David Harris, MD

Assistant Professor

  • Director of MIS Research
  • Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Affiliate Member of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
  • Associate Director: UW-Madison Mouse Phenotyping and Surgery Core

daharris6@wisc.edu
(608) 263-1036

600 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53792

Education

  • MD, University of Virginia
  • Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, General Surgery
  • Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Advanced GI & Bariatric Surgery

Dr. Harris provides a wide range of services including Laparoscopic Revisional Bariatric Surgery.

Research Interests

Dr. Harris studies the mechanistic intersection between bariatric surgery, metabolism, and aging. Using complex surgical models in mice, his current lab efforts focus on how bariatric surgery effects the process of cellular senescence and by doing so, mitigates metabolic diseases and extends healthspan.

Dr. Harris received a one-year pilot grant from Washington University’s Diabetes Research Center to explore potential treatments for Type 2 diabetes. Read more here.