Voorhees Plastic Surgeon, Bhupesh Vasisht, M.D

Dr. Vasisht (Dr. V) is a native of southern New Jersey, where he grew up on the shore.

Dr. V graduated from Rutgers University in 1991. He completed his medical school at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1995.

Dr. Vasisht began his training at Boston Medical Center in general surgery and finished his general surgery training at Staten Island University Hospital. He completed a residency in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery at UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School. Dr. V was appointed the administrative chief resident in Plastic Surgery during the last year of his training. He went on to complete a hand and microsurgery fellowship at University of Connecticut- Hartford Hospital.

After his training, Dr. Vasisht spent two years teaching and performing plastic surgery to residents in training at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. V is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He held an academic appointment as Assistant Professor of Surgery in the department of Plastic Surgery. He has published numerous medical articles in peer reviewed medical journals. He has written numerous book chapters and spent time giving lectures around the world.

Dr. Vasisht is affiliated with many local hospitals including the Virtua Health System and Kennedy Health System. He is credentialed at Burlington Memorial Hospital, Virtua West Jersey Marlton, Voorhees, and Berlin. Dr. V operates at various local surgery centers including Centennial Surgery Center, HealthSouth Surgery Center, Summit Surgery Center, and Cooper Surgery Center in Voorhees.

Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Board Certified, National Board of Medical Examiners

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery (Boston University)
• Chief Division of Microsurgery (Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 2003-2005)

Education

• B.A.: Rutgers University
• M.D.: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• General Surgery Residency: Staten Island University Hospital
• Plastic Surgery Residency: UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School

International Surgeon

Charitable work is a large part of our practice at South Shore Plastic Surgery. Dr. Vasisht just returned from Bayombong, Philippines. (January 19-23, 2009) Dr. V again accompanied his colleagues Dr. Mosser and Dr. Huang along with the charitable organization the Philippine Medical Society of Northern California to this remote region of the Philippines. WIth your help, the fundraising effort allowed us to purchase supplies used in performing surgery for the under-privileged children with cleft lip and palate deformities. If you are interested in donating funds, please call our office for more information. Your funds will go DIRECTLY towards helping these children. We will keep you posted on all our efforts and you will be able to see how your contributions have helped people in another part of the world. If you would like to contribute, please call out office at 856-784-2639.

Dr. Vasisht is devoted to his profession as a plastic surgeon. "One way for me to pay back all that I have learned and trained for as a plastic surgeon is to perform surgery for people who do not have access to health care," says Dr. Vasisht.

Prior Missions

• January 22-28, 2007, Naga City, Philippines
  
• January 21-25, 2008, Davao City, Philippines

"To see the smiles on the faces of the parents of these children was extremely gratifying to me, " according to Dr. Vasisht. "They genuinely appreciated our presence, which was very obvious in the way that we were treated."