PO, Slaven JE, Valenzona F, Wiener RS, Vielma AG. Correction: Leveraging Social Media to Achieve Population-Level Reach of Lung Cancer Screening-Eligible Individuals: A RE-AIM Framework Perspective. J Med Internet Res. 2026 Mar 05; 28:e94664. PMID: 41813246.
Published on 12/12/2025Shankar DA, Bosch NA, Jafarzadeh SR, Drainoni ML, Wiener RS, Wilson KC, Hawkins FJ, Alysandratos KD, Walkey AJ, Law AC. Association of Pulse Dose Corticosteroids With Outcomes Among Patients With Acute Exacerbations of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. CHEST Pulm. 2025 Dec; 3(4). PMID: 41503513.
Published on 12/1/2025Gould MK, Creekmur B, Qi L, de Bie E, Aberle DR, Dyer DS, Golden S, Kaplan CP, Mularski RA, Steiner JS, Steltz JP, Vachani A, Wiener RS, Kelly K, Smith-Bindman R, Miglioretti DL. Less Versus More Intensive Surveillance of Pulmonary Nodules Detected Incidentally or by Screening: A Survey of Radiologist Beliefs About Guidelines Implemented in the Watch the Spot Trial. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 Dec; 22(12):1589-1597. PMID: 41338713.
Published on 12/1/2025Kearney LE, Pendergast JN, Sista A, Barker AM, Abrams S, Wilder FG, Chatelain L, Eliacin J, Fix GM, Wiener RS. What a Peer-Led, Community-Engaged Lung Cancer Screening Pilot Study Taught Us About Reaching Black Veterans. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 Dec; 22(12):1547-1551. PMID: 41338708.
Published on 12/1/2025Kearney LE, Brady JE, Pendergast J, Barker AM, Fix GM, Caverly TJ, Tanner NT, Tosi H, Tarren A, Do NV, Elbers D, Wiener RS. Proactive, Prediction-Driven Outreach for Lung Cancer Screening: Development and Feasibility of a Population Management Toolkit. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 Dec; 22(12):1536-1546. PMID: 41338707.
Published on 11/25/2025Kearney L, Carter-Bawa L, Wiener RS. A Digital Direct-to-Patient Intervention Shows Promise to Improve Lung Cancer Screening Rates: Multilevel Strategies Remain Essential. JAMA. 2025 Nov 25; 334(20):1799-1801. PMID: 41115001.
Published on 11/20/2025Tosi HM, Zheng C, Tarren AH, Yellanki M, Miller SJ, Soloviev OV, Corrigan JK, Schneeloch GR, Katki HA, Kearney LE, Caverly TJ, Tanner NT, Wiener RS, Brophy M, Fillmore NR, Do NV, Elbers DC. Rapid Support and Implementation of an Application for the Prediction Augmented Screening Initiative (PASI) Planning Phase Through the Enabling Technologies for Rapid Learning Health Systems Platform (ENTHRALL) at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Cancer Inform. 2025; 24:11769351251389781. PMID: 41281611.
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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