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
- General Surgery, 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.
MGH is awesome!
she's very pleasant and informative.
Excellent
Hi, I talked and I dealt with Dr. Srivastava a couple of times. She's a remarkable lady. She's very dedicated and she knows what she's doing. I've also used Dr. [redacted] in the same office and she also was wonderful. So I'm very, with Mass General Vascular Department, I'm very, very pleased. Yeah, they [redacted] one of my legs, but that was, ... Read More
Dr. Strivastava is an excellent provider. A skilled surgeon with a great appreciation or her patients needs.
Oh, I thought Dr. Srivastava was absolutely wonderful. The very best. Thank you.
Hi. I thought that this doctor was just amazing. She was called into emergency surgery, which made our initial appointment and our follow-up appointment difficult to schedule. But once we got them scheduled, she did an amazing job. She explained how long the recovery was going to be for my surgery in terms that nobody else had used. And it was ... Read More
Dr Srivastava is the best in her field. Always gives me feedback and treats me like I'm her only patient. Love the care
My doctor was kind, informative and extremely knowledgeable!!
Great interpersonal skills