Merab Boter, MD, is a well-versed general and vascular surgeon who diagnoses and treats patients at Modern Vein & Laser Center in Brooklyn, NY. Established in 2005, the center provides cutting-edge treatment of vein disease. Treatments include endovenous laser therapy, endovenous radiofrequency therapy, microphlebectomy, foam sclerotherapy, liquid sclerotherapy, radiofrequency therapy, intense pulsed light therapy, and many more. Dr. Boter’s professional journey spans over four decades. His areas of surgical expertise cover gastrointestinal surgery, hernia repair surgery, gallbladder surgery, trauma surgery, and vascular surgery, among others. Dr. Boter was the first to implement laparoscopic gallbladder removal in his hospitals in 1991, as well as the first surgeon in the country to perform laparoscopic hernia repair in 1993. For more information about Dr. Merab Boter, please visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Doctor/Modern-Vein-Laser-Center-1535118393420950/.

Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Merab Boter, who serves patients in New York. 

Dr. Boter has been practicing general surgery since 1970. With a passion for his profession, he has developed successful practices in many areas of his field, including gastrointestinal surgery, hernia repair surgery, gallbladder surgery, trauma surgery, and vascular surgery, among others. When minimally invasive procedures began emerging throughout Europe and the United States,  laparoscopic gallbladder removal was one of the first such procedures that started the “revolution in surgery” in the early 1990’s. Dr. Boter was the first to implement this procedure in his hospitals in 1991. Also, he was one of the first surgeons in the country to perform laparoscopic hernia repair in 1993 and ended up sharing his experience with other surgeons in the region and abroad.

Merab Boter, MD, attended the Bogomolets National Medical University/Natsionalʹnyy Medychnyy Universytet Imeni O.o. Bohomolʹtsya in Kiev, Ukraine, and received his medical degree in 1970. Furthermore, upon relocating to the United States, he conducted his general surgery residency at Stony Brook University Hospital/Stony Brook Medicine in Stony Brook, New York. Dr. Boter received board certification in general surgery from the American Board of Surgery. He remains a member of the American College of Phlebology and the American Society of General Surgeons. For more information about Dr. Merab Boter, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/580793-Merab-Boter-Surgeon.