Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York, United States
Neel Chudgar, MD is a thoracic surgeon at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York and serve as Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, and Associate Director of Clinical and Translational Research for thoracic surgery through the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Chudgar has a particular interest in the biology of early-stage lung cancers and seeks to identify means of earlier detection. He is actively investigating incidental pulmonary nodules to ensure potential lung cancers are not lost to follow-up, and has developed an institutional lung nodule clinic within an underserved patient population. Dr. Chudgar is also engaged in expanding lung cancer screening at Montefiore-Einstein with a specific focus on improving the show-up rate in patients who are eligible.
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Incidental Nodules vs. Screen-Detected Nodules: Is There a Difference?
Saturday, January 25, 2025
4:04pm – 4:11pm PT