Lung Cancer Early Detection Implementation Strategies Task Group

Task Group Charge:

To identify and develop best practices for scalable models that also overcome barriers to the delivery of high-quality lung cancer early detection.

Task Group Members

Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH, FACE
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Julie A. Barta, MD, ATSF
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
at Thomas Jefferson University

Vickie Beckler, MBA, RN
AstraZeneca

Angela Barry, MA
GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer

Neel P. Chudgar, MD
Montefiore Einstein

Joelle Fathi, DNP, RN, ARNP, CTTS*
University of Washington School of Nursing

Sara Ghandehari, MD, MCSO, FACHE
Cedars-Sinai

Grant Greenberg, MD, MHSA, MA
Lehigh Valley Health Network

Lauren Groner, DO
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Eric Hart, MD
Northwestern Medicine

Claudia Henschke, PhD, MD
Mount Sinai

Jane Kim, MD, MPH*
Department of Veterans Affairs

(*) indicates Steering Committee member

Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP*
Cleveland Clinic Hospital System

Andrea McKee, MD
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Raymond Osarogiagbon, MBBS, FACP
Baptist Memorial Healthcare

Theresa Roelke, AP-RN
MaineHealth

Kim Lori Sandler, MD
Vanderbilt University

Lecia Sequist, MD, MPH
Harvard Medical School

Christopher Slatore, MD, MS
Portland VA Medical Center

Ashwini Soman, MBBS, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tina D. Tailor, MD
Duke University School of Medicine

Jeffrey Velotta, MD, FACS
UCSF School of Medicine

Karen J. Wernli, PhD, MS
Kaiser Permanente
Washington Health Research Institute

Javier J. Zulueta, MD
Mount Sinai Morningside

Opportunities for Intervention/Influence:

  • Identify best practices/challenges in established lung cancer screening programs
  • Define and regularly update alternative pathways and minimum standards to high quality lung cancer screening programs that include primary care, pulmonology, and radiology, and access to multidisciplinary groups

Accelerating Uptake of Lung Cancer Screening: A National Initiative