LynnTDengelMDMSc
General Surgery • Charlottesville, VABreast, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia
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Office
Lee Street
ECCC and UVa Breast Center at Pantops
Charlottesville, VA 22908- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Lynn Dengel, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained surgical oncologist specializing in melanoma and breast disease at the University of Virginia. After finishing her undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College, she received her medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington D.C., where she graduated cum laude and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. She subsequently completed a general surgery residency at UVA, where she received the Award of Academic Excellence from the UVA Department of Surgery. Dr. Dengel completed her fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
Dr. Dengel’s clinical practice is devoted to the management of breast cancer and melanoma in a robust multidisciplinary fashion. She performs all aspects of surgery for breast cancer and high-risk breast lesions, including: excisional biopsies, lumpectomy, mastectomy, nipple-sparing mastectomy, risk-reducing surgery, sentinel lymph node biopsy, and axillary lymph node dissection. For melanoma and the surgical management of non-melanona skin cancers, Dr. Dengel is skilled in wide excision and radical resection of primary and metastatic tumors, sentinel lymph node biopsy, as well as axillary, inguinal and pelvic lymph node dissection.
Education & Training
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Breast Surgical Oncology, 2012 - 2013
University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2005 - 2012
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 2005
Dartmouth CollegeBA, Government, 1993 - 1997
Certifications & Licensure
VA State Medical License 2005 - 2024
NY State Medical License 2012 - 2014- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Focused Ultrasound Ablation and PD-1 Antibody Blockade in Advanced Solid Tumors Start of enrollment: 2019 Nov 21
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Multipeptide vaccines for melanoma in the adjuvant setting: long-term survival outcomes and post-hoc analysis of a randomized phase II trial.Emily K Ninmer, Hong Zhu, Kimberly A Chianese-Bullock, Margaret von Mehren, Naomi B Haas, Craig L Slingluff Jr, Merrick I Ross, Lynn T Dengel> ;Nature Communications. 2024 Mar 22
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Calculators for Informed Decision-Making.Slingluff, C., Dengel, L., Witt, R.> ;JAMA Surgery. 2024 Mar 1
- ASO Visual Abstract: Decision Aid for High Risk Breast Screening-Implementation of a Novel Patient Decision Aid for Women with Elevated Breast Cancer Risk Considering ...Crystal Chu, Caleigh E Smith, Janelle Gorski, Mark Smolkin, Hui Zhao, Randy Jones, Patricia Hollen, Lynn T Dengel> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024 Feb 1
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Press Mentions
Breast-Cancer Decision Aid for High-Risk Women Earns Positive ReviewsDecember 14th, 2023- UVA Health Researchers Develop New Decision-Making Aid for Women with High Breast Cancer RiskDecember 14th, 2023
Professional Memberships
- Member
Hospital Affiliations
- Emily Couric Clinical Cancer CenterCharlottesville, Virginia
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville, Virginia
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