About Sunita Srivastava, MD
Sunita Srivastava, MD, is a board-certified vascular surgeon in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. She also serves as the division’s director of quality and radiation safety officer. Her clinical interests include traditional (open) and minimally invasive (endovascular) therapy techniques for aortic, brachiocephalic and lower extremity vascular disease. She works with her patients to create personalized treatment plans and discusses endovascular and open surgical options with them.
Dr. Srivastava completed her medical school and residency at SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, NY, where she also served as a clinical instructor in trauma, critical care and burns treatment prior to completion of her vascular fellowship at the University of Rochester. Her fellowship training at the University of Rochester included a year of interventional radiology in addition to vascular surgery. She also completed an international endovascular fellowship at the University of Malmo in Sweden.
She has authored over 50 peer reviewed publications and several book chapters. She has multiple roles in the coding and reimbursement arena for the Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology panel. She speaks nationally on optimal coding strategies and complex vascular surgery. She is the program director for the Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency and Independent Fellowship programs at Mass General.
In her personal life, Dr. Srivastava enjoys recreating the traditional recipes of her Asian Indian heritage and spending time with her family and black Labrador.
Clinical Interests:
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Aortoiliac Disease
- Aneurysm repair
- Aortic aneurysms and aortoiliac disease
- Aortic Dissection
- Carotid angioplasty and stenting/carotid endarterectomy
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Endovascular & Conventional Surgery for Carotid & Arch Vessels
- Endovascular repair abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms
- Endovascular treatment of vascular disease
- Leg artery blockages
- Minimally invasive lower extremity revascularization
- Minimally invasive venous procedures
- Open and endovascular lower extremity revascularization
- Peripheral artery disease of the legs
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Vascular Center: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
55 Fruit St..
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-8278
Medical Education
- MD, SUNY Health Science Ctr., University Hospital
- Residency, SUNY Health Science Ctr., University Hospital
- Fellowship, Strong Memorial Hospital/University of Rochester
- Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center
American Board Certifications
- Surgery, General, American Board of Surgery
- Vascular Surgery, American Board of Surgery
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 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.
Research
Currently conducting clinical research in the following areas:
Acute visceral dissections: Treatment options
Open explantation of endovascular aortic grafts
Inferior mesenteric interventions for complete visceral occlusions
Publications
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Selected Publications:
- Roddy SP, Srivastava SD. Clinical evaluation of suspected deep vein thrombosis guides the decision to anticoagulate prophylactically but does not impact the decision to perform after hours duplex venous scanning or increase its yield. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 57(6):1717-8. June 2013.
- Turney EJ, Steenberge SP, Lyden SP, Eagleton MJ, Srivastava SD, Sarac TP, Kelso RL, Clair DG. Late graft explants in endovascular aneurysm repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 59(4):886093. April 2014.
- Steenberge SP, Lyden SP, Turney EJ, Kelso RL, Srivastava SD, Eagleton MJ, Clair DG. Outcomes after partial endograft explantation. Ann Vasc Surg. 31:1-7. February 2016
- Hussain ST, Srivastava SD, Johnston DR. Temporary axillofemoral bypass for reperfusion of an ischemic limb complicating type A dissection. J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg. 151(6):e111-3. June 2016.
- Srivastava, SD, Roddy SP. New endovascular repair code set for 2018. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 67(2):669-791. February 2018.
Very polite, respectful and the dr carefully listened to my comment and questions.
This care provider at Mass General is excellent. Dr. Srivastava is excellent. I have a better quality of life because of her and a very complex artery case and I couldn't be more grateful at the way things turned out. Just excellent care, excellent service, all the ultrasounds, excellent. Everybody was fantastic, had a schedule and considerate and ... Read More
My experience with Dr. Sunita Srivastava has been nothing short of excellent. She's a great provider. She's a great communicator and I feel like she's an incredible doctor.
I liked the way Dr. Srivastava explained the results of the ultrasound and showed me on the X-rays how my arteries were allowing the blood flowing to my brain.
Doc was very knowledgeable, very qualified and she gave a complete explanation of what my medical problem was.
She is so competent and professional and I'm so happy to be her patient.
Everything was excellent. I had a good visit.
It was great and I would recommend anybody to him or to [redacted] also. He had great bed manners and I think he's a great surgeon. Thank you.
The provider was excellent, direct and clear. A very, very good meeting. Thank you.
Dr. Srivastava was excellent explaining all of my options and what my procedure would look like. She was phenomenal!