Vice Chair, Faculty Development
Director, Vanderbilt Lung Screening Program
Professor, Radiology & Radiological Sciences
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Kim L. Sandler, MD

Ada Stewart, MD, is a board-certified family physician with Cooperative Health in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr Stewart is the board chair of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and past president of the AAFP. 

Videos

From dense breast notification laws to changing lung and cervical screening criteria, experts share practical strategies to help navigate today’s evolving cancer prevention landscape.

Cancer Screening Updates Every Primary Care Clinician Should Know

ACP 2025: Lung cancer is rising among nonsmokers, especially women. Kim Sandler, MD, discusses future screening challenges, research insights, and the need to expand screening eligibility.

Rethinking Lung Cancer Screening: Expanding Access for Women, Nonsmokers

ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, outlines key strategies to boost lung cancer screening uptake in primary care.

Closing the Gap in Lung Cancer Screening: Overcoming Barriers, Improving Early Detection

ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, explains how primary care physicians can use shared decision-making to guide patients through lung cancer screening, emphasizing risk, benefit, follow-up, and smoking cessation.

Shared Decision-Making in Lung Cancer Screening: A Collaborative Approach

ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, sat down with Patient Care to discuss the benefits of lung cancer screening, citing a 20% reduction in lung cancer mortality with annual screenings. 

Kim L. Sandler, MD

Articles

Cancer Screening Updates Every Primary Care Clinician Should Know

Rethinking Lung Cancer Screening: Expanding Access for Women, Nonsmokers

Closing the Gap in Lung Cancer Screening: Overcoming Barriers, Improving Early Detection

Shared Decision-Making in Lung Cancer Screening: A Collaborative Approach

Benefits of Lung Cancer Screening: A Conversation with Kim Sandler, MD