Task Group Charge
To promote the awareness and engagement of health care professionals in the adoption of evidence-based initiatives that can increase lung cancer screening and tobacco treatment.
Leadership
Thomas P. Houston, MD
Task Group Chair
Steering Committee Member
Adjunct Professor
The Ohio State University
Jan Eberth, PhD
Task Group Vice Chair
Professor and Chair
Drexel University
Task Group Members
Karen Arscott, DO, MS
GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Vickie Beckler, MBA, RN
Medtronic
DuyKhanh (Mimi) P. Ceppa, MD, FACS
Indiana University School of Medicine
Angela Criswell, MA
GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer
Heather Bittner Fagan, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Thomas Jefferson University
Efrén Flores, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael Gieske, MD
St. Elizabeth Virtual Health Center
Ella Kazerooni, MD, MS, FACR, FACC, FSABI*
University of Michigan
Deborah Klein, MD
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle
Jennifer Lewis, MD, MS
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Pamela Mercer
American Lung Association
Elyse Park, PhD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital
Betty Tong, MD, MHS, MS, FACS
Duke University Hospital
Celeste Worth, MCHES
LuCa National Training Network
(*) indicates Steering Committee member
Opportunities For Intervention/Influence:
- Collaborate and engage with national/state primary care and medical specialty societies
- Develop and promote peer-reviewed journal publications, narrative reviews, and presentations at national/state professional society meetings
- Adapt NCCRT tools and resources to lung cancer screening and smoking cessation, and infrastructure engagement (i.e., the role of hospital systems, health plans, etc.)
- Create CME materials for primary care physicians and specialists
- Create a billing and reimbursement toolkit (CMS, Medicaid, private insurance) for lung cancer screening and shared decision-making