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Lung Cancer Screening Program Leadership & Staff
At NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, our Lung Cancer Screening Program leadership and staff provide guidance on lung cancer screenings and help coordinate appointments.
Anil Vachani, MD, MS | Director, Lung Cancer Screening Program, NYU Langone Health
Dr. Vachani is part of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and serves as the section chief for pulmonary and critical care at the . He also serves as the director of the Lung Cancer Screening Program and the director of the Lung Nodule Program at the Lung Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health. His research focuses on evaluating quality and comparative effectiveness in the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and management of lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies.
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Daniel H. Sterman, MD | Director, Pulmonary Oncology Program and Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
As director of pulmonary oncology at NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, Dr. Sterman specializes in interventional pulmonology and treats people who have cancer and benign disorders of the lungs and lung membranes. He is the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine and a professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at NYU Langone.
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Jeffrey D. Schneider, MD | Division Director of Hematology and Medical Oncology at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island
Dr. Schneider, a thoracic medical oncologist, leads the lung cancer medical oncology group and is director of the lung cancer screening program at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island. He is actively involved in researching new forms of immunotherapy and targeted therapies for treating lung cancer. He is also involved in studies aimed at early detection of lung cancer.
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K. Alisa Braithwaite, MSN, RN, OCN
Lung Cancer Screening Program Supervisor
Kathleen Hearne
Lung Cancer Screening Medical Secretary
Annie Lu, RN, MS, ANP-BC, BC-ADM
Nurse Practitioner
Melissa Morgan, DNP, MBA, RN, FNP-BC, CPN
Nurse Practitioner
Maria Banvard, DNP, APRN-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Audrey Simons
Project Associate
Patrice Cherry
Project Associate
Samantha McLaughlin
Project Associate