Lynda S. Dougherty, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Practice
Hospital Appointments
Deep Creek Colon and Rectal Surgery, PC
880 Memorial Drive
Oakland, Maryland 21550
June 1, 2018 - present
Fairfax Colon & Rectal Surgery, PC
2710 Prosperity Ave, Suite 200
Fairfax, VA 22031
September 1, 1999 – May 31, 2018
Fairfax Colon and Rectal Surgery Center, LLC
2710 Prosperity Ave, Suite 200 Fairfax, Virginia January 2007 - May 2018
Garrett Regional Medical Center/WVU
251 N 4th ST
Oakland, MD 21550
June 1, 2018 - present
INOVA Fairfax Hospital Medical Campus
Staff Surgeon
September 1, 1999 – 2018
INOVA Loudoun Hospital
Staff Surgeon
November 2015 - 2018
Board Certification
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
December 31, 2000 – present
American Board of Surgery
July 1, 2000 - present
License
Maryland – active
Virginia – active
Ohio - inactive
Titles
President Chesapeake (Regional Colorectal) Society
May 20, 2017 to 2018
Medical Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery INOVA Loudoun Hospital
2016 - May 2018
Medical Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery INOVA Fairfax Medical Campus
July 2013 – January 2016
Part-time Assistant Clinical Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) INOVA Fairfax Medical Campus
2009 – 2018
Da Vinci System Training SI Console Surgeon, certified
October 4, 2013 at Temple University Hospital
October 2013 – present
NCI-sponsored clinical trial investigator
2015 – 2017
ATLS Instructor July 2016 to present
ASCRS Regional Society Committee
2017-2018
Fellowship
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
July 1998 – June 1999
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Cleveland, Ohio
Residency
Medical College of Ohio (now University of Toledo)
1993 – 1998
General Surgery
Toledo, Ohio
Medical School
Medical College of Ohio
1989 – 1993
Medical Degree (MD)
Toledo, Ohio
Undergraduate
Miami University
1985 – 1989
Microbiology (BA)
Oxford, Ohio
Awards and Honors
- Washingtonian Magazine: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005 – “Top Doctors”
- Northern Virginia Magazine: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 – “Top Doctor”
- Washington Post Magazine: Super Doctors
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors: 2017, 2016, 2014
- INOVA Surgery Resident Teaching Award, Team 3, 2013
- Loudoun Hospital: Outstanding performance based on Press-Ganey patient surveys 2016
- Kiwi Endoscopy Award, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1999
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical School Honor Society (AOA), 1993
- Marion C. Anderson Award, Outstanding Surgical Student, Medical College of Ohio, 1993
Presentations
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual San Diego Meeting. Co-Moderator Symposium: Alternative Career Options: From Manhattan to Rural America and Panelist: Head For the Hills, April 28, 2021.
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) Career Transitions Webinar Panelist: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? If I Stay, It Could Be Trouble, If I Leave It Will Be Double! September 16, 2020.
- Colorectal Cancer Screening, Garrett Regional Medical Center (GRMC) Grand Rounds, Oakland, MD, 4/12/2019.
- Enhanced Recovery After Colorectal Surgery (ERAS), Garrett Regional Medical Center (GRMC) Grand Rounds, Oakland, MD, 1/11/2019.
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Enhanced Recovery after Colorectal Surgery, Oakland Rotary Club, Oakland, MD, 12/6/2018.
- Women and Their Colon's, Women's Business Luncheon, Garrett County, MD, 11/1/2018.
- Pilonidal Disease, American College of Surgeons Pre-course, Anorectal Disease, Boston, Mass, October 20, 2018.
- INOVA Fairfax Medical Campus Medicine Grand Rounds: Diverticulitis: What’s Changed? May 29, 2018.
- INOVA 2017 Innovation Conference, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), National Conference Center, Leesburg, VA, 10/27/2017
- INOVA Loudoun Hospital “Ask the Expert” lecture: Colorectal Disease – Symptoms, Screenings and Treatment Options, joint with Gastroenterology, 3/22/2017.
- 2017 Academic Surgical Congress podium presentation: Implementation of Ileostomy Protocol to Reduce Readmissions from Dehydration, Resident presenting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2/2017
- Winchester Rotary Club: Advancements in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Winchester CC, Winchester, VA, 2/09/2017.
- 2016 Virginia Women’s Conference, Women and Their Colons: What They Didn’t Know or Were Afraid to Ask, Lansdowne Resort and Spa, December 2, 2016.
- INOVA Loudoun Hospital “Ask the Expert” lecture; Colorectal Diseases: Symptoms, Screening and Treatment Options, October 18, 2016.
