RobertJamesLentzMDDAABIP

Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology

Associate Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery

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Office
3601 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-936-8422

Fax+1 615-936-0605

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.

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

PubMed

3 citations
Utility of bronchoalveolar lavage for COVID-19: a perspective from the Dragon consortium.
Sara Tomassetti, Luca Ciani, Valentina Luzzi, Leonardo Gori, Marco Trigiani
Frontiers in Medicine. 2024-01-01
10 citations
Comparative Treatment Outcomes for Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis: 5-Year Update.
William S Tierney, Li-Ching Huang, Sheau-Chiann Chen, Lynn D Berry, Catherine Anderson
Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. 2023-06-01
106 citations
Comparative Treatment Outcomes for Patients With Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis
Alexander Gelbard, Catherine Anderson, Lynne D. Berry, Milan R. Amin, Michael S. Benninger
JAMA Otolaryngology-- Head & Neck Surgery. 2020-01-01

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
The evolution of parapneumonic effusions in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia
Brixey AG, Lentz RJ, Fiechtl JF, Stowe MD, Light RW, ATS 2011, Denver, CO, 5/15/2011
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American College of Chest Physicians - ACCP
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American Thoracic Society - ATS
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American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology - AABIP
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