Yadira Rivera-Sanchez, M.D.

Associate Professor

Schools: Medical School
Departments: Pediatrics

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Education

Medical School: Ponce Health Sciences University (1998)
Residency: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (2001), Pediatrics
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Boston (2004), Pediatric Pulmonology

Publications

A Pediatric Patient With PCD and Broncholith Formation: Gannarapu S, Abu-Hijleh M, Zariwala MA, Afolabi F, Gelfand AS, Vece TJ, Rivera-Sanchez YM Pediatric pulmonology 2026 Jan 61
Growing Up With Developmental Lung Diseases: A Review for the Adult Pulmonologist: Rivera-Sanchez Y, Blair ZW, Wall TJ, Goss KN CHEST 2025 Jul 168 95-105
Factors Associated With Cost Barriers to Asthma Management by Insurance Coverage Status Among US Adults: Xie L, Tang Y, Felix-George RI, Joo JH, Chen Y, Rivera-Sanchez Y, Liao JM Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2025 Jun 13 1412-1420.e1
Referral Rates and Diagnostic Evaluation for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in Patients With Laterality Defects Who Meet Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Evaluation Criteria: Salinas AK, Smits G, Spurgin SB, Martínez-Fernandez TM, Rivera-Sánchez YM Pediatric pulmonology 2025 Jun 60
Pulmonology: Martínez-Fernández T, Sánchez-Solano N, Rivera-Sánchez Y 2025 Jan 671-722
A 12-year-old girl with primary ciliary dyskinesia and CFTR-related disorder treated with elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor: Osei-Kuffuor E, Rao DR, Rivera Sanchez YM Pediatric pulmonology 2024 Oct 59 2658-2660
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Pediatric Pulmonary Workforce An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Author Collaboration AT, Stephenson N, Forno E, Laguna TA, Lovinsky-Desir S, Moore PE, Sheares BJ, Kazmerski TM, Udoko MN, Lypson ML, Walker Harding LR, Wilkes DS, Adair DJ, Afolabi F, Balasubramaniam V, Beltran Ale GJ, Castner LM, Ghera P, Heras A, Jordan K, Ly NP, Martinez-Fernandez TM, Mishra PE, Narang I, Palla JB, Rivera-Sanchez YM, Tapia IE, Toprak D, Torres-Silva CA, Cohen RT Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023 20 1373-1388
The perfect storm: A case of COVID-19 infection in an adolescent patient with EVALI: Bozkanat KM, Rao DR, Lieu TJ, Rivera-Sanchez YM Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 2020 Jan 31
Pulmonology: Martinez-Fernandez T, Rivera-Sánchez Y, Sharma P 2019 Jan 691-730
Assessment of laryngopharyngeal sensation in children with dysphagia: Ulualp S, Brown A, Sanghavi R, Rivera-Sanchez Y Laryngoscope 2013 Sep 123 2291-2295

Honors & Awards

Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in Dallas
D Magazine (2010-2011) (2013) (2016-2018)
Provider of the Month
Children's Health (2015)
American Thoracic Society Minority Travel Award
(2004)
Departmental Award as Most Outstanding Resident
UPR Pediatric Hospital and Pediatric Society of Puerto Rico (2001)
Women in Medicine Award
Ponce School of Medicine (1998)
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
(1997)
Dean's List
Who's Who Among American Students (1997-1998)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Thoracic Society, Fellow (2001)