- Loudoun Rotary: Colon and Rectal Surgery and Robotics, Riverside CC, 9/22/2016
- Chesapeake Regional Colorectal Society Meeting, Poster Presentation (resident presented), Implementation of a Standardized Protocol for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection: Annapolis, VA, 4/16/2016.
- Inova Alexandria Hospital Inaugural Grand Rounds: Clostridium difficile: Prevention and Treatment Strategies, Joint presentation with ID, 4/20/2016
- Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Perioperative Education Symposium: Robotic Surgery, 11/14/2015
- Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Medicine Grand Rounds: Updates in Medical and Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 10/27/2015
- Inova FairOaks “Ask the Expert” lecture: Advances in Colon and Rectal Cancer Screening and Treatment, 10/7/2015.
- Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Medicine Grand Rounds: C dificile Colitis, 7/14/2015
- Inova GME Quality Symposium poster, PI: Implementation of a Standardized Protocol for the Treatment of Refractory and Recurrent C. dificile Infection, 5/2015.
- Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Surgery Grand Rounds: Optimizing the Surgical Treatment of Rectal Cancer (OSTRiCh) and How are we doing?. October 9, 2014
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University (OLLI-Mason) Instructor: Colorectal Cancer: Advances in Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment, September 25, 2014.
- “Introducing Robotics into your Practice”, Robotic Surgery Symposium, Winchester, Va, 3/6/2014
- Panelist for Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, Pediatric program at Holy Cross Hospital, 8/27/2013
- difficile: Prevention and Treatment Strategies, Joint presentation with ID, 4/20/2016
- Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Perioperative Education Symposium: Robotic Surgery, 11/14/2015
- Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Medicine Grand Rounds: Updates in Medical and Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 10/27/2015
- Inova FairOaks “Ask the Expert” lecture: Advances in Colon and Rectal Cancer Screening and Treatment, 10/7/2015.
- Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Medicine Grand Rounds: C dificile Colitis, 7/14/2015
- Inova GME Quality Symposium poster, PI: Implementation of a Standardized Protocol for the Treatment of Refractory and Recurrent C. dificile Infection, 5/2015.
- Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Surgery Grand Rounds: Optimizing the Surgical Treatment of Rectal Cancer (OSTRiCh) and How are we doing?. October 9, 2014
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University (OLLI-Mason) Instructor: Colorectal Cancer: Advances in Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment, September 25, 2014.
- “Introducing Robotics into your Practice”, Robotic Surgery Symposium, Winchester, Va, 3/6/2014
- Panelist for Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, Pediatric program at Holy Cross Hospital, 8/27/2013
- INOVA Fairfax Hospital Medical Grand Rounds: Anal Cancer and AIN:Is it inevitable? 7/2/2013.
- Invited guest: NewsChannel 8, “Let’s Talk Live”, Anal Cancer, May 20, 2009.
- Invited guest on HealthFocus, sponsored by HCA Reston Hospital, aired March 2007 on Comcast for Colon Cancer Awareness month.
- Invited panel; Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America Greater Washington, DC/Virginia Chapter, The A to Z’s of IBD Female Issues and Male Issues Many Similarities, but very Different, June 05, 2007.
- The Association of Surgical Technologists, 35th Annual National Conference, May 2004. Invited Speaker,
“Rectal Prolapse”. - INOVA Health System Institute of Research and Education, May 2002. Invited Speaker, “Rectal Cancer: Advances in management”.
- The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. May 1999. Poster Presentation, “Pelvic J-Pouch function after delivery: Vaginal versus caesarian section (The Cleveland Clinic Experience)”.
Publications
Carter DA, Mehelas TJ, Savolaine ER, Dougherty LS; J Trauma. 1998 Jan;44(1):230-5. Basal skull fracture with traumatic polycranial neuropathy and occluded left carotid: Significance of fractures along the course of the carotid artery.
Dougherty LS, Hull, T; Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2000 Aug;43(8):1157-60. Perineal endometriosis with anal sphincter involvement: report of a case.
Additional Training
- Advanced da Vinci Robotic Course
Atlanta, GA,
February 20-21, 2014 - ATLS Instructor’s Course, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Falls Church, VA,
April 20, 2015 - Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), VCU
Richmond, VA
January 25-26, 2014 - ACLS/BLS
Fairfax, Virginia - CITI Program, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
August 2013
- WCG GCP/ICH Obligations of Sponsors, Investigators Obligations
March 27, 2017 - Transanal Dearterialization Hemorrhoidopexy (THD)
- Interstim, Medtronic
- Solesta
- Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) Training, Karl Storz Endoscopy
December 4, 2010 - Tamis Gelpoint Path Workshop, Applied Medical
Annapolis, MD,
March 21, 2015 - Electrosurgical Course
Colorado Springs
Society Memberships
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS)
Chesapeake Colorectal Society
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical School Honorary (AOA)