Dr. Borten obtained his medical degree in 1971 and his law degree in 1987. In the medical field, Dr. Borten completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Borten also completed a fellowship in Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology.

Dr. Borten is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Borten then joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School first at the Beth Israel Hospital (now Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) and then at the Massachusetts General Hospital. As a member of the Harvard Medical School faculty, Dr. Borten taught obstetrics and gynecology to residents and medical students. Based on his medical research activities and publications, Dr. Borten authored hundreds of medical articles and authored and co-authored several medical and medicolegal books.Dr. Borten wrote the first book in the United States dealing with "Laparoscopic Complications- Prevention and Management" published in 1986. Dr. Borten practiced obstetrics and gynecology and retired from the Harvard Medical School faculty with the rank of Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology.

Max Borten, M.D., J.D. is a senior partner at Gorovitz & Borten. Because of his background, Dr. Borten is uniquely qualified to evaluate and undertake the representation of your case. Dr. Borten has been a practicing physician since 1971 in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Borten has over 35 years of operating room gynecological surgical experience, and 35 years of labor and delivery room obstetrical experience. Dr. Borten was an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School, where he taught medical students, residents and physicians in postgraduate lectures and conferences.

In the legal field, Dr. Borten was also a member of the Adjunct faculty at the Suffolk School of Law where he taught for 11 years on the subject of Reproductive Biology and the Law and Medical Practice and the Law. Dr. Borten focuses his legal practice in the field of medical malpractice. Dr. Borten is admitted to practice law in the State of Massachusetts (Superior Court, Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court) and is also admitted to practice law in the Federal Court System (District Court, Federal Appeals Court and United States Supreme Court).

Dr. Borten personally reviews every medical malpractice case filed by the law firm of Gorovitz & Borten and participates in the discovery process leading up to alternative dispute resolution (mediation, arbitration) or trial.

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If you, your child or a member of your family have been injured as a result of a failure to diagnose cancer, deficient medical treatment or failure to be properly treated, please let Dr. Borten and the Boston area medical malpractice attorneys at Gorovitz & Borten evaluate your case.

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