FelixManuelRivera MercadoMD

Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist

Palliative Medicine Physician

Dr. Rivera Mercado is on Doximity

As a Doximity member you'll join over two million verified healthcare professionals in a private, secure network.

Gain access to free telehealth tools, such as our “call shielding” and one-way patient texting.
Connect with colleagues in the same hospital or clinic.
Read the latest clinical news, personalized to your specialty.

Office
3300 Gallows Rd
Palliative Medicine
Falls Church, VA 22042
Phone+1 703-776-4289

Fax+1 571-665-6492

Dr. Felix Rivera Mercado is a Palliative physician in Northern Virginia. He received his medical degree from New York Medical College and has been in practice 6 year. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He specializes in Hospice & Palliative Medicine at Inova Fairfax Hospital.

New York Medical CollegeClass of 2016
NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2014 - 2015
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/South NassauChief Residency, Family Medicine, 2014 - 2014
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/South NassauResidency, Family Medicine, 2011 - 2014
NYC Health + Hospitals / LincolnFellowship, ECRIP Research Fellowship, 2010 - 2011
Universidad Central del CaribeInternship, Transitional Year, 2008 - 2009
Universidad Autonoma de GuadalajaraMD, Medicine, 2002 - 2006

VA State Medical License 2020 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2013 - 2025
American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine
American Board of Family Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative MedicineHospice and Palliative Medicine

Journal Articles

Integration of Palliative Care Services into Standard Oncology Practice at Diagnosis of Metastatic Lung Cancer at VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
Felix Rivera, J Clin Oncol, 10/9/2015
Implementing Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) for Cardiac Arrest (CA) Using Time Targets can Improve Clinical Outcomes.
Felix Rivera, Society of Critical Care Medicine, 1/15/2011
Urban Inner-City Minority New Yorkers Hospitalized With Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A H1N1 Virus Illness During The Pandemic Of April – June 2009
Felix Rivera, The Internet Journal of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine., 12/1/2009

Books/Book Chapters

Magill’s Medical Guide
Chapter: Palliative medicine
Felix RiveraEditors: Bryan Auday, Michael Buratovich, Geraldine Marrocco, & Paul Moglia. Grey House., AmeliaEdition 7th,2014

Abstracts/Posters

The on-going family meeting: setting limits in palliative care
Felix Rivera, Center to Advance Palliative Care National Seminar, San Antonio, Tx, 11/12/2015
APACHE II Score Does Not Predict Stroke Mortality among Inner City Minority New Yorkers in the Thrombolytic Era
Felix Rivera, American Academy of Neurology, Hawaii, 4/9/2011
A Closer Look at Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Readmissions at an Inner City Hospital
Felix Rivera, American Academy of Neurology, Hawaii, 4/9/2011
Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology (HIT) in Acute Stroke Care Coordination
Felix Rivera, American Academy of Neurology, Hawaii, 4/9/2011
Using performance targets to implement therapeutic hypothermia protocol for cardiac arrest patients and impact on clinical outcomes
Felix Rivera, New York State Thoracic Society, Pearl River, NY, 1/29/2011
Need for mechanical ventilation and stroke mortality among inner city minority new yorkers with stroke in the thrombolytic era.
Felix Rivera, New York State Thoracic Society, Pearl River, NY, 1/29/2011
Join now to see all

Lectures

Integration of Palliative Care (PC) Services into Standard Oncology Practice at Diagnosis of Metastatic or Advanced Cancer at New York Harbor Healthcare System (NYHHS)
Metropolitan Hospital - 6/12/2015
Palliative Care for Geriatric Syndromes
Bellevue Hospital - 6/8/2015
The On-Going Family Meeting; Setting Limits in Palliative Care
Lenox Hill Hospital - 5/19/2015
Nausea and Vomiting. Palliative Medicine Grand Rounds
Bellevue Hospital - 4/2015
Join now to see all