About Debra Gervais, MD
Dr. Gervais trained at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Diagnostic Radiology and Abdominal Imaging and Intervention. She has worked as an Interventional Radiologist at Children's Hospital Boston. Her clinical interests are percutaneous tumor ablation, adult and pediatric nonvascular Interventional Radiology, and Abdominal Imaging. Her research interests are in percutaneous tumor ablation and nonvascular Interventional Radiology. She is best known for her research in the field of renal tumor ablation and has published and lectured extensively on that topic.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Cross-sectional imaging
- GU interventions
- Pediatric Nonvascular Interventions
- Tumor ablation
Treats:
- Adult & Pediatrics
Locations
Mass General Cancer Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-5130
Phone: 877-726-5130
Medical Education
- MD, Tufts Univ. School of Med.
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid NY
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Publications
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Partial List of Publications - Complete and up to date listing available in PubMed
Gervais DA, McGovern FJ, Wood BJ, Goldberg SN, McDougal WS, Mueller PR. Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Early Clinical Experience. Radiology 2000; 217: 265-272.
Gervais DA, Francis J. McGovern, MD, Ronald S. Arellano, MD, W. Scott McDougal, MD, Peter R. Mueller, MD. Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Clinical Experience and Technical Success in 42 Tumors. Radiology 2003; 26:417-424.
Gervais DA, McGovern FJ, Arellano RS, McDougal WS, Mueller PR. Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma Part 1: Indications, Results, and Role in Patient Management over a Six-Year Period and Ablation of 100 Tumors. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2005; 185:64-71.
Gervais DA, Arellano RS, McGovern FJ, McDougal WS, Mueller PR. Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma Part 2: Lessons Learned with Ablation of 100 Tumors. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2005; 185:72-80.