Expediting Lung Nodule Evaluations: Experience from the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

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Mary C. Van Buskirk, APRN, BC, CCRN, MSN and Charles W. Atwood, Jr., MD

Ms. Van Buskirk is an acute care nurse practitioner and the coordinator for the Lung Nodule Evaluation Program (LNEP) and Dr. Atwood is a staff pulmonologist and a physician member of the LNEP team, both at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA. In addition, Dr. Atwood is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA and a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians.

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