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Published on: 10/2/2009
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Aviv Ben-Meir, M.D.
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Aviv Ben-Meir, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Medical Director, Center for Bariatric Surgery
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Aviv Ben-Meir, M.D., F.A.C.S., Medical Director, Center for Bariatric Surgery, joined the Hospital's surgical team as Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery in 2002, introducing laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery and, more recently, gastric banding to the Center.
He has performed more than 2,500 laparoscopic bariatric procedures.
A Cleveland native, Dr. Ben-Meir received his medical degree with honors from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
He completed his General Surgery residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland, and his advanced laparoscopy and bariatric surgery training at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Dr. Ben-Meir is an active member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons and the Society for American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.
He has been involved in educating surgeons on a variety of laparoscopic procedures.