Erika L. Rivera, MD

Dr. Erika L. Rivera is a General Surgery resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.  She received her BS in Biology and Psychology from the University of Notre Dame. She pursued her post-graduate training (MD) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She moved to Nashville in 2018 for general surgery residency. In 2021, she joined the CIBS center as a T32 post-doctoral research fellow. Her research interests include long-term outcomes of ICU delirium, as well as cognitive rehabilitation of patients following ICU admission.