Lucia Rivera MD (She/Her)

Hepatology & Liver Transplantation

Fellow

Summary

Lucia Rivera, MD, is a gastroenterologist in Louisville, KY, with subspecialties in hepatology and liver transplantation. She completed a fellowship in transplant hepatology at Rush University Medical Center, followed by a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, after finishing her residency in internal medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. Dr. Rivera earned her medical degree from the Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine and holds a BS, magna cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras. She has been a physician at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center since 2018 and has multiple publications, including work on hepatic critical care during pregnancy and the outcomes of dental foreign body ingestion in clinical settings.

University of Louisville School of MedicineFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2022 - 2025
Rush University Medical CenterFellowship, Transplant Hepatology, 2021 - 2022
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine, 2018 - 2021
Universidad Central del Caribe School of MedicineClass of 2018
University of Puerto Rico at Río PiedrasBS, Magna Cum Laude, 2010 - 2014

PubMed

The Spectrum of Hepatic Critical Care During Pregnancy: A Clinical Review.
Lucía Rivera Matos, Nancy S Reau
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2023-03-01
3 citations
Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Depression in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease.
Lucia Rivera-Matos, Sarah Andrews, Sheila Eswaran
Clinical Liver Disease. 2022-08-01

Books/Book Chapters

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chapter: The Spectrum of Hepatic Critical Care During Pregnancy: A Clinical Review
Page 176 - 185Lucia Rivera Matos MD, Nancy Reau MD FAASLDEditors: James R. Scott, MD Steven Gabbe, MD.

Abstracts/Posters

Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Intervention Following Dental Foreign Body Ingestion Improves Health Outcomes
Mohammad El-Saied, MD, Lucía Rivera Matos, MD, Georgia Lymberopoulos, DMD, MPH, Jennifer Bereckis, RDH, MS, Susan A. Rowan, DDS, MS, Anna M. Lipowska, MD, ACG 2022, 10/2022
Clinical Course and Outcomes Following Dental Foreign Body Ingestion: Adverse Events and Need for Endoscopy
Lucía Rivera Matos, MD, Mohammad El-Saied, MD, Georgia Lymberopoulos, DMD, MPH, Jennifer Bereckis, RDH, MS, Susan A. Rowan, DDS, MS, Anna M. Lipowska, MD, ACG 2022, 10/2022
Dental Foreign Body Ingestion: What Happens Next?
Matos, Lucia Rivera MD; El-Saied, Mohammad MD; Jacobucci, Jennifer Bereckis RDH, MS2; Lymberopoulos, Georgia DMD, MPH; Rowan, Susan DDS, MS; Lipowska, Anna M. MD, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Diagnosis of Colorectal Polyps
Maria Gonzalez, MD, Lucia Rivera-Matos, MD, Timothy McGorisk, MD, ACG, 2020
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Lectures

The Spectrum of Hepatic Critical Care During Pregnancy: A Clinical ReviewMarch 2023
Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Depression in Patients With Chronic Liver DiseaseMarch 2022