Lynn Canavan, M.D., FACS
Cancer Specialists
Lynn Canavan, M.D., FACS
Education
Dr. Canavan earned her medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha in 1990 after graduating with a B.S. in Biology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She went on to complete residency training in general surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
Accolades & Memberships
Dr. Canavan is a Fellow, American College of Surgeons Association of Women Surgeons; The American Society of Breast Surgeons; Southwestern Surgical Congress; American Medical Association; Texas Medical Association; Collin–Fannin Medical Society and Parkland Surgical Society. In 2009 Dr. Canavan was elected as one of D Magazine’s best breast surgeons in Dallas.Breast Cancer Surgery Certificate
- Hidden Scar Certificate of Training
Surgery Locations
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Plano
- Texoma Medical Center - Denison
Office & Outpatient
- Abscess Drainage
- Breast MRI
- Breast Sonography and Ultrasound
- Cryotherapy of Fibroadenomas
- Cyst Aspiration
- L-DEX Lymphedema Assessment and Measurement
- Mediport Removal
- Molecular Breast Imaging
- Needle Biopsy of Breast Lesions - MRI Guided Biopsy
- Needle Biopsy of Breast Lesions - Stereotactic Guided
- Needle Biopsy of Breast Lesions - US Guided
- Partial Breast Radiation Catheter Insertion (SAVI, Contura, Mammosite)
- Skin Biopsies
- Stereotactic Needle Biopsies
Surgical Procedures
- Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
- Excision of Chest Wall Tumors
- Excisional Breast Biopsy
- Hidden Scar Lumpectomy & Mastectomy
- Hidden Scar Surgery
- Lumpectomy - Partial Mastectomy - Quadrantectomy
- Mastectomy
- Mediport Placement
- Nipple Duct Excision
- Nipple Sparing Mastectomy
- Oncoplastic Partial Mastectomy with Contralateral Mastopexy for Symmetry
- Oncoplastic Tissue Rearrangement
- Radical Excision of Metastatic Lesions
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Wire Localization Excisional Biopsy
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Other Information
Dr. Canavan is the Director of Breast Surgical Oncology at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano.
Source: https://www.texasoncology.com/breast-surgeon/lynn-canavan