Belen Rivera
@MBRiveraMD
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MPH Harvard T.H. Chan | Transplant Research Fellow @BIDMCsurgery
Boston, MA
Joined June 2020
Thank you, Dr. Dib! #ISLS2025 was a great meeting!
Proud of our research fellow Dr. Belén Rivera @MBRiveraMD at the International Society of Liver Surgeons (ISLS) #ISLS2025, showing our experience using simultaneous ICG and intraoperative cholangiogram for safe transection of two ducts in robotic living donor hepatectomy,
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🇪🇨✨ Incredible week in Ecuador! Our @BIDMCTransplant @Harvard team joined an @AHPBA -supported outreach mission in Quito — performing four live surgeries, including the first robotic major liver cancer resections and the first robotic living kidney donor surgery ever performed
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Excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Fernando Rotellar @ClinicaNavarra 🇪🇸 for Surgery Grand Rounds this Friday, Sept 12! @AHPBA @EAHPBA @BUMedicine @DanaFarber @cun_surgery @realgmolina @dibmartin @CEIHPBA @HPBcolombia @MBRiveraMD @da_aliseda @BMCSurgery
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First week of my MPH in Global Health at @HarvardChanSPH. Meeting people with such different paths and stories has been the best part. Big year ahead!
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🚀 Our Robotic Liver & Transplant program at BIDMC keeps advancing! This week: ✅ Tues: Robotic Living Donor Right Hepatectomy (For Living Donor Liver Transplant LDLT) ✅ Wed: Robotic Klatskin – Left Extended Hepatectomy + 2 bile duct reconstructions (Roux-en-Y) for hilar
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A privilege to work alongside this incredible group, and excited to see our work recognized and sparking impactful conversations!
🎉 Honored that our article in @BJSurgery has achieved a high Altmetric score (Jan–Jul 2025). Grateful to my co-authors, colleagues, and the community for the impactful discussions around this work @MBRiveraMD @wtkm2522814 @BUMedicine @BMCSurgery
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🥳 Very well done! 🔗 You can read and watch this high-scoring Reeltime Surgery article here: https://t.co/hJ5cd9aXiO
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Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cirrhosis typically face limited resection options1. Advances in minimally invasive surgery2 and immunothe
🎉 Honored that our article in @BJSurgery has achieved a high Altmetric score (Jan–Jul 2025). Grateful to my co-authors, colleagues, and the community for the impactful discussions around this work @MBRiveraMD @wtkm2522814 @BUMedicine @BMCSurgery
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#WTC2025! Had the privilege of presenting two U.S. nationwide studies, one on high-KDPI kidney allocation led by @CojucG, and another on transparency in KTR selection criteria. Grateful for our team and the collaboration between transplant surgery & nephrology @BIDMCTransplant
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🎙️ New episode on @SurgOncToday! We discuss w Rick Greene our @AnnSurgOncol study: "Optimizing Outcomes in Gallbladder Cancer: Identifying Predictors of Futile Up-front Surgery in a Global Multi-Center Study." Tune in: https://t.co/RuloefZxEx
@AHPBA @IHBPA @SocSurgOnc
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BIG NEWS! Our BIDMC Liver Transplant Program is ranked in the TOP 3 in the nation according to the latest SRTR data for patient outcomes! 🙌 If you need liver care, come to BIDMC for top-tier expertise. #LiverHealth #Transplant #BIDMC #SRTR #Healthcare
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RT @dibmartin: 🎥 Here’s a short clip of the robotic portal vein resection and reconstruction performed during this Klatskin case — transpla…
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Our work on NMP and liver transplant waitlist times has just been published - take a look!👇Findings were particularly relevant to patients with HCC on the waitlist @BIDMCTransplant. @CojucG @sicanizaresq @RitahChumdermp1 @dibmartin @BIDMCSurgery @JSurgRes
Latest paper 🚨 Normothermic Machine Perfusion and Liver Transplant Waitlist Times: A Single-Center Matched Cohort Study - Journal of Surgical Research
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Check out our latest publication, led by @MBRiveraMD! The paper showcases remarkable strides in #liver #transplant waitlist times observed after the implementation of normothermic machine perfusion @BIDMCTransplant
Latest paper 🚨 Normothermic Machine Perfusion and Liver Transplant Waitlist Times: A Single-Center Matched Cohort Study - Journal of Surgical Research
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Amazing experience at #ILTS2025 in Singapore! Honored to share our journey building a robotic liver & transplant program—and even more grateful to learn from global leaders pushing the field forward. #LiverTransplant #RoboticSurgery #SurgicalInnovation @BIDMCTransplant
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Happy Saturday at @BIDMCtransplant @BIDMChealth @Harvard! Three liver transplants in one day — all done during daytime hours thanks to machine perfusion, a technology that keeps donor livers healthy and transplant-ready for longer. Just a few years ago, the idea of having three
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🚨 New multicenter study on Advanced Gallbladder Cancer (T3/T4) just out @JournalofGISurg ! 👉@MBRiveraMD @ArianaMChirban @ElenaPanettier1 🔍 419 patients from 17 institutions 🔪 OER = high morbidity, esp. in T4 ❗️44% of T3 were incidental 📉 T4 = poor outcomes ⚠️ Caution
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For surgeons, there are few guidelines for smoothly transitioning from active practice to retirement. 🎥: @RitahChumdermp1 and @LeeDavely discuss their recent @acsJACS article, which aimed at defining an “ideal” retirement for transplant surgeons.
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Listen to Drs. Ritah Chumdermpadetsuk and David Lee discuss unique challenges that transplant surgeons have when it comes to retirement.
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Normalizing discussions around retirement and developing supportive interventions will aide in a a dignified retirement that preserves transplant surgeons' legacy. https://t.co/YoLR7JILnL
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Mandatory @DDWMeeting photo 😅 Loving my time at DDW and have got the opportunity to meet some amazing people! 🙌 Loading Day 4 💡 @AmerGastroAssn @AGA_Gastro @IRI_program
#MedTwitter #GITwitter #DDW2025 #ddw #Gastroenterology
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