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Jennifer K. Lowney, M.D., FASCRS

General Summary

Jennifer K. Lowney, M.D., FASCRS, completed her fellowship at the internationally renowned Washington University School of Medicine and remained in a faculty position before relocating to Dallas. After joining Texas Colon & Rectal Specialists, she became the first surgeon to complete a TEM (transanal endoscopic microsurgery) using the Wolfe® microscope in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex.

Education

  • Fellowship in Colorectal Surgery
    Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • Residency in General Surgery
    Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • Medical Doctorate
    Boston University, Boston, MA
  • Bachelor of Science
    The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Accolades & Memberships

  • Academic Women’s Network
  • American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery
  • American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Fellow
  • D Magazine Best Doctors 2009-2024
  • First surgeon to complete a Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) procedure in Dallas using the Wolf® microscope
  • International Anal Neoplasia Society (IANS)

Surgery Locations

  • Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco
  • Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine
  • Baylor Scott & White Surgicare Grapevine
  • Baylor Scott & White Surgicare Plano Alliance 
  • Medical City Plano
  • Surgery Center of Plano
  • Texas Health Center For Diagnostics & Surgery
  • Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake
  • Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano

Conditions

  • Anal Cancer
  • Anal Fissures
  • Anal Fistula
  • Anorectal Disease (HPV, Levator Ani Syndrome, Skin Tags, Anal Warts, Lichen Sclerosis)
  • Colon and Rectal Cancer
  • Colon Polyps
  • Colonic Dysmotility and Inertia
  • Colonic Strictures
  • Constipation
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Diverticulitis
  • Fecal Incontinence
  • Hemorrhoids
  • HPV and Anal Dysplasia
  • IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
  • Ileostomy/Colostomy Malfunction, Bleeding and Prolapse
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  • Lynch Syndrome
  • Parastomal Hernias
  • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (defecatory disorder)
  • Perineal Trauma
  • Perirectal Abscesses
  • Pilonidal Disease
  • Polyposis Syndrome
  • Pouchitis
  • Pruritus Ani
  • Rectal Bleeding, Lower GI Bleeding
  • Rectal Cancer
  • Rectal Pain
  • Rectal Prolapse
  • Rectocele
  • Recurrent C. Diff Colitis, Toxic Megacolon
  • Thrombosed Hemorrhoids
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Vaginal and Recto-Vaginal Fistula

Procedures

  • Anal Manometry
  • Anal Sphincter Chemodenervation/BOTOX® Treatment of Fissures
  • Anorectal Procedures
  • Colonoscopy, Screening and Therapeutic
  • Colostomy and Ileostomy Reversal Surgery
  • Endorectal Ultrasound
  • Endoscopic Surgery
  • Excision of Skin Tags
  • High Resolution Anoscopy (HRA)
  • Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery for Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Functional Disorders
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery for Small Bowel, Colon and Rectal Resections (benign and malignant)
  • Open Colectomies
  • Pelvic Floor Evaluation, Therapy and Biofeedback
  • Pelvic Floor Retraining/Anorectal Anometry and Ultrasound
  • Pilonidal Cystectomy
  • Robotic / Laparoscopic Colectomies
  • Robotic Colostomy
  • Robotic Rectal Resection
  • Robotic Rectopexy
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Fecal Incontinence
  • Screening, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy
  • Sphincterotomy and LIFT Procedure
  • Sphincter-Preserving Rectal Cancer Surgery
  • Trans-Anal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS) and Trans-Anal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM)