Carolina Breast Care Specialists, PA
4414 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 211
Raleigh, NC 27607
919-741-5966 voice 919-571-4330 fax
seantcanale@doctor.com
Practice History/Employment:
04/06 – present Carolina Breast Care Specialists, P.A.
Raleigh, NC
Breast Surgery
04/01 – 04/06 Capital Surgical Associates, P.A.
Raleigh, NC
General Surgery
06/00 – 04/01 The Breast Center at Memorial Medical Center
New Orleans, LA
Breast Surgery
08/00 – 04/01 Kenner Regional Medical Center
Kenner, LA
General Surgery
07/97– 04/01 Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery
08/96 – 04/01 Browne McHardy Clinic
Metairie, LA
Senior Physician, Department of General Surgery
01/87 - 05/87 Georgetown University Department of Biology
Washington, D.C.
Teaching Assistant - Mammalian Physiology
08/86 - 12/86 Georgetown University Department of Biology
Washington, D.C.
Teaching Assistant - Comparative Anatomy
08/85 - 12/85 Georgetown University Department of Biology
Washington, D.C.
Teaching Assistant - Introductory Biology
Board Certification:
06/97 - present American Board of Surgery
Post Graduate Training:
07/94 - 06/96 Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME
Residency in General Surgery (PGY4- PGY5)
07/91 - 06/94 Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation
New Orleans, LA
Residency in General Surgery (PGY1 - PGY3)
Education:
08/87 - 05/91 Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Medical Doctorate
06/88 - 08/88 Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation
New Orleans, LA
Clinical Clerkship in Transplant Surgery
10/89 - 11/89 Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation
New Orleans, LA
Externship in Transplant Surgery
08/83 - 05/87 Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
B.S. Biology, Cum Laude
06/86 - 07/86 Villa Le Balze
Fiesole, Italy
Intensive Intermediate Italian
06/85 - 07/85 University of Nice
Nice, France
Cours Superieur
08/78 - 05/83 Jesuit High School
New Orleans, LA
Summa Cum Laude
Additional Training/Certification:
10/03 MammoSite Partial Breast Radiation Course
Dallas, TX
04/02 Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Course
American Society of Breast Surgeons, Boston, MA
08/98 Bard Mesh PerFix Plug Hernia Repair Training
Newark, New Jersey
07/98 Kugel Hernia Repair Training Course
Dallas, Texas
03/98 2nd Annual John Ray Endorectal Ultrasonography Course
Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA
04/97 Image Guided Breast Biopsy
American College of Surgeons, San Diego, California
04/97 Ultrasound for the General Surgeon
American College of Surgeons, San Diego, California
03/97 Advanced Operative Laparoscopy for General Surgeons
Advanced Laparoscopy Training Center, Marietta, Georgia
Society Memberships/Appointments:
American College of Surgeons
North Carolina Chapter – American College of Surgeons
American Society of Breast Surgeons
American Society of Breast Disease
Communications Committee 2002 - 2008
Membership Committee 2008
Louisiana Breast Cancer Task Force
Rex Hospital
Medical Records Committee, 2002 – 2003
Breast Cancer Center Steering Committee, 2003 – 2004
Breast Care Committee, Co-Chair, 2004 – 2008
Multidisciplinary Tumor Conf. Coordinator, 2004 – 2006
Cancer Center Committee, 2004 - 2008
East Jefferson General Hospital
Oncology Committee, 2000-2001
Browne McHardy Clinic
Utilization Review Committee, 1996 - 2001
Quality Assurance Committee, 2000
North Carolina Medical Society
Wake County Medical Society
Raleigh Academy of Medicine
Jefferson Parish Medical Society
Community Relations Committee, 1998 - 1999
Delegate to State Convention, 1998 - 1999
Louisiana State Medical Society
Public Relations Committee, 1999-2001
Committee on Evolving Trends in Medicine, 2000 - 2001
Chronic Diseases Committee, 2000 – 2001
Publications/Presentations:
"SABCS 2005: Updates on Surgical Diagnosis, Staging, and Therapy", Rex Cancer Center, January 17, 2006.
"Sentinel Node Mapping/Biopsy: San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposim 2004 Update", Rex Cancer Center, March 29, 2005.
"Apple-a-Day Program: Breast Cancer 2004", Rex Cancer Center, October 6, 2004.
"Breast Cancer 2004", Outreach Program, Rex Cancer Center, January 17, 2004.
"North Carolina Now - Healthwise", UNC-TV, December 16, 2003.
"Partial Breast Radiation Using MammoSite", Rex Hospital, October 23, 2003.
"Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping/Biopsy in Breast Cancer", North Carolina Ambulatory Surgery Center Symposium, November 2, 2002.
"Doctors On Call", WRAL Television, 2002, 2003.
"Breast Cancer Chemoprevention – When is Tamoxifen Appropriate?", CME presentation, August 10, 2000.
"Physicians and Medical Information Systems", CME presentation, Lafayette General Medical Center, May 22, 2000.
"Breast Cancer Awareness Month", Press Release, Louisiana State Medical Society, October 1999.
"Breast Cancer Awareness ", Letter to the Editor, Times Picayune , October 1,1999.
"Healthline - Let's Talk", Topic: Breast Disease, WLAE Television, May 24, 1999.
"Battle of the Bulge: The History of Hernia Surgery", Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery,Maine Medical Center, May 9, 1996.
"Beneficial Effects of Low Dose Cyclosporine in Uninephrectomized Rats"; Adam Meyers, Sean T. Canale, et al, Transplantation, 49(5): 879-882, May 1990.