Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Internship: Medical College of Pennsylvania
- Residency: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Fellowships
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Defining the reliability of bladder scan in patients with obesity with postoperative urinary retention.
Mavani PT, Ajay PS, Wagner HB, Meyer BI, Shah M, Sok CP, Gamboa AC, Goyal S, Switchenko JM, Maithel SK, Kooby DA, Shah MM
Surgery. 2025;
PMID: 40633286 - Conversion of Robotic Distal Pancreatectomy: Predictors and Outcomes in an International Multicenter Study.
Müller PC, Sedlaczek P, Billeter AT, Shen B, Jin J, Nickel F, Guidetti C, Kauffmann E, Purchla J, Berchtold C, Tschuor C, Krohn PS, Burgdorf SK, Jonas JP, Bussmann FJ, Saint-Marc O, Iben-Khayat A, Andel PCM, Molenaar IQ, Wellner U, Keck T, Moeckli B, Toso C, Di Benedetto F, Valle V, Giulianotti P, Roulin D, Martinie J, Rama M, Lavu H, Yeo CJ, Mavani PT, Shah MM, Kooby DA, He J, Boggi U, Hackert T, Borel-Rinkes IHM, Clavien PA, Müller BP, Kuemmerli C
Annals of surgery. 2025;
PMID: 40607707 - Decreasing Complications After Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy: Is a Totally Minimally Invasive Approach the Solution?
Mavani PT, Sok C, Ajay PS, Cao Y, Bonanno AM, Cardona K, Fernandez FG, Force SD, Khullar OV, Russell MC, Staley CA, Shah MM, Kooby DA, Sancheti MS
Journal of surgical oncology. 2025;132(2):308-316.
PMID: 40530950 - Multi-Institutional Analysis of Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Nonfamilial Periampullary Adenoma: A Novel Risk Score to Guide Shared Decision-Making.
Mavani PT, Sok C, Eng N, Marra A, Foroutani L, Alseidi A, Hariri H, Wilson G, Ahmad SA, Scoggins C, Hester C, Datta J, Merchant N, LeCompte M, Kim HJ, Sigler G, Zafar N, Weber S, Prela O, Carpizo D, Kasting C, Fields R, Sarmiento JM, Russell MC, Shah MM, Maithel SK, Kooby DA
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2025;240(4):392-402.
PMID: 39831703 - Reducing Postoperative Opioid Use: A Comparison of Open Versus Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia for Patients Undergoing Open Pancreatoduodenectomy.
Mavani PT, Sok C, Ajay PS, McPherson T, Switchenko J, Kooby DA, Shah MM
Journal of surgical oncology. 2025;131(7):1343-1351.
PMID: 39780451 - Best Practices for Delivering Neoadjuvant Therapy in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Cloyd JM, Sarna A, Arango MJ, Bates SE, Bhutani MS, Bloomston M, Chung V, Dotan E, Ferrone CR, Gambino PF, Goenka AH, Goodman KA, Hall WA, He J, Hogg ME, Jayaraman S, Kambadakone A, Katz MHG, Khorana AA, Ko AH, Koay EJ, Kooby DA, Krishna SG, Larsson LK, Lee RT, Maitra A, Massarweh NN, Mikhail S, Muzaffar M, O'Reilly EM, Palta M, Petzel MQB, Philip PA, Reyngold M, Santa Mina D, Sohal DPS, Sundaresan TK, Tsai S, Turner KL, Vreeland TJ, Walston S, Washington MK, Williams TM, Wo JY, Snyder RA
JAMA surgery. 2025;160(2):172-180.
PMID: 39630427 - Competency, Proficiency, and Mastery: Learning Curves for Robotic Distal Pancreatectomy at 16 International Expert Centers.
Müller PC, Kuemmerli C, Billeter AT, Shen B, Jin J, Nickel F, Guidetti C, Kauffmann E, Purchla J, Tschuor C, Krohn PS, Burgdorf SK, Jonas JP, Bussmann FJ, Saint-Marc O, Iben-Khayat A, Andel PCM, Molenaar IQ, Wellner U, Keck T, Moeckli B, Toso C, Di Benedetto F, Valle V, Giulianotti P, Roulin D, Martinie JB, Rama M, Lavu H, Yeo C, Mavani PT, Shah MM, Kooby DA, He J, Boggi U, Hackert T, Borel-Rinkes IHM, Müller BP, Clavien PA
Annals of surgery. 2024;
PMID: 39559857 - ASO Author Reflections: Enhancing Return to Intended Oncologic Therapy in Gastric Cancer-The Role of Minimally Invasive Gastrectomy.
Mavani PT, Koo A, Kooby DA, Shah MM
Annals of surgical oncology. 2025;32(2):1257-1258.
PMID: 39556175 - Effect of Minimally Invasive Gastrectomy on Return to Intended Oncologic Therapy for Gastric Cancer.
Koo A, Mavani PT, Sok C, Goyal S, Concors S, Mason MC, Winer JH, Russell MC, Cardona K, Lin E, Maithel SK, Kooby DA, Staley CA, Shah MM
Annals of surgical oncology. 2025;32(1):230-239.
PMID: 39516415 - Comparison of Ampullary and Pancreatic Adenocarcinomas: Smaller Invasion, Common Adenomatous Components, Resectability, and Histology are Factors for Improved Survival for Patients with Ampullary Adenocarcinoma.
Memis B, Saka B, Pehlivanoglu B, Kim G, Balci S, Tajiri T, Ohike N, Bagci P, Akar KE, Muraki T, Jang KT, Maithel SK, Sarmiento J, Kooby DA, Esmer R, Tarcan ZC, Goodman M, Xue Y, Krasinskas A, Reid M, Basturk O, Adsay V
Annals of surgical oncology. 2025;32(3):1858-1868.
PMID: 39402320
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