Vivek Maheshwari, MD

Vivek Maheshwari, MD, Section Chief of General Surgery

As a surgical oncologist Dr. Maheshswari specializes in gastrointestinal cancers and offers unique expertise and research interest in heated peritoneal perfusion through his experiences at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Center. He is board certified in General Surgery and will provide state-of-the-art surgical services to patients with GI cancers, endocrine tumors and melanomas.

Prior to joining Cooperman Barnabas in 2006, Dr. Maheshwari was a full-time surgical oncology faculty member at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology and Society of Surgery for the Alimentary Tract where he is involved with a variety of local and national cooperative trials.

Dr. Maheshwari received his medical and Master of Surgery degrees from the University of Delhi in India and completed his general surgery residency at Beth Israel Medical Center. He went on to complete his Society of Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. He is actively involved in a variety of clinical research projects and has special interests in cutaneous oncology, endocrine tumors, tumor debulking and intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy.