Overview
Vivek Sharma, MD, is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in minimally invasive spine surgery. He received his medical degree from the G.S. Medical College and King Edward VII Memorial Hospital Program at the University of Mumbai in India, where he also completed his orthopaedic residency. He completed an orthopaedic sports medicine and arthroscopy fellowship at Harvard Medical School, a pediatric orthopaedic surgery fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, an adult reconstruction and arthroplasty fellowship at the University of Minnesota and VA Medical Center, and a spine surgery fellowship at the combined orthopaedic and neurosurgery program at the University of Cincinnati and the Mayfield Clinic.
Dr. Sharma is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scoliosis. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Scoliosis, Microdiscectomy, and Herniated Disc Surgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
3471 5th Avenue, Suite 1010, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
1300 Oxford Drive, Suite 1200, Bethel Park, PA 15102
5200 Centre Avenue, Suite 415, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Cervical Disc SurgeryDr. Sharma isAdvanced. Learn about Cervical Disc Surgery.
- Herniated Disc SurgeryDr. Sharma isAdvanced. Learn about Herniated Disc Surgery.
- MicrodiscectomyDr. Sharma isAdvanced. Learn about Microdiscectomy.
- ScoliosisDr. Sharma isAdvanced. Learn about Scoliosis.
- Spinal StenosisDr. Sharma isAdvanced. Learn about Spinal Stenosis.
- SpondylolisthesisDr. Sharma isAdvanced. Learn about Spondylolisthesis.
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- Bone GraftDr. Sharma isExperienced. Learn about Bone Graft.
- BursitisDr. Sharma isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Carpal Tunnel SyndromeDr. Sharma isExperienced. Learn about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
- CoccydyniaDr. Sharma isExperienced. Learn about Coccydynia.
- Herniated DiskDr. Sharma isExperienced. Learn about Herniated Disk.
- Hip ReplacementDr. Sharma isExperienced. Learn about Hip Replacement.