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Robert Lentz, MD, Pulmonology, Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Pulmonology Nashville, TN

Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology

Associate Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery

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Summary

  • Dr. Robert Lentz is an interventional pulmonologist in Nashville, TN and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. He received his medical degree from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and has been in practice 8 years. He specializes in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopic and pleural procedures including electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy, robotic-assisted bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction, rigid bronchoscopy, and medical thoracoscopy. He has more than 60 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2016 - 2017
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2013 - 2016
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Vanderbilt University Medical CenterChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2013
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
  • McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
    McGovern Medical School at UTHealthClass of 2009

Certifications & Licensure

  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 2012 - 2025
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features: An Emerging Challenge at the Intersection of Rheumatology and Pulmonology  
    Robert J Lentz, Peggy L Kendall, Leslie J Crofford, James J Tolle, Adam Guttentag, Timothy S Blackwell, Joyce E Johnson, Erin M Wilfong, Jonathan A Kropski, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Floating, nonocclusive, mobile aortic thrombus and splenic infarction associated with protein C deficiency  
    Sanon S, Phung MK, Lentz RJ, Buja LM, Tung PP, McPherson DD, Fuentes F, J. Am. Soc. Echocardiogr., 12/2009

Abstracts/Posters

  • Mediastinal Granuloma Superinfection Following Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: as Case Series
    Lentz RJ, Lambright ES, Maldonado F, Loyd J, Grogan EL, Rickman OB, ATS 2016, San Francisco, CA, 5/16/2016
  • Transbronchial Cryobiopsy is a Safe Alternative to Surgical Lung Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease
    Lentz RJ, Taylor TM, Kropski JA, Maldonado F, Johnson JE, Blackwell TS, Rickman OB, ATS 2016, San Francisco, CA, 5/16/2016
  • Transbronchial cryobiopsy for the diagnosis of constrictive bronchiolitis in veterans returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan: a proof-of-concept case series
    Lentz RJ, Fessel JP, Johnson JE, Miller R, Rickman OB, ATS 2015, Denver, CO, 5/17/2015
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