Vanderbilt Lung Screening Program

The vanderbilt lung screening program is a comprehensive program that offers annual lung screening ct and management by a radiology np who performs a shared decision making visit with the patient offers tobacco cessation counseling informs patients and referring providers of ct results assists with referrals to specialists tracks patients for follow up compliance and sends reminders to patients for annual follow up screenings.

Vanderbilt lung screening program. This means a more precise surgery with a faster easier recovery. This unique approach gives hope through coordinated personalized and compassionate care for even the most complex conditions that affect the lungs and breathing. Vanderbilt s lung cancer screening program offers yearly lung screening computed tomography ct scans for patients who are at high risk of lung cancer because of age and or smoking history. Here you ll find the expertise along with seamless care for any lung or breathing disorder from the most common to the most complex.

Vanderbilt university medical center s vumc lung screening program for patients at high risk for cancer recently reached a milestone enrolling more than 700 patients and performing more than 1 000 ct screening examinations. The vanderbilt lung institute brings together experts in diagnosing and treating lung disease from pulmonary medicine thoracic surgery and allergy. Vanderbilt university medical center s vumc lung screening program for patients at high risk for cancer recently reached a milestone enrolling more than 700 patients and performing more than 1 000 ct screening examinations. Treat member kim sandler md is co director of the lung screening program.

Lung cancer takes more lives than any other cancer worldwide. Our comprehensive lung cancer screening program offers yearly lung screening computed tomography ct for patients at high risk because of age and smoking history. Our lung surgeons use advanced robotic and video assisted technology to perform less invasive lung sparing surgery. Sandler m d is an assistant professor of radiology and radiological sciences at vanderbilt university medical center and co director of the vanderbilt lung screening program.

Her research focuses on outreach for lung screening particularly for women and minorities and improving the ability to differentiate benign and malignant lung. Our program is ranked among the top 10 university hospitals nationwide for lowest mortality and post surgery readmissions by the university healthsystem consortium. What is your risk for lung cancer. Vanderbilt university medical center s vumc lung screening program for patients at high risk for cancer recently reached a milestone enrolling more than 700 patients and performing more than 1 000 ct screening examinations.

Vumc s program has been designated a lung cancer screening program by the american college of radiology a voluntary program that recognizes facilities that have committed to practice safe effective diagnostic care for individuals at the highest risk for lung cancer. Our goal is to save lives by discovering and treating lung cancer or disease at its earliest most treatable stages. With an emphasis on personalized care our experts will develop a treatment plan just for you.