Marissa M. Howard-McNatt, MD
- Professor, Surgical Sciences - Oncology

Marissa M. Howard-McNatt, MD
- Professor, Surgical Sciences - Oncology
Research Interests
- Breast Neoplasms
- Genetic Testing
- Mastectomy
- Health Disparities
- Disparity Research
- Papillary Carcinoma
- Education
- Smith College, 1991
- MD, Harvard Medical School, 1995
- Residency
- General Surgery, Emory Healthcare, 1999
- Surgery Reseach Fellowship, 2001
- General Surgery, West Virginia United Health System, 2003
- Fellowship
- Breast Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2003
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery, Surgery
- Memberships
- Southern Surgical Association
- American College of Surgeons
- Society of Surgical Oncology
- American Society of Breast Surgeons
- Southeastern Surgical Congress
- Positions
- Director, Breast Care Center
- Professor, Surgical Sciences - Oncology
- Departments and Affiliations
- Breast Care Center
- Surgical Sciences - Oncology
- Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research
- Resection of Cavity Shave Margins in Stage 0-III Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Breast Conserving Surgery: A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Dupont E, Tsangaris T, Garcia-Cantu C, Howard-McNatt M, Chiba A, Berger AC, Levine EA, Gass JS, Gallagher K, Lum SS, Martinez RD, Willis AI, Pandya SV, Brown EA, Fenton A, Mendiola A, Murray M, Solomon NL, Senthil M, Ollila DW, Edmonson D, Lazar M, Namm JP, Li F, Butler M, McGowan NE, Herrera ME, Avitan YP, Yoder B, Walters LL, McPartland T, Chagpar AB. Ann Surg. 2021 05; 273(5):876-881.
- What Is the Utility of Routine Complete Blood Count, Liver Function Tests, and Chest X-ray in the Evaluation of Patients with Clinically Node-Negative Breast Cancer?. Merrill AY, Garland MM, Howard-McNatt M, Isnassuos M, Perry KC, Levine EA. Am Surg. 2019 Jan; 85(1):29-33.
- Do All BRCA 1 and 2 Carriers with a Known and Unknown Breast Cancer Choose Bilateral Mastectomies?. Gaffley M, Villa A, Vu T, Steelman S, Howard-McNatt M. Am Surg. 2018 Sep; 84(9):1544-1545.
- Pure Ductal Carcinoma in situ of the Male Breast. Stutsrim A, Howard-McNatt M. Am Surg. 2018 Aug; 84(8):e333-e334.
- The impact of obesity on outcomes for patients undergoing mastectomy using the ACS-NSQIP data set. Garland M, Hsu FC, Clark C, Chiba A, Howard-McNatt M. Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 2018 Apr; 168(3):723-726.