Dr. Yadyra Rivera, MD

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Get to know Hematologist-Oncologist Dr. Yadyra Rivera, who serves patients in New Jersey.

Dr. Rivera is a fellowship-trained hematologist-oncologist at Holy Name Medical Partners’ West New York Physician Offices in New York, New Jersey. She specializes in the use of chemotherapeutic drugs, immunotherapy, targeted and hormonal therapies, as well as treatment for pain and symptom management.

The doctors in the Holy Name Medical Partners’ West New York Physician Offices are board-certified and have trained at some of the most prestigious academic institutions in the region. These are leading-edge practitioners who use the most current technologies and techniques, and who treat their patients with friendly professionalism and a compassionate approach.

Holy Name’s 60th Street office is a premier, multispecialty practice featuring medical experts in cardiology, hematology/oncology, nephrology, and urologic oncology. The providers also hold privileges at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey.

A 1992 graduate of the Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine in Puerto Rico, Dr. Rivera relocated to the United States to further her training. Once there, she performed her internship, residency, and fellowship in hematology-oncology at Cabrini Medical Center of New York City. 

Offering leading-edge medicine, the doctor is board-certified in hematology and medical oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Hematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A hematologist-oncologist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of cancer, malignant blood diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, and blood disorders such as iron-deficiency anemia, clotting abnormalities, hemophilia, and sickle-cell disease.

Named a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly, Dr. Rivera is fluent in both English and Spanish.

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