Timothy Saettele, MD
- Interventional Pulmonology
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke's North Hospital
- Saint Luke's South Hospital
- Saint Luke's Cushing Hospital
- Saint Luke's East Hospital
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Saint Luke's Pulmonary Specialists
Saint Luke's Frank and Evangeline Thompson Thoracic Center
About Timothy Saettele, MD
Timothy Saettele, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained pulmonologist with Saint Luke’s Pulmonary Specialists. Dr. Saettele is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care medicine. His practice encompasses all aspects of interventional pulmonology, including lung nodule evaluation, lung cancer screening, diagnosing and staging lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies, treating airway obstruction, and diagnosing and treating pleural diseases. He is trained in advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy procedures, including endobronchial ultrasound and navigation bronchoscopy, advanced therapeutic bronchoscopy, and such advanced pleural procedures as PleurX catheter placement and medical thoracoscopy.
Dr. Saettele received his medical degree from the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, Mo. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Medicine and remained there for fellowships in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine. He then completed a fellowship in interventional pulmonology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Publications
Saettele TM, Jimenez CA. Pleural coccidioidomycosis. BMJ Case Rep. Published online: 11/24/2014.
Saettele TM, Jimenez CA. Digital quantification of air leak to identify the location of an alveolopleural fistula. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2014; 11:1152-1154.
Mohammed TL, Saettele MR, Saettele T, Patel V, Kanne JP. Eponyms in cardiothoracic radiology: part III – interstitium. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 2014; 43: 285-93.
Saettele TM, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA. Peripheral T-cell lymphoma of the pleura. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014; 190:587.
Saettele TM, Ost DE. Multimodality systematic approach to mediastinal lymph node staging in non-small cell lung cancer. Respirology 2014; 19:800-808.
Mohammed TL, Saettele MR, Saettele T, Patel V, Kanne JP. Eponyms in cardiothoracic radiology: part II – vascular. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 2014;43:219-26.
Mohammed TL, Saettele MR, Saettele T, Patel V, Kanne JP. Eponyms in cardiothoracic radiology: part I – neoplasms. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 2014; 43:91-98.
Saettele TM, Mohr J, Salzman GA. Evaluation and management of acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit. Missouri Medicine 2012; 109:285-289.
Dabbagh O, Oza A, Prakash S, Sunna R, Saettele TM. Coagulopathy does not protect against venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients with chronic liver disease. Chest 2010; 137: 1145-1149.
Saettele TM, Bachman SL, Costello CR, Grant SA, Cleveland DS, Loy TS, Kolder DG, Ramshaw BJ. Use of porcine dermal collagen as a prosthetic mesh in a contaminated field for ventral hernia repair: a case report. Hernia 2007; 11:279-285.
Kolder DG, Saettele TM, Nelson CS, Dale PS. Desmoplastic melanoma: a disease of the ages? A case report and review of the literature. Clin Geriatr 2007; 15:32-35.
Education & Credentials
Training & Education
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Fellowship
Univ of TX MD Anderson Cancer CenterUniversity of Missouri - School of Medicine
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Medical School
University of Missouri - Columbia
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Residency
University of Missouri - ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
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Aetna
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- Aetna Managed Choice
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- Humana Medicare Advantage Team Care Gold PPO
MHNet
- Healthy Blue MO Medicaid
- MH Net Behavioral Health
Medicare
- American Health Advantage-Missouri Medicare Advantage
- Devoted Health Medicare Advantage (Core and Giveback)
- Kansas Health Advantage/Kansas Superior Select, Inc (KSSI) Medicare Advantage
- Medicare
MultiPlan
- MultiPlan
Orscheln Industries
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Other
- BeechStreet
- Century Health Solutions (PPO)
- CompResults/CompAlliance (WC) PPO
- Health Choice of Northwest Missouri (PPO)
- Integrated Health Plan PPO
- Medica Connect
- Medica Select
- OHA Networks (WC)
- OHARA Managed Care (WC)
- Occupational Health Management PPO (WC)
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- ProviDRs Care Network PPO (formerly WPPA)
- Provider Partners Health Plan
- Sunflower State Health Plan Kansas Medicaid
Other Medicaid
- Healthy Blue KS Medicare Advantage DSNP
- Healthy Blue Kansas Medicaid
TriWest
- TriWest
United Healthcare
- UHC Medicare Erickson Advantage plans-KC
- United HealthCare Choice
- United HealthCare Choice Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan (Missouri Medicaid)
- United HealthCare Navigate
- United HealthCare Select
- United HealthCare Select Plus
- United Healthcare - AARP Medicare Advantage Choice Plans
- United Healthcare - AARP Medicare Advantage Patriot
- United Healthcare - All Savers Insurance
- United Healthcare - Community Plan (Kansas Medicaid)
- United Healthcare - Core and Core Essential
- United Healthcare - Definity Health Reimbursement Account POS
- United Healthcare - Definity Health Savings Account POS
- United Healthcare - Golden Rule HMO (HMO & PPO)
- United Healthcare - Options PPO
- United Healthcare - United Health One
- United Healthcare Individual Exchange Benefit Plan (IEX) MO and KS Plans
- UnitedHealthcare - AARP Medicare Complete Choice
- UnitedHealthcare - AARP Medicare Complete HMO
- UnitedHealthcare - AARP Medicare Complete PPO
- UnitedHealthcare - Dual Complete SNP PPO (MO and KS)
- UnitedHealthcare - Group Medicare Advantage PPO
- UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Complete
- UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Gold SNP
- UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Silver SNP
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