Dr. Kerem Bortecen is an Endovascular and Interventional Surgeon specializing in all deep venous and arterial procedures, including kidney and liver intervention.
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Yes, Dr. Kerem H. Bortecen is accepting new patients at this office.
(800) 565-9415
14 East 60th Street, Suite 501, New York, NY 10022
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Dr. Kerem Bortecen is originally from Istanbul, Turkey, and he brings a special skill set and level of training to our surgical team at NYC Surgical. His training encompassed a wide variety of techniques before focusing on hepatobiliary (liver) and kidney surgery, including transplantation.
His academic credentials are from some of the country’s top institutions. He completed his surgical residency at Yale University, his Ph.D. at Oxford University and his liver, pancreas and kidney transplantation fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, and prior to joining NYC Surgical Associates, was surgical staff at the New York University Medical Center.
Given his wide, long standing expertise in intra-abdominal organ surgery, including vascular operations on these organs, as well as his profound knowledge of complex physiology, Dr. Bortecen was recruited to NYC Surgical Associates as a specialist in all deep venous and arterial procedures, including kidney and liver intervention.
His research experience spans several decades and topics, from liver, stomach and kidney surgery to interventional techniques, and he has authored dozens of peer reviewed articles. He continues to speak nationally and internationally on interventional and vascular topics as well as other surgical techniques.
His gentle, warm bedside manner and meticulous attention to his patients makes him a true asset at NYC Surgical Associates, where he continues to lead our teams to produce award winning outcomes.
As a general surgeon in New York, Dr. Bortecen performs a range of of surgeries and operations, usually focusing on areas and organs of the abdomen and their related organs. Dr. Bortecen may utilize invasive or minimally-invasive surgical techniques, with the latter reducing recovery time and stress on the patient's body.
Transplant surgeons perform highly complex surgeries to transplant organs from a donor's body into that of the receiving patient. Surgeries are typically to replace a damaged or malfunctioning organ, such as the liver, kidneys and heart, among others. Dr. Bortecen may specialize in performing a certain type of transplant surgery.
Vascular surgeons are trained to evaluate and treat complications and diseases of the circulatory system including arteries, veins, and blood vessels. Dr. Bortecen may offer a range of surgical and non-surgical treatments, including the removal of plaque from arteries, treatment of varicose veins, and surgery to prevent aneurysms, heart attacks or coronary artery disease, among others.
Yale University
Residency in General Surgery
University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fellowship in Liver, Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation
Please Note: The information displayed below is sourced from the 2014 Medicare Physician and Other Supplier National Provider Identifier (NPI) Aggregate Report. It's important to remember that the statistics below are not inclusive of all patients treated by Dr. Bortecen, but only those who participate in Medicare.