MD, FACS. Director of the Chilean Society of Bariatric Surgery. Fellowship Director Bariatric Clínica Las Condes, Santiago-Chile. PDTE Extension Committee. SCCBM, board certified by ABS, member of IFSO and ASMBS.
Md, Phd, Facs (hon) CBC, (hon) CBC Associated Professor of Surgery at the University of Buenos Aires Specialist in General and Gastroenterological Surgery Mini-invasive and bariatric surgery Coordinator of Bariatric Surgery at the CIENDIAGNOMED Center, an affiliated institution of the UBA Physician of the DAICIM Foundation and Surgery teams of the Hospital Nacional Prof. A. Posadas Former President of ICYLS Member of SACO and IFSO Co-director of the PROACI continuing update program in surgery Surgeon at IRCARD Strasbourg, currently considered one of the largest Videolaparoscopy Training and Development Centers in the World
Albany Medical College 1990 Albany, NY Doctor of Medicine/ Director, New York Minimally Invasive Surgery, PLLC September 2013 to present. Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery from January 2015 to the present. Medical Director, NYU Medical Center Center of Excellence from June 2008 to August 2013. NYU Medical Center Assistant Professor June 1, 2007 to December 31, 2014. Assistant Physician at Lenox Hill Hospital July 2000 - November 2011. Director Lenox Hill Hospital Center of Excellence Physician July 2005 to June 2007
Full Professor of General Surgery at the “Federico II” University of Naples. Director of Bariatric Metabolic Endocrine Surgery unit at the “Federico II” Medical School in Naples, recently recognized as a center of excellence by the International Federation of Bariatric Surgery (SICOB).
Bariatric Surgeon at the Obesity Surgery Center, Clinique Saint Michel, Toulon; Ex- head of Strasbourg Hospital; Former Member of the French Society of Surgery of Obesity (SOFFCO-Montpellier); Member of the IFSO (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders)
MD, FACS, FACN, FICS, is currently Clinical Professor of Surgery at SAIMS and Clinical Director of Research and Training at MBRSC in Indore, India. Founding member of ASMBS, he was President of the ASMBS California Chapter, President of the ASMBS Foundation, President of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) and Chair of the IFSO Board of Trustees. Dr.Fobi, the innovator of band gastric bypass (Fobi-Pouch) and band gastrectomy serves on many editorial boards, has published and lectured extensively on bariatric metabolic surgery.
Bariatric and digestive surgeon Clínica Las Condes Vice President of the Chilean Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery University professor of surgery Diego portales
Surgical oncologist, Bariatric Surgeon; Head Department of Surgery Rovigo, Trecenta, Adria Hospitals, Italy; Treasurer IFSO-EC; Vice-President SICOB; Scientific Committee IFSO.
Head Department of Surgery Rovigo, Trecenta, Adria Hospitals, Italy
MD, PhD.; Chairman of the General and Digestive Surgery. PhD Medicine & Surgery from the University of Valladolid. Professor of Bariatric Surgery. Expert for the Practical and Teaching in Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases for the Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery. Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Study and Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes. Accreditation as a "Center of Excellence" and member of the International Committee for the IFSO-European Accreditation Council for Bariatric Surgery. Past-President of OAGB- MBG International Club, MMESA and others.
Endocrinologista do CLISA Hospital dos Lusíadas e Hospital Curry Cabral, Aluno de Doutorado em Obesidade e Diabetes, Docente Convidado de Nutrição na Nova Escola Médica, Lisboa, Docente Convidado de Imunologia da Escola Médica Nova, Lisboa
Assistant Professor of Surgery; MIS/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Program Co-Director; Rasool-e Akram Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Dr Bhandari has rare distinction of performing the highest number of bariatric and metabolic procedures in Asia Pacific region and probably globally. Till date he has performed more than 18000 bariatric procedures. He has been the pioneer in starting Robotic Bariatric surgery in the country and was the first surgeon in the country to perform Robotic Duodenal Switch.
Dr Mohit Bhandari is also an Endoluminal weight loss specialist and is credited with performing one of the first and highest number of Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty in the Asian subcontinent. He has also pioneered the largest series of single incision weight loss procedures ranging beyond 2000.
Dr Bhandari holds the position of Director of IBC- ASIA and he is also the Committee Member in IFSO Bariatric Endoscopy Board.
Dr Bhandari is the first surgeon in India to start with the Swallow Balloon with the Allurion Program and has already reached the mark of putting more than 150 balloons in just 5 months.
Dr Bhandari’s centre has been declared Ranked one weight loss surgery centre by Times of India, 3IC Research Consultants audit for 5 successive years in a row. He features into Limca book of records for performing highest number of bariatric procedures done at a Single Centre by a Single Surgeon, 25 cases in 11 hours’ time.
Dr Bhandari has published massively in the field of Bariatric Surgery publishing his work in all types of Bariatric Procedure including Endoscopic Procedures, Robotics and Single Incision Procedures.
He has published his work immensely in high Impact Journal’s and also hold the position of Reviewer in SOARD and Obesity Surgery.
Member of the Commission for the Analysis and Regulation of Bariatric Surgery of the General Health Council, February 2009. Master's Degree in Management in Health at the Universidad del Valle de México. Coordinator of the Bariatric Surgery Certification Committee CMCG-CMCOEM 2011-2015. President of the Mexican College of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases A.C. for the period 2017-2019. Member of the Board of Directors of the International Federation of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases, Latin American Chapter, IFSO LAC 2019-2021
Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA MIS Associate Fellowship Program Director & Associate Program Director General Surgery Residency - Mayo Clinic - Rochester, USA
ASMBS Foundation- Member of the Board of Directors
Chair ASMBS - Communications Committee of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Chair: Practice Advisory Committee of the Hernia Society of the Americas
SOARD Journal and Obesity Surgery editorial board,
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