David Magee, M.D.

I rarely write reviews, but this is an exception. My wife and I have been patients of Dr. Magee for many years. We have been very pleased, and he is our PCP's "go to" gastroenterologist. But what really prompted this review is the recent experience of my wife. During her 3-month checkup in January, our PCP noticed a spike in her liver enzyme numbers. This happened once before, caused by her cholesterol medication. So again, our PCP took her off it to see if the numbers would return back to normal. To everyone's surprise, not only did it not go down, but the spike actually DOUBLED within a week. This confounded our PCP, who immediately ordered an abdominal ultrasound and referred us to Dr. Magee. She had the ultrasound a few days later, which was forwarded to Dr. Magee, in preparation for our visit that afternoon. Before we even arrived for that appointment, he had reviewed the ultrasound, which showed an anomaly in her ampullary duct, and contacted a specialist to perform endoscopic procedures to get a better view. The specialist worked her into his schedule a week later, removing an obstruction and other tissue samples. When we received the pathology report, it found no malignancy, BUT it also warned that not enough tissue from one location may have been sampled and recommend repeating the procedure in 3 months. Having seen this situation before, and knowing that ampullary duct cancer, though rare, is also very aggressive, Dr. Magee immediately called an expert Whipple surgeon, called us to advise that we not risk waiting, but to have a Whipple surgery to remove WHATEVER it was, and called our PCP with the same information--with whom we already had an appointment within the hour. Other factors corroborated Dr. Magee's suspicion, and she had the Whipple surgery a week later. The surgery was successful, and sure enough, the pathology report confirmed that there had been a small malignant tumor. The GREAT news is that it concluded that the tumor probably had been COMPLETELY REMOVED--a conclusion which has since been confirmed by various tests. Though she is receiving chemotherapy to help make sure it stays that way, she says, "Dr. Magee saved my life!" You can't get more complimentary than that. Thank you sincerely, Dr. Magee.