• KY LEADS: Implementation of Quality Lung Cancer Screening
  • Study Training Modules
    • Faculty Information
    • Pre-test
    • For Radiologists
    • For Lung Cancer Screening Program Team
    • Post-test
  • Lung Cancer Screening Program Resource Library
    • 1. Development & Planning
    • 2. Program Management
    • 3. Operational Resources
    • 4. Patient Education Materials

Faculty

Doug Adams MD, FACCP, FACS, MPH

Biography

In 2004, Dr. Adams was recruited to Owensboro by Laman Gray, MD and University of Louisville, to facilitate the re-establishment of the Cardiovascular Surgery Program. Prior to that, he had practiced successfully in Valparaiso, IN and more recently in Somerset, KY as the Medical Director of the Lake Cumberland Heart and Lung Institute. Characteristic of Dr. Adams’ practice and career has been exploration and application of minimally invasive surgical techniques in the fields of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery. His primary motivation in this adoption has been the desire to deliver the necessary surgical therapies with the least amount of surgical trauma. Beginning in the late 1990’s, he adopted MIDCAB, port-access revascularization strategies and mini-valve procedures. These approaches were complimented by the addition of off-pump or warm heart techniques, which have become the cornerstone of Owensboro Health Regional Hospital’s cardiac bypass program and are partially responsible for the outcomes success that the program has experienced. This “minimally invasive” motivation has also informed Dr. Adams’ practice of thoracic surgery, including his work in the field of lung cancer. In 2009, he and the team at OHRH became the first program in the state to successfully perform lung cancer removal using the da Vinci robot. This early success has matured into OHRH’s position as the most experienced robotic thoracic surgery program in the region, identification of the facility as a regional training site for robotics, recognition of OHRH’s exceptional outcomes and statewide leadership in the early recognition and successful treatment of lung cancer.

Affiliation

• Cardiothoracic Surgeon
• Owensboro Health (One Health)
  Owensboro, KY

Michael Brooks, MD

Biography

Dr. Brooks is an Associate Professor of Radiology, Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Radiology, and Vice Chair of Department of Radiology. Dr. Brooks’s clinical research interests include evaluating low dose computed tomography and serum biomarkers for lung cancer screening. Dr. Brooks serves as investigator and co-investigator on numerous research grants funded by the National Cancer Institute, Department of Defense, and the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program. Dr. Brooks served as co-investigator and Radiology Chair on the Marty Driesler Lung Cancer Screening Research Project, an investigator-initiated trial of the Markey Cancer Center conducted in Kentucky’s 5th district. Dr. Brooks’s research interests also include development and delivery of several continuing medical education series for radiologists, primary care and other healthcare practitioners on lung cancer.

Affiliation

• Associate Professor of Radiology Chief, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Radiology
• Vice Chair of Radiology
• Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Radiology
  
• College of Medicine, University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky

Audrey Darville, PhD, APRN, CTTS

Biography

In addition to providing cessation counseling for patients and employees, Dr. Darville works on developing system strategies to identify, assess, and treat those with tobacco dependence in a variety of settings at UK HealthCare (inpatient, outpatient, employee) and in the community (Salvation Army). She is involved with the Kentucky Tobacco Policy Research Program, on the board of the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (ATTUD) and a member of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT). Her research interest is tobacco use cessation in hard-to-treat smokers and in those with medical illness. Her dissertation is titled: Medically Ill Smokers and Planning to Quit.

Affiliation

• Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, UK Healthcare
• Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky College of Nursing
  Lexington, Kentucky

Virginia Frantz, RN, BSN, MHA, OCN, TTS

Biography

Virginia (Jenny) Frantz received her Bachelor Science degree in nursing from Indiana University Southeast in 1993 and Master of Health Administration degree from Webster University in 2013. She has worked as an oncology nurse in a variety of settings, such as inpatient and outpatient oncology, bone marrow-transplant, radiation oncology and oncology research, since 1995. Jenny has been an oncology-certified nurse since 2000. She joined Norton Healthcare in 2006 and has been a patient navigator for Norton Cancer Institute since 2009 specializing in lung cancer. Jenny became a certified patient navigator through the Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Program in 2011. She is a facilitator for the Cooper Clayton Method to Stop Smoking Program and received her certification as a Tobacco Treatment Specialist from Mayo Clinic in 2013. She serves as a member of the Kentucky Cancer Consortium Lung Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Network and is Co-Director for the Kentuckiana chapter of the Lung Cancer Alliance.

