The breast surgery team at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, an affiliate of The US Oncology Network, offers the most current and effective treatment options for non-cancer and cancer related diseases of the breast.
Comprehensive has four breast surgery treatment centers in Nevada offering treatment options including minimally invasive breast biopsies, sentinel lymph node biopsies and more.
Each location has either a physician, or several physicians, all dedicated to delivering the highest level of care to our patients. Treatment includes also access to groundbreaking clinical research.
Primary Specialty
Surgeon
GenderFemale
EducationM. Ferra Lin-Duffy, DO, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in communication from the University of Hawaii and completed the post baccalaureate program at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Penn, where she was part of the Alpha Epsilon Delta: The Premedical Honor Society. She then received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.
TrainingDr. Lin-Duffy completed a surgical internship at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, NY, a surgical residency at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., and breast surgical oncology fellowship at Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas.
ServicesDr. Lin-Duffy is a breast surgeon at Comprehensive Cancer Centers. She has special expertise in breast surgical oncology and the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Her clinical interests include surgical treatment of breast cancer, nipple-sparing mastectomies, ultrasound guided lumpectomies, oncoplastic breast surgery, sentinel lymph node biopsies and axillary node dissections, axillary reverse mapping to minimize lymphedema risk and management of benign breast disease.
Prior to joining the practice, Dr. Lin-Duffy was a breast surgeon with OptumCare Cancer Care in 2018 and with Las Vegas Surgical Associates from 2016 to 2018.
Her research and findings have been presented at a number of industry conferences including the Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery and the Annual Clinic Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons.
Dr. Lin-Duffy is passionate about volunteering and offering her medical expertise to organizations throughout the world. She was a receptionist volunteer for Tzu Chi Foundation Free Clinic Center and pediatric intensive care unit volunteer for Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii. She also participated in a medical mission at Tzu Chi Organization in Pago Pago, American Samoa and a breast cancer surgical mission at Ricardo Limardo Hospital in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, which is where she developed a passion for treating breast cancer patients.