MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF
Hobart W. Harris, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of General Surgery
Madhulika Varma, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Contact Information
415-885-3609 - Clinic Office
415-885-7678 - Clinic Fax
415-885-3625 Academic Office
415-885-3886 - Academic Fax
varmam@surgery.ucsf.eduEducation
- 1983-87 Brown University, Providence, RI - A.B., Human Biology
- 1987-91 Brown University, Providence, RI - M.D.
Residencies
- 1991-97 University of California, San Francisco - Resident, Surgery
- 1997-98 Univesity of California, San Francisco, Chief Resident, Surgery
Fellowships
- 1994-96 University of California, San Francisco - Research Fellowship, Department of Stomatology, PI
- 1999-00 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN - Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery
- 2000-01 University of California, San Francisco - Fellow, Advanced Training in Clinical Research: Biostatics & Epidemiology
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery, 1999
- American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2001
Program Affiliations
- Director of UCSF Center for Pelvic Physiology
- Co-Director, UCSF Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Assitant Program Director -UCSF Center for Colorectal Surgery, ACGME Fellowship
Clinical Expertise
- Colon & Rectal Surgery
- Colon Cancer
- Rectal Cancer
- Pelvic Floor Disorders
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) including, Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Research Interests
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The development of the CSI (Constipation Severity Index) and CRQOL (Constipation-related Quality of Life measure)
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The Effect of Rectal Resection on Bowel, Bladder, and Sexual Functioning in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Research Evaluation and Allocation Committee Grant (Principal Investigator) A randomized control trial to examine the efficacy of anorectal biofeedback
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Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction in Ulcerative Colitis Patients
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A randomized, subject and evaluator blinded, sham controlled,multicenter study to evaluate efficacy and safety of NASHA/Dx for the treatment of fecal incontinence.
Biography
Dr. Mika Varma is a colorectal surgeon who specializes in diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. Her areas of expertise include colorectal and anal cancer, inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and pelvic floor disorders. She also is a specialist in laparoscopic colorectal surgery, using minimally invasive techniques to treat many of these diseases. Varma is director of the Center for Pelvic Physiology, which evaluates patients with fecal incontinence, constipation, pelvic floor prolapse, rectal cancer and anal fistula. She is the Director of the UCSF Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and a member of the clinical team of the Women's Continence Center and the Women's Health Research Center.
Dr. Varma earned a medical degree at Brown University School of Medicine in Providence, R.I. She completed a residency in general surgery at UCSF and spent a year at the University of Minnesota for specialized training in colon and rectal surgery. She returned to UCSF in 2000 where she completed a fellowship in Clinical Outcomes Research and Epidemiology. Her research interests include the assessment of clinical outcomes for inflammatory bowel diseases and defecation disorders.
Dr. Varma lives in San Francisco with her husband, Dr. Jonathan Terdiman, and two daugthers, Mira and Joya.
Selected Publications
1. Varma MG, Rogers SJ, Schrock TR, Welton ML. Local excision of rectal carcinoma. Arch Surg. 134: 863-7; discussion 867-8, Aug/1999.
2. Lin CY, Varma MG, Joubel A, Madabushi S, Lichtarge O, Barber DL. Conserved motifs in somatostatin, D2-dopamine, and alpha 2B-adrenergic receptors for inhibiting the Na-H exchanger, NHE1. J Biol Chem. 278: 15128-35, Apr/25/2003.
3. Mathy C, Schneider K, Chen YY, Varma M, Terdiman JP, Mahadevan U. Gross versus microscopic pancolitis and the occurrence of neoplasia in ulcerative colitis. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 9: 351-5, Nov/2003.
4. Varma MG, Brown JS, Creasman JM, Thom DH, Van Den Eeden SK, Beattie MS, Subak LL,. Fecal incontinence in females older than aged 40 years: who is at risk?. Dis Colon Rectum. 49: 841-51, Jun/2006.
5. Bitton A, Keagle JN, Varma MG. Small bowel bezoar in a patient with noonan syndrome: report of a case. MedGenMed. 9: 34, 2007.