Vinayak Venkataraman, MD
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Specialties
Affiliation
Mass General Brigham
Provider Locations
- Boston, MA
Vinayak is the Adult Medical Oncology Director of the Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Program and Attending Physician in the Sarcoma and Musculoskeletal Oncology Program at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute (MGBCI), and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. A Princeton-trained engineer and Duke- and Harvard-trained physician, he is board-certified in Medical Oncology, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics and a nationally-recognized leader and expert in the care of young adults facing cancer and of bone and soft tissue sarcomas.
Vinayak strives to care for patients and families facing cancer as he would his own — with compassion, thoughtfulness, shared decision-making, and multidisciplinary teamwork that addresses their physical, emotional, and socioeconomic needs. His career mission is to improve access, care, and outcomes for young adults facing cancer and vision is that they have access to the best care and research regardless of who they are and where they live. He is working with leadership partners to establish a premier national model of young adult care and research at MGBCI. His clinical and academic interests reflect his broader passion for combining medicine, engineering, and systems thinking to improve care for people facing cancer, with a focus on young adults and rare cancers.
Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Vinayak is a proud Western New York native and Buffalo Bills fan. Outside of medicine, he enjoys creative and reflective writing, tennis, long-distance running, gardening, and spending time with his physician wife and family
Education & Training
- Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Hematology-Oncology, 2023
- Fellowship: Dana Farber Cancer Institute*, Hematology/Oncology, 2023
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, 2021
- Medical Education: Duke University School of Medicine, 2017
Board Certifications
- Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Languages Spoken
- English
Age Group Treated
- Adolescents
- Adults
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Accepted Insurance
- Medicare
- MassHealth
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Fallon Health
- Aetna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Beech Street
- Maine Community Health Options
- Coventry
- Senior Whole Health
- Tricare
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- Multiplan
- Wellpoint
- Cigna
- United Health Care
- WellSense