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Legendary Surgeon Maurice Galante Dies
Maurice Galante, M.D., a legendary master surgeon at UCSF and renaissance man, died on February 5, 2013. His career is memorialized by the Maurice Galante Lecture Program and Maurice Galante Distinguished Professorship.
Michael D. Alvarado, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Director, Breast Surgery Oncology Fellowship
Contact Information
| Academic Office 415-353-7908 415-353 9571 - Fax michael.alvarado@ucsfmedctr.org Carol Franc Buck Breast Care 1600 Divisadero St., Second Fl. San Francisco, CA 94115 Appointments: (415) 353-7070 Fax: (415) 353-7050 | Melanoma Surgery 1701 Divisadero St. Second Floor San Francisco, CA 94115 Appointments: (415) 353-9900 Fax: (415) 885-3802 |
BiographyEducation
- 1985-89, Arizona State University, BS, Chemistry
- 1990-92, University of Arizona, Physical Chemistry, MA
- 1994-98, Dartmouth Medical School, MD
Residencies
- 1998-04, Surgical Residency, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
- 1998-03, Surgical Residency, Dartmouth Medical School
- 2003-04, Chief Resident, Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School
Fellowships
- 2004-06, Surgical Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Board Certification
- 2005, American Board of Surgery
Program Affiliations
- Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- UCSF Melanoma Center
Clinical Expertise
- Breast Reconstruction
- DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in situ)
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- Invasive Breast Cancer
- LCIS (Lobular Carcinoma in situ)
- Lumpectomy/Partial Mastectomy
- Lymphadenectomy
- Mastectomy
- Melanoma
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Recurrent Breast Cancer
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Wire Localization Surgery
Research Interests
- Investigation of blood-based and molecular markers to improve breast cancer screening
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Biography
Michael Alvarado, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and member of the breast care and melanoma programs. Dr. Alvarado received his undergraduate degree from Arizona State University, his master's degree in chemistry from the University of Arizona and his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School.
After completing his residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, he completed his surgical oncology fellowship at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at the University of South Florida. There he conducted research in the Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology on comparative gene expression profiling of stage III colon cancer and sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients undergoing mastectomy.
Dr. Alvarado plays an integral role in the world-renowned multidisciplinary breast care team at the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center in the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is also Director of the Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program and is intimately involved in the training of breast cancer surgeons of the future.
Dr. Alvarado performs melanoma surgery including sentinel lymph node biopsy at the UCSF Melanoma Center, a multidisciplinary program consisting of melanoma surgeons, dermatologists, medical oncologists, dermatopathologist and head and neck surgeon.
Highly respected by his peers, Dr. Alvarado was named to the list of U.S. News "Top Doctors," which denotes the top 10% of physicians within a region practicing a given specialty. Dr. Alvarado is certified by the American Board of Surgery, member of the Society of Surgical Oncology and member of the American College of Surgeons.
Selected Publications
- Warren Peled A, Itakura K, Foster RD, Hamolsky D, Tanaka J, Ewing C, Alvarado M, Esserman LJ, Hwang ES. Impact of chemotherapy on postoperative complications after mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction. Arch Surg. 2010 Sep; 145(9):880-5.
- Vaidya JS, Joseph DJ, Tobias JS, Bulsara M, Wenz F, Saunders C, Alvarado M, Flyger HL, Massarut S, Eiermann W, Keshtgar M, Dewar J, Kraus-Tiefenbacher U, Sütterlin M, Esserman L, Holtveg HM, Roncadin M, Pigorsch S, Metaxas M, Falzon M, Matthews A, Corica T, Williams NR, Baum M. Targeted intraoperative radiotherapy versus whole breast radiotherapy for breast cancer (TARGIT-A trial): an international, prospective, randomised, non-inferiority phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2010 Jul 10; 376(9735):91-102.
- Melis M, Hernandez J, Siegel EM, McLoughlin JM, Ly QP, Nair RM, Lewis JM, Jensen EH, Alvarado MD, Coppola D, Eschrich S, Bloom GC, Yeatman TJ, Shibata D. Gene expression profiling of colorectal mucinous adenocarcinomas. Dis Colon Rectum. 2010 Jun; 53(6):936-43.
- Mukhtar RA, Throckmorton AD, Alvarado MD, Ewing CA, Esserman LJ, Chiu C, Hwang ES. Bacteriologic features of surgical site infections following breast surgery. Am J Surg. 2009 Oct; 198(4):529-31.
- Lang JE, Liu LC, Lu Y, Jenkins T, Hwang SE, Esserman LJ, Ewing CA, Alvarado M, Morita E, Treseler P, Leong SP. Prognostic implications of positive nonsentinel lymph nodes removed during selective sentinel lymphadenectomy for breast cancer. Breast J. 2009 May-Jun; 15(3):242-6.
In the News
Twenty-Five Department of Surgery Faculty Named to U.S. News Top Doctors List
U.S. News - Mar 01, 2012In its most recent survey, U.S. News in collaboration with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. listed twenty-five (25) surgeons in the UCSF Department of Surgery, nearly one-third (1/3) of the clinical faculty, on the list of U.S. News "Top Doctors". The list, compiled from the opinion of colleagues, denotes the top 10% of physicians within a region practicing a given specialty. Fifteen of the 25 department surgeons were also named by their peers to the list of America's Top Doctors (ATD), a distinction reserved for the top 1% of physicians in the nation for that specialty. The listings are published online at U.S. News. The group rankings are intended to guide patients in selecting a doctor and physicians in making specialty referrals.
