Experience through education
M. Lance Tavana, M.D. is a board-certified plastic surgeon with additional board certification in hand surgery. He currently serves as the Chief of Plastic Surgery and the Program Director of the Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, Dr. Tavana attended Stanford University in California, earning a BS in biology in 2000. Medical school brought him east to Philadelphia, where he obtained his medical degree at Temple University in 2004. His residency sent him to the University of South Florida, where, after completing his internship in general surgery, he continued his plastic surgery residency at USF, graduating in 2011. Further fellowship training in the specialty of hand and upper extremity surgery continued in Pennsylvania through the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Since 2012, Dr. Tavana has served as a full-time faculty member at the Medical University of South Carolina as an associate professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is currently the program director for the MUSC integrated plastic surgery residency. He is active academically, having authored several book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles and presenting on a local and national level. He previously served as the South Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons president. Dr. Tavana also serves at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, caring for our nation's veterans.
Dr. Tavana specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery. He treats all conditions of the upper extremity from the elbow to fingertip, including but not limited to carpal tunnel syndrome (treating with endoscopic carpal tunnel release); cubital tunnel syndrome; hand/wrist/elbow pain; rheumatoid arthritis; osteoarthritis; fractures; amputations; lacerations: tendon and nerve injuries; congenital conditions; Dupuytren's disease; tennis elbow; and, sports injuries. Dr. Tavana also performs reconstructive surgery for traumatic injuries, cancer reconstruction, and chronic wounds. Dr. Tavana sees patients in Mount Pleasant, West Ashley, and North Charleston.
Dr. Tavana specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery. He treats all conditions of the upper extremity from the elbow to fingertip, including but not limited to carpal tunnel syndrome (treating with endoscopic carpal tunnel release); cubital tunnel syndrome; hand/wrist/elbow pain; rheumatoid arthritis; osteoarthritis; fractures; amputations; lacerations: tendon and nerve injuries; congenital conditions; Dupuytren's disease; tennis elbow; and, sports injuries. Dr. Tavana also performs reconstructive surgery for traumatic injuries, cancer reconstruction, and chronic wounds. Dr. Tavana sees patients in Mount Pleasant, West Ashley, and North Charleston.