Affiliation

• Patient Navigator
  Thoracic Oncology, Norton Center Institute Resource Center
  Louisville, Kentucky

Dana Lee, RN, BSN, OCN

Biography

Dana Lee is a Oncology Thoracic Navigator at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center and Kentucky One Health since 2006. She was a Oncology/BMT Staff Nurse and a Critical Care Float Pool Nurse. Dana's professional affiliations: National Oncology Nursing Society and Certified Oncology Nurse.

Affiliation

• Oncology Nurse Navigator
  Multidisciplinary Clinic, University of Louisville
• Oncology Nurse Navigator
  Thoracic Clinic James Graham Brown Cancer Center
• Kentucky One Health
  Louisville, Kentucky

Timothy Mullett, MD

Biography

Dr. Mullett earned an MD from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville. He completed his residency and a fellowship at the University of Florida Medical Center. His clinical interests include End-Stage Lung Disease, Esophageal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Mediastinal Tumors, Pleural Effusion, and Pulmonary Metastases. Dr. Mullett is certified by the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He was named a Best Doctor for 2015-2016.

Affiliation

• Co-PI, Kentucky LEADS: Implementation of Quality Lung Cancer Screening
• Medical Director, Markey Cancer Center Research Network
• Medical Director, Markey Cancer Center Affiliate Network
• Medical Director, Kentucky Clinical Trials Network
• Chief, Section of General Thoracic Surgery
• Surgical Director, Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Clinic
• Associate Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• College of Medicine, University of Kentucky
  Lexington, KY

Monica Mundy, MPH

Biography

Monica Mundy is a public health professional with more than seven years experience in tobacco control. She has been the Program Coordinator for the Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy in the college since 2008. Her expertise includes coordinating public health projects, policy development activities and community events involving students, community advocates and policymakers.

Affiliation

• Program Coordinator, BREATHE Research Team
  
• College of Nursing, University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky

Judith Strobel, RN, BSN, OCN, CCRP

Biography

Judith (Judy) Strobel received her Associate Degree of Science in Nursing from Western Kentucky University in 1983 and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University in 2011. She has worked as a nurse in a variety of settings since 1983 including but not limited to areas of geriatric nursing, home health nursing, hospice, inpatient oncology, radiation oncology, and oncology clinical research. Judy joined the Owensboro Health team in 1999 and has worked as a clinical research nurse since 2012. She became oncology-certified nurse in 2002 and a certified clinical research professional in 2014.

Affiliation

• Clinical Research Specialist
  Mitchell Memorial Cancer Center
• Owensboro Health
  Owensboro, Kentucky

Jamie Studts, PhD

Biography

Dr. Studts is a psychologist and cancer prevention and control researcher whose program of research examines behavioral aspects involving cancer prevention screening treatment and survivorship with an emphasis on lung and head/neck cancer. Dr. Studts's research is funded by the National Cancer Institute, the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program and the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research. Dr. Studts is an Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and the Assistant Director for Cancer Prevention and Control at the Markey Cancer Center.

Affiliation

• Study Chair, Kentucky LEADS: Implementation of Quality Lung Cancer Screening
• Associate Professor of Behavioral Science
• Department of Behavioral Science and Cancer Prevention and Control Program
• Markey Cancer Center
• College of Medicine, University of Kentucky
  Lexington, KY

Kristian Wagner, MS, RD, LD

Biography

Kristian Wagner is the Health Policy Director for the Kentucky Cancer Consortium (CDC Comprehensive Cancer Control Grant). In this role Kristian coordinates the Policy, Systems and Environmental initiatives of the Kentucky Cancer Consortium. Specifically, Kristian oversees initiatives related to smoke-free, obesity, and environmental carcinogens.

Affiliation

• Healthy Policy Director, Kentucky Cancer Consortium
  
• Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky

Kristy Young, MS, CHES

Biography

Kristy Young began her career with the Society in 2004 as a field representative for Relay For Life based out of the Lexington, KY office. In 2007, she continued her work in Lexington as Health Initiatives Representative and developed a passion for reducing Kentucky’s cancer burden through advocacy, community education, and research. Kristy left the American Cancer Society in 2012, pursued a master’s degree in Kinesiology and Health Promotion, and obtained a health education certification from the University of Kentucky. During her time at the University of Kentucky, she was employed as a health educator for the Radon Policy Program with the BREATHE research team in the College of Nursing. Kristy returned to the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network in 2016 and currently serves as Grassroots Manager for the state of Kentucky.

Affiliation

• Kentucky Grassroots Manager,
  American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc.