Dr. David G. Smith

Fabien Maldonado is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Maldonado is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Nodules. His top areas of expertise are Pleural Effusion, Lung Nodules, Pleurisy, Endoscopy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy. Dr. Maldonado is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Rickman served as director of the interventional pulmonology section at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, from 2009-2023. He is a founding partner of the Ascension Saint Thomas Chest and Lung Center and serves as Director of Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy for the Ascension Saint Thomas Health system. He is Professor of Medicine at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. He has been recognized by many national societies and is a former member of the AABIP Board of Directors. The American College of Chest Physicians has recognized him on multiple occasions as a Distinguished CHEST Educator and he is actively involved in procedural education at the local, national, and international levels. His clinical and translational research interests focus on medical devices, early diagnosis, and prevention of lung cancer. His clinical work is on lung nodules, lung cancer, pleural diseases and interventional pulmonology. Dr. Rickman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Nodules. His top areas of expertise are Lung Nodules, Pleural Effusion, Subglottic Stenosis, Endoscopy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

Robert Lentz is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Emergency Medicine provider in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Lentz has been practicing medicine for over 16 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Nodules. His top areas of expertise are Lung Nodules, Pleural Effusion, Lung Cancer, Endoscopy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy. Dr. Lentz is currently accepting new patients.