Georgia McCann, MD

Georgia McCann, MD, joined the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio in 2013. She is an associate clinical professor and chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology. She is the leader of the gynecologic oncology program at Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer. Center. Her expertise includes the diagnosis, treatment and research of cervical, endometrial, ovarian and vulvar cancers. McCann also has advanced surgical training in robotic and laparoscopic procedures, radical pelvic and reconstructive surgery, for the diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic cancers and complicated benign gynecologic conditions. She completed her gynecologic oncology fellowship at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center after a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She has authored or co-authored more than 35 papers published in peer-reviewed journals. She also serves as the associate program director for the gynecologic oncology fellowship program and leads the gynecologic oncology clinical trial program. 

In 2016, McCann founded the Purple Heals support group for women with gynecologic cancers, the first group of its kind in San Antonio. She looks forward to promoting the care of women with gynecologic cancers in South Texas. 

McCann was also named one of San Antonio’s Top Doctors for Women and San Antonio’s Top Doctors 2021.

McCann is the site principal investigator for a multicenter surgical trial sponsored by NRG Oncology and the National Cancer Institute. Learn more about this clinical trial that compares two surgical procedures in women With BRCA1 Mutations to assess reduced risk of ovarian cancer.