Fabien Maldonado, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery; Director of Interventional Pulmonology · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fabien Maldonado is Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery; Director of Interventional Pulmonology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 615 publications with 15,195 citations (h-index 60); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 12 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Pulmonary Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 15 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Fabien Maldonado, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The public record shows 615 publications with 15,195 citations (h-index 60), centered on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging. It also documents an investigator role on 12 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 12 companies, 2 NIH-funded awards (2019–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention
- Top research focus: Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- 12 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 12 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
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trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 24 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 204.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
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Updated 16 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 12 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Advanced Robotic Techniques and Rapid Onsite Evaluation for Minimally Invasive Diagnosis and Next-Generation Sequencing.
Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Biomarker Platform (Virtual Nodule Clinic) for the Management of Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules
Sponsor: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Cryodevitalization for the Treatment of Early Stage Lung Cancer, CRYSTAL Trial
Sponsor: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Industry payments
Updated 16 Oct 2026
12 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year202512 payments
- Pleural Dynamics Inc.Program year20253 payments
- Noah Medical CorporationProgram year20251 payment
Medicare prescribing footprint (2022)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Anti-infectives
100%Tetracycline-class Drug100%Doxycycline Hyclate100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 16 Oct 2026
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 2019–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Integrating imaging and biopsy-derived molecular markers for the pre-surgical detection of indolent and aggressive early stage lung adenocarcinoma
Boston University Medical Campus
FY2026$641,372R01CA275015 - Novel Integrative Approach for the Early Detection of Lung Cancer using Repeated Measures
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
FY2025$649,247R01CA253923 - Integrating imaging and biopsy-derived molecular markers for the pre-surgical detection of indolent and aggressive early stage lung adenocarcinoma
Boston University Medical Campus
FY2025$641,388R01CA275015
Congress activity
Updated 16 Oct 2026
11 congress contributions (2013–2024) across AACR, ASCO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Abstract 5434: Machine-learning-based epigenetic detection of early-stage lung cancers using the EpiCheck liquid biopsy platform
AACR Annual Meeting
AACR2023Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Leveraging Commercially Available Protein Assays as Biomarkers for Lung Cancer.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention
Article2026 - A miniature magnetic switch unlocking multimodal, chip-free, and batteryless airway sensing.
Science advances
Article2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 4.2024769 citations2024
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Network
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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doximity.com/pub/fabien-maldonado-md
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Other
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Background & recognition
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →vanderbilthealth.com ↗
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Director
Vanderbilt Interventional Pulmonology section
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MASLAB (Vanderbilt)
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American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP)
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Respirology
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Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- Geoffrey McLennan Memorial Award
American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Vanderbilt University (Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering, VISE)
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Vanderbilt Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society
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Thoracic Oncology Program, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; holder of the Pierre Massion Directorship in Lung Cancer Research
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Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Interview: "Detecting lung cancer earlier to improve patient outcomes"
Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 2023
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"Surviving Lung Cancer", NewsChannel 5 (Nashville), robotic bronchoscopy with cone-beam CT
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