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Fabien Maldonado, MD, Pulmonology, Nashville, TN

Fabien Maldonado MD

Pulmonology•Nashville, TN

Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology, Pleural Disease, Thoracic Oncology

Associate Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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  • 3601 21st Ave SNashville, TN 37232

  • Phone+1 615-322-3000

  • Fax+1 615-936-0605

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Summary

  • Dr. Maldonado is a lung specialist who focuses on diagnosing and treating lung cancer using minimally invasive procedures. He leads the interventional pulmonology team at Vanderbilt University and directs research programs that study better ways to detect lung cancer using imaging, genetics, and artificial intelligence. His work, supported by the NIH, aims to improve how patients are diagnosed and treated, including testing new technologies and approaches in real-world clinical studies.

Education & Training

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2006 - 2009
  • Western Reserve Health Education/NEOMED
    Western Reserve Health Education/NEOMEDResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
  • Other
    OtherClass of 2003, MD

Certifications & Licensure

  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 2015 - 2027
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2020 - 2024
  • MN State Medical License
    MN State Medical License 2006 - 2018
  • Critical Care Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease
    American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification StarPanel, Vanderbilt University, 2013-2016
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Enterprise, GE Healthcare, 2013-2016
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification BI-Clinical, CitiusTech, Inc., 2013-2016

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Acute exacerbations of interstitial lung disease: Don't just do something, stand there!  
    Lentz RJ, Maldonado F, Respirology, 1/1/2017
  • Manometry in pleural drainage: essential practice or over-rated gadget?  
    Kheir F, Maldonado F, Curr Pulmonol Rep, 1/15/2016
  • Esophagorespiratory Fistulas: Survival and Outcomes of Treatment  
    Lenz CJ, Bick BL, Katzka D, Nichols FC, Depew ZS, Wong Kee Song LM, Baron TH, Buttar NS, Maldonado F, Enders FT, Harmsen WS, Dierkhising RA, Topazian MD, J Clin Gastroenterol, 1/7/2016

Books/Book Chapters

  • Orphan Lung Diseases: A Clinical Guide to Rare Lung Disease 
    Chapter: Orphan tracheopathies 
    Page 73 - 89Maldonado F, Tomassetti, Ryu JHEditors: V. Cottin, J-F Cordier, L Richeldi.Springer2015
  • Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Board Review 
    Chapter: Interstitial lung diseases 
    Page 205 - 213Maldonado F, Aksamit TREditors: RD Ficalora, et al.Mayo Clinic Scientific, Rochester, MN2013
  • Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine 
    Chapter: Lung cancer screening and the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) 
    Page 251 - 259Maldonado F, Edell ESEditors: JP Diaz-Jimenez, AN Rodriguez.Springer, New York, NY2013

Abstracts/Posters

  • Reconfigurable Parallel Continuum Robots for Incisionless Surgeryv
    Arthur W. Mahoney, Member, IEEE, Patrick L. Anderson, Student Member, IEEE, Philip J. Swaney Student Member, IEEE, Fabien Maldonado, and Robert J. Webster III Senior M..., IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, Korea, 1/14/2016
  • Pleural disease: case reports
    Maldonado F, American Thoracic Society annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2016
  • Computer-aided lung informatics for pathology evaluation and rating (CALIPER), analysis of chest CT to detect histologically proven emphysema
    Foley F, Raghunath S, Rajagopola S, Karwoski R, Maldonado F, Bartholmai B, Peikert T, Proc Am Thorac Soc, 1/1/2016

Lectures

  • Cryobiopsies for Interstitial Lung Diseases, A step forward in Management 
    Birmingham, AL - 1/1/2017
  • Cryobiopsies for Interstitial Lung Diseases, a paradigm shift 
    Oklahoma City, OK - 1/1/2017
  • Cryobiopsies in Interstitial Lung Diseases – the US experience 
    Ravenna, Italy - 1/1/2016

Other

Press Mentions

  • Oncology Leaders in the Spotlight: Rapid Roundup for May and June 2026
    Oncology Leaders in the Spotlight: Rapid Roundup for May and June 2026July 10th, 2026
  • How Robotic Bronchoscopy Helped a Georgia Man Avoid Unnecessary Lung Surgery
    How Robotic Bronchoscopy Helped a Georgia Man Avoid Unnecessary Lung SurgeryApril 9th, 2026
  • Study Finds Navigational Bronchoscopy as Effective and Safer Alternative to Transthoracic Biopsy for Lung Nodules
    Study Finds Navigational Bronchoscopy as Effective and Safer Alternative to Transthoracic Biopsy for Lung NodulesMay 18th, 2025

Grant Support

  • Integrating imaging and biopsy-derived molecular markers for the pre-surgical detection of indolent and aggressive early stage lung adenocarcinomaBOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS2023–2028
  • Novel Integrative Approach for the Early Detection of Lung Cancer using Repeated MeasuresVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER2021–2025
  • Novel Integrative Approach for the Early Detection of Lung Cancer using Repeated MeasuresVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER2021–2025

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