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9/30/2025 - Medical Grand Rounds: Pulmonary Nodules: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach for Early Diagnosis and Management

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: 1.00

Target Audience:

Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Analyze surgical techniques used in the management of the solitary pulmonary nodule.
  • Evaluate perioperative and oncologic outcomes following anatomic lung resection.
  • Apply NCCN guidelines to decision-making in the surgical management of lung cancer.

Suggested Additional Reading:

  • Lobar or Sublobar Resection for Peripheral Stage IA Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Altorki N et al. N Engl J Med. 2023 Feb 9;388(6):489-498. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2212083. PMID: 36780674.
  • Segmentectomy versus lobectomy in small-sized peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. Saji H et al. Lancet. 2022 Apr 23;399(10335):1607-1617. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02333-3. PMID: 35461558
  • Real-world localization of cancer in lungs with a commercially available folate receptor-targeted fluorescent agent for intraoperative molecular imaging. Baker N, et al. JTCVS Tech . 2025 Jan 23:31:161-168. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.12.011.

Authors:
Daniel Dunlap, MD — Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Azza Elgendy, MD, PhD — Assistant Professor of Radiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging Division, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Matthew Schuchert, MD — Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Roy Semaan, MD — Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

In support improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This educational activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.