Degrees

B.S.
(1981) Pace University 
New York NY
Summa cum laude

M.D.
(1985) State U. of NY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook NY

Internship and Residency
(1985-1988) Internal Medicine
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset NY

Fellowship
(1988-1989; 1990-1992)
Pulmonary Medicine
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York NY

Chief Resident
(1989-1990) Internal Medicine
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York NY

Academic Title:
Professor of Medicine

Office: 4126 Bioinformatics
Phone: 919-966-2531
Fax: 919-966-7013

Email: patricia_rivera@med.unc.edu

Patients:
To schedule an appointment, please call:
UNC Pulmonary Clinic: 919-966-7933
UNC Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Clinic: 919-843-8738
UNC Rex Pulmonary: 919-784-5650

Research Interests:

1. Care of patients with lung cancer, immunocompromised hosts.
2. Fluorescence bronchoscopy and molecular characterization of abnormal bronchial lesions
3. Novel approaches for early detection of lung cancer in high-risk patients

Publications:

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