Skip to Content
David P Foley, MD

Contact Dr. Foley

E-mail:
foley@surgery.wisc.edu

Phone:
(608) 262-8360

Mail:
600 HIGHLAND AVE
BX7375 CLINICAL SCIENCE CNTR-H4
MADISON, WI 53792-3284

David P Foley, MD

Associate Professor
Division of Transplantation

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]
    More Information

Recent Publications
  • Increased C4d in post-reperfusion biopsies and increased donor specific antibodies at one-week post transplant are risk factors for acute rejection in mild to moderately sensitized kidney transplant recipients.
    Djamali A, Muth BL, Ellis TM, Mohamed M, Fernandez LA, Miller KM, Bellingham JM, Odorico JS, Mezrich JD, Pirsch JD, D'Alessandro TM, Vidyasagar V, Hofmann RM, Torrealba JR, Kaufman DB, Foley DP
    Kidney Int. 2013 Feb 27.
    [PubMed ID: 23447068]
    More Information
  • Hepatic Preservation Injury: Severity of Hepatitis C Recurrence and Survival After Liver Transplantation.
    Michaels AJ, Dhanasekaran R, Foley DP, Alkhasawneh A, Dixon L, Soldevila-Pico C, Morelli G, Cabrera R, Clark VC, Firpi RJ
    Dig. Dis. Sci. 2013 Jan 10.
    [PubMed ID: 23306846]
    More Information
  • Native kidney function following liver transplantation using calcineurin inhibitors: single-center analysis with 20 years of follow-up.
    Lamattina JC, Mezrich JD, Fernandez LA, D'Alessandro AM, Djamali A, Musat AI, Pirsch JD, Foley DP
    Clin Transplant 2013 Mar; 27(2):193-202.
    [PubMed ID: 23294013, PMC ID: 3622762]
    More Information
  • Complications associated with liver transplantation in the obese recipient.
    LaMattina JC, Foley DP, Fernandez LA, Pirsch JD, Musat AI, D'Alessandro AM, Mezrich JD
    Clin Transplant 2012 Nov; 26(6):910-8.
    [PubMed ID: 22694047, PMC ID: 3518672]
    More Information
  • Differential outcomes of expanded-criteria donor renal allografts according to recipient age.
    Mezrich JD, Pirsch JD, Fernandez LA, Foley DP, Bellingham JM, Odorico JS, Leverson GE, Munoz-Del-Rio A, Sollinger HW, Kaufman DB, D'Alessandro AM
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2012 Jul; 7(7):1163-71.
    [PubMed ID: 22653256, PMC ID: 3386667]
    More Information

webmaster@surgery.wisc.edu Copyright © 2013 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System