Overview
Dr. Rickman served as director of the interventional pulmonology section at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, from 2009-2023. He is a founding partner of the Ascension Saint Thomas Chest and Lung Center and serves as Director of Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy for the Ascension Saint Thomas Health system. He is Professor of Medicine at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. He has been recognized by many national societies and is a former member of the AABIP Board of Directors. The American College of Chest Physicians has recognized him on multiple occasions as a Distinguished CHEST Educator and he is actively involved in procedural education at the local, national, and international levels. His clinical and translational research interests focus on medical devices, early diagnosis, and prevention of lung cancer. His clinical work is on lung nodules, lung cancer, pleural diseases and interventional pulmonology.
Dr. Rickman is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Lung Nodules, Pleural Effusion, Subglottic Stenosis, Endoscopy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 62 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
4230 Harding Pike, Suite 530, Nashville, TN 37205
301 21st Ave N, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37203
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Rickman has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
3 Clinical Trials
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Lung NodulesDr. Rickman isElite. Learn about Lung Nodules.
- Distinguished
- EndoscopyDr. Rickman isDistinguished. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Pleural EffusionDr. Rickman isDistinguished. Learn about Pleural Effusion.
- Advanced
- Advanced BronchoscopyDr. Rickman isAdvanced. Learn about Advanced Bronchoscopy.
- Subglottic StenosisDr. Rickman isAdvanced. Learn about Subglottic Stenosis.
- Experienced
- EmphysemaDr. Rickman isExperienced. Learn about Emphysema.
- Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma (PMBCL)
- Tissue BiopsyDr. Rickman isExperienced. Learn about Tissue Biopsy.