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Overview

David A. Larson is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Rehabilitation, Surgery, Biomaterials, Epidemiology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Their work covers several topics including:

  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Surgical Sutures and Adhesives
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
  • Dispute Resolution and Class Actions

David A. Larson has authored recent papers such as:

  • "Accelerated Wound Closure of Deep Partial Thickness Burns with Acellular Fish Skin Graft," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Topical Noneuphoric Phytocannabinoid Elixir 14 Reduces Inflammation and Mitigates Burn Progression," 2024, Journal of Surgical Research
  • "On-Demand Silk Protein-Based Spray for Acute Burn Wound Management," 2025, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Evaluation of Topical Off-the-Shelf Therapies to Reduce the Need to Evacuate Battlefield-Injured Warfighters," 2023, Military Medicine
  • "Local Treatment of Wound Infections: A Review of Clinical Trials from 2013 to 2024," 2024, Advances in Wound Care

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Robert J. Christy
  • Kristo Nuutila
  • Anders H. Carlsson
  • Lucy Shaffer
  • Randolph Stone

David A. Larson has published multiple papers in specific journals, notably:

  • Journal of Burn Care & Research
  • Military Medicine
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of Surgical Research

Best Publications

  • Postoperative irradiation for subtotally resected meningiomas: A retrospective analysis of 140 patients treated from 1967 to 1990

    Brian J. Goldsmith;William M. Wara;Charles B. Wilson;David A. Larson

  • A multi-institutional experience with stereotactic radiosurgery for solitary brain metastasis

    John C Flickinger;Douglas Kondziolka;L Dade Lunsford;Robert J Coffey

  • American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) and American College of Radiology (ACR) practice guideline for the performance of stereotactic body radiation therapy.

    Louis Potters;Brian Kavanagh;James M. Galvin;James M. Hevezi

  • Survival benefit of hyperthermia in a prospective randomized trial of brachytherapy boost +/- hyperthermia for glioblastoma multiforme.

    Penny K. Sneed;Paul R. Stauffer;Michael W. McDermott;Chris J. Diederich

  • Radiosurgery for brain metastases: is whole brain radiotherapy necessary?

    Penny K Sneed;Kathleen R Lamborn;Julie M Forstner;Michael W McDermott

  • Edema of the arm as a function of the extent of axillary surgery in patients with stage I-II carcinoma of the breast treated with primary radiotherapy.

    David Larson;Mark Weinstein;Itzhak Goldberg;Barbara Silver

  • MR-spectroscopy guided target delineation for high-grade gliomas.

    Andrea Pirzkall;Tracy R McKnight;Edward E Graves;Mark P Carol

  • EGFR overexpression and radiation response in glioblastoma multiforme.

    Fred G. Barker;Fred G. Barker;Martha L. Simmons;Susan M. Chang;Michael D. Prados

  • Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery for Spinal Metastases: A Critical Review

    Arjun Sahgal;David A. Larson;Eric L. Chang

  • Radiosurgery for brain metastases: relationship of dose and pattern of enhancement to local control.

    Cheng-Ying Shiau;Cheng-Ying Shiau;Penny K. Sneed;Hui-Kuo G. Shu;Kathleen R. Lamborn

  • The radiobiology of radiosurgery.

    David A. Larson;John C. Flickinger;Jay S. Loeffler

  • High activity iodine-125 interstitial implant for gliomas

    Cindy O. Charfen;Penny K. Sneed;William M. Wara;David A. Larson

  • Reirradiation human spinal cord tolerance for stereotactic body radiotherapy.

    Arjun Sahgal;Lijun Ma;Vivian Weinberg;Iris C. Gibbs

  • Survival and quality of life after interstitial implantation of removable high-activity iodine-125 sources for the treatment of patients with recurrent malignant gliomas.

    Steven A. Leibel;Philip H. Gutin;William M. Wara;Pamela S. Silver

  • A multi-institutional analysis of complication outcomes after arteriovenous malformation radiosurgery.

    John C Flickinger;Douglas Kondziolka;L.Dade Lunsford;Bruce E Pollock

  • Probabilities of Radiation Myelopathy Specific to Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to Guide Safe Practice

    Arjun Sahgal;Arjun Sahgal;Vivian Weinberg;Lijun Ma;Eric Chang

  • Five year results of linac radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations: outcome for large AVMS

    Lloyd Miyawaki;Christopher Dowd;William Wara;Brian Goldsmith

  • Stereotactic body radiotherapy is effective salvage therapy for patients with prior radiation of spinal metastases.

    Arjun Sahgal;Arjun Sahgal;Christopher Ames;Dean Chou;Lijun Ma

  • Dose conformity of gamma knife radiosurgery and risk factors for complications.

    Jean L Nakamura;Lynn J Verhey;Vernon Smith;Paula L Petti

  • Pretreatment factors predict overall survival for patients with low-grade glioma: a recursive partitioning analysis

    Glenn Bauman;Knut Lote;David Larson;Lukas Stalpers

Frequent Co-Authors

William M. Wara
William M. Wara Kaiser Permanente
Penny K. Sneed
Penny K. Sneed University of California, San Francisco
Arjun Sahgal
Arjun Sahgal Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Philip H. Gutin
Philip H. Gutin Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael W. McDermott
Michael W. McDermott University of California, San Francisco
Michael D. Prados
Michael D. Prados University of California, San Francisco
Kathleen R. Lamborn
Kathleen R. Lamborn University of California, San Francisco
Theodore L. Phillips
Theodore L. Phillips University of California, San Francisco
Susan M. Chang
Susan M. Chang University of California, San Francisco
Michael S. B. Edwards
Michael S. B. Edwards Stanford University

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