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photo Belinda N Rivera-Lebron, MD, MSCE

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director, UPMC Acute Pulmonary Embolus (PE) Program

Director, UPMC Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) Program

Email: riveralebronbn@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-3199
Contact
Office: UPMC Montefiore Hospital, NW 628, Room S652.1
3459 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-864-3199
Fax: 412-692-2260
E-mail: riveralebronbn@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Judy Nauman
Email: naumanja@upmc.edu
Phone: 412-864-3199
Fax: 412-692-2260
Education and Training
Education
BS, University of Puerto Rico, 2002
MD, Universidad Central del Caribe, 2006
Masters in Science and Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE), University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Training
Internship, Internal Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, 2007
Residency, Internal Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, 2009
Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Clinical Interest
Dr. Rivera-Lebron’s clinical interests are primarily focused on the diagnosis, management and treatment of pulmonary hypertension. She is an attending physician in the Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Program. She works with patients with all forms of pulmonary hypertension, including pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension related to chronic lung disease (emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis), and pulmonary hypertension related to chronic blood clots (chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension). Dr. Rivera-Lebron also specializes in acute and chronic pulmonary embolism. She also works as attending intensivist physician at Shadyside-UPMC.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Pi H, Kosanovich C, Handen A, Tao M, Visina J, Vanspeybroek G, Simon MA, Risbano MG, Desai A, Mathier M, Rivera-Lebron BN, Nguyen Q, Kliner J, Nouraie M, Chan SY. Outcomes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension are Improved in a Specialty Care Center. Chest. 2020; Feb 25.
Khandhar SJ, Mehta M, Cilia L, Palevsky H, Matthai W, Rivera-Lebron BN, Toma C. Invasive Hemodynamic Assessment of Patients with Submassive Pulmonary Embolism. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2020; Jan;95(1): 13-18.
Porres-Aguilar M, Rivera-Lebron BN, Anaya-Ayala JE, Guerrero de Leon MC, Mukherjee D. Perioperative acute pulmonary embolism: a concise review with emphasis on multidisciplinary approach. Angiology. 2020; (accepted).
D'Auria S, Sezer A, Thoma F, Sharbaugh M, McKibben J, Maholic J, Avgerinos ED, Rivera-Lebron BN, Toma C. Outcomes of Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis vs. Standard Medical Therapy in patients with Acute Submassive Pulmonary Embolism. Pulm Circ. 2020; Apr 8;10(1): 2045894019898368.
Singh A, Feingold B, Rivera-Lebron BN, Weiner D, Drant S. Correlating Objective Echocardiographic Parameters in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension due to Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. J Perinatol. 2019; Jul 16: doi:10.1038/s41372-019-0429-3.
Rivera-Lebron B, McDaniel M, Ahrar K, Alrifai A, Dudzinski DM, Fanola C, Blais D, Janicke D, Melamed R, Mohrien K, Rozycki E, Ross CB, Klein AJ, Rali P, Teman NR, Yarboro L, Ichinose E, Sharma AM, Bartos JA, and the PERT Consortium. Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow-up of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Consensus Practice from the PERT Consortium. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2019; Jan-Dec;25: 1076029619853037.
Rosovsky R, Zhao K, Sista A, Rivera-Lebron BN, Kabhrel C. Pulmonary embolism response teams: Purpose, evidence for efficacy and future research directions. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2019; Jun9;3(3): 315-30.
Gul MH, Htun ZM, Rigdon J, Rivera-Lebron BN, Perez VJ. Clinical Outcomes of Inferior Vena Cava Filter in Complicated Pulmonary Embolism. Pulm Circ. 2019; Nov 20;9(4): 2045894019882636.
Avgerinos ED, Chaer RA, SUNSET sPE Collaborators, (Lacomis J, Lamberty P, McDaniel M, Ocak I, Rivera-Lebron B, Ross C, Sechrist J, Toma C, Wissam J). Standard vs ultrasound-assisted thrombolysis for acute pulmonary embolism: Awaiting the veredict. Vasc Med. 2019; Dec;24(6): 547-548.
Nguyen Q, Rivera-Lebron BN. Venous Thromboembolism in Special Populations: pre-existing cardiopulmonary disease, cirrhosis, ESRD, and asplenia. Clinics in Chest Med. 2018; Sept;39(3): 515-524.

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