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The Thoracic Oncology Assembly of the American Thoracic Society presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to UNC Lineberger\u2019s\u00a0M. Patricia Rivera, MD<\/a>, professor of medicine in the department’s division of pulmonary and critical care medicine.<\/p>\n

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