Education

• MD, Boston University, 1994
• General Surgery Residency, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 1994-2001
• Surgical Research Fellow, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 1996-1998
• Transplantation Fellow, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 2001-2003

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Foley is certified by the American Board of Surgery. He specializes in liver and kidney transplantation.

Dr. Foley provides a wide range of services including Kidney Transplant, Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy, Liver Resection, Liver Transplant, and Wedge Resection of the Liver.

Research Interests

Dr. Foley’s research interests include identifying novel protective strategies to minimize ischemia-reperfusion injury in both liver and kidney transplantation. Specific focus includes the study of endogenous antioxidant protective pathways mediated by the transcription factor, Nrf2.

Active Clinical Trials

• Controlled, Randomized, Prospective, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Phase I/II, Dose-Escalation Study of the Safety, PK, and Clinical Activity of I5NP for Prophylaxis of Delayed Graft Function in Patients Undergoing Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
  Principal Investigator(s): David P Foley, MD
  Status: Recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00802347]
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Recent Publications

• Alemtuzumab as compared to alternative contemporary induction regimens.
  LaMattina JC, Mezrich JD, Hofmann RM, Foley DP, D'Alessandro AM, Sollinger HW, Pirsch JD
  Transpl. Int. 2012 May; 25(5):518-26.
  [PubMed ID: 22394259]
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• Ischemia reperfusion injury: from basic mechanisms to innovative protective strategies.
  Foley DP
  Transplant Rev (Orlando) 2012 Apr; 26(2):53.
  [PubMed ID: 22226383]
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• Donation after cardiac death: a 29-year experience.
  Bellingham JM, Santhanakrishnan C, Neidlinger N, Wai P, Kim J, Niederhaus S, Leverson GE, Fernandez LA, Foley DP, Mezrich JD, Odorico JS, Love RB, De Oliveira N, Sollinger HW, D'Alessandro AM
  Surgery 2011 Oct; 150(4):692-702.
  [PubMed ID: 22000181]
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• Chronic kidney disease stage progression in liver transplant recipients.
  Lamattina JC, Foley DP, Mezrich JD, Fernandez LA, Vidyasagar V, D'Alessandro AM, Musat AI, Samaniego-Picota MD, Pascual J, Alejandro MD, Leverson GE, Pirsch JD, Djamali A
  Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2011 Aug; 6(8):1851-7.
  [PubMed ID: 21784823]
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• Simultaneous liver and kidney transplantation using donation after cardiac death donors: a brief report.
  LaMattina JC, Mezrich JD, Fernandez LA, D'Alessandro AM, Bellingham JM, Musat AI, Foley DP
  Liver Transpl. 2011 May; 17(5):591-5.
  [PubMed ID: 21506247, PMC ID: 3088423]
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