About
I am a board certified interventional pulmonologist with 20 years of experience in screening, diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. I also have expertise in pleural diseases and lung procedures. My clinical research focuses on the early detection, minimally invasive staging and treatment of lung cancer, bronchoscopic treatment of emphysema and minimally invasive diagnosis of lung diseases.
Specialties: Interventional Pulmonology, Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Work experience
- November 2022 – present
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Professor of Medicine & Thoracic Surgery - January 2014 – present
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Co-Director Lung Cancer Screening Program - August 2009 – present
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Founding Director, Interventional Pulmonology - August 2015 – October 2022
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery - August 2009 – July 2015
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery - July 2004 – August 2009
Mayo Clinic
Assistant Professor of Medicine - July 2001 – June 2004
Mayo Clinic
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow - January 1998 – January 2001
Mayo Clinic
Resident
Education
- 1994 – 1998DO, Osteopathic Medicine
- 1989 – 1993BS, Biology