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David M. Mahvi, MD

Photograph of David M. Mahvi, MD

Professor, Division of General Surgery
Chief, Surgical Oncology
Director, General Surgery Residency Program

H4/724 Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-7375

Appointments: (608) 263-7502

Office: (608) 263-1383

FAX: (608) 263-7652

mahvi@surgery.wisc.edu

Education

  • Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 1981
  • Internship and Residency, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1981-1989
  • Research Fellow, Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1983-1985

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Mahvi is certified by the American Board of Surgery. His clinical interests include the surgical treatment of upper gastrointestinal malignancies (liver, pancreas, and stomach); the multidisciplinary treatment of breast cancer; and the combinations of surgery and liver tumor abliation for colorectal cancers. Dr. Mahvi is on the medical staff of the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center's Comprehensive Breast Clinic and the UW Multidisciplinary Hepatobiliary Pancreas Clinic.

Research Interests

Dr. Mahvi has research interests in gene therapy for the treatment of cancer and the development of devices to treat liver cancer.

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Recent Publications

  • Adams DM, Fenton SJ, Schirmer BD, Mahvi DM, Horvath K, Nichol P. One size does not fit all: current disposable laparoscopic devices do not fit the needs of female laparoscopic surgeons., Surgical endoscopy. 2008 Jun 14;():.
    [PubMed ID: 18553204]
  • Schutt DJ, O'Rourke AP, Will JA, Webster JG, Mahvi DM, Haemmerich D. An electrode array that minimizes blood loss for radiofrequency-assisted hepatic resection., Medical engineering & physics. 2008 May;30(4):454-9.
    [PubMed ID: 17588799]
  • Breslin TM, Mahvi DM, Vanness DJ, Mullahy J. Surgical work output: is there room for increase? An analysis of surgical work effort from 1999 to 2003., J. Surg. Res. 2008 May 1;146(1):90-5.
    [PubMed ID: 17727883]
  • Prakash P, Deng G, Converse MC, Webster JG, Mahvi DM, Ferris MC. Design optimization of a robust sleeve antenna for hepatic microwave ablation., Physics in medicine and biology. 2008 Feb 21;53(4):1057-69.
    [PubMed ID: 18263958]
  • Converse MC, Hou M, Mahvi DM, Webster JG. Feasibility study of tumor size estimation through time domain peak monitoring., IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering. 2008 Jan;55(1):230-6.
    [PubMed ID: 18232366]
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