Biography
Dr. Michael Alvarado is a cancer surgeon who cares for patients with breast cancer and melanoma at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at Mount Zion.
In his research, Alvarado conducts trials of radiation therapy for breast cancer. He also studies blood-based and molecular markers with the goal of improving breast cancer screening.
Alvarado earned a master's degree in chemistry at the University of Arizona and a medical degree at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine. After completing a residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, he completed a surgical oncology fellowship at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida.
In his research, Alvarado conducts trials of radiation therapy for breast cancer. He also studies blood-based and molecular markers with the goal of improving breast cancer screening.
Alvarado earned a master's degree in chemistry at the University of Arizona and a medical degree at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine. After completing a residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, he completed a surgical oncology fellowship at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida.
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Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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Darmouth | M.D. | School of Medicine | 1998 |
Board Certifications
- 2005, American Board of Surgery
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
Clinical Trials
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Breast Cancer Undergoing Breast-Conserving Surgery (NCT01570998)Related Conditions: Breast Cancer| Start Date: | End Date:
- SentiMag® Intraoperative Comparison in Breast Cancer (NCT02336737)Related Conditions: Breast Cancer| Start Date: | End Date:
Program Affiliations
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- UCSF Melanoma Center
- Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center
Research Interests
Investigation of blood-based and molecular markers to improve breast cancer screening
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 89
- In Regard to Hepel and Wazer.| | PubMed
- Tumor Involvement of the Nipple in Total Skin-Sparing Mastectomy: Strategies for Management.| | PubMed
- The impact of genomic testing on the recommendation for radiation therapy in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ: A prospective clinical utility assessment of the 12-gene DCIS score™ result.| | PubMed
- Rates of Reconstruction Failure in Patients Undergoing Immediate Reconstruction With Tissue Expanders and/or Implants and Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy.| | PubMed
- Pride, Prejudice, or Science: Attitudes Towards the Results of the TARGIT-A Trial of Targeted Intraoperative Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer.| | PubMed
- The impact of breast mass on outcomes of total skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate tissue expander-based breast reconstruction.| | PubMed
- Immediate implant-based breast reconstruction following total skin-sparing mastectomy: defining the risk of preoperative and postoperative radiation therapy for surgical outcomes.| | PubMed
- Haste makes waste, but lack of urgency is opportunity lost.| | PubMed
- Total skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction: an evolution of technique and assessment of outcomes.| | PubMed
- Immediate implant-based breast reconstruction following total skin-sparing mastectomy in women with a history of augmentation mammaplasty: assessing the safety profile.| | PubMed