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Peter Westervelt

Peter Westervelt, MD, PhD

Medical Oncology

Mass General Brigham

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Adults
  • Geriatrics

Languages

  • English

Gender

Male

About Peter Westervelt

Peter Westervelt, MD, PhD is a medical oncologist with a focus on the treatment of hematologic malignancies, primarily acute leukemias, myelodysplastic syndromes, and stem cell transplantation. Dr. Westervelt was previously on the faculty at Washington University/Siteman Cancer Center in St Louis, where he directed the Leukemia/Stem Cell Transplant Program, and recently relocated back to Maine, where he currently maintains an outpatient clinical practice with MaineHealth Cancer Care in Brunswick. In addition, Dr. Westervelt provides inpatient coverage of the Oncology service at Maine Medical Center in Portland, as well as inpatient coverage of the Leukemia and Stem Cell Transplant services at MGH.

Locations

  1. Massachusetts General Hospital

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Washington University, Hematology/Oncology, 1999
  • Residency: Barnes Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1994
  • Medical Education: Washington University, 1992

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 1997

Insurance

Search 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 ME
  • Medicaid RI
  • Medicare
  • Multiplan
  • Senior Whole Health
  • Tricare
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Tufts Medicare Preferred
  • United Health Care
  • Wellpoint
  • WellSense

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