MD, PhD is Associate Professor of Surgery at Université Libre de Bruxelles and Head of Bariatric Surgery at CHIREC Delta Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. Former President of the International Federation for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases (IFSO). He is a member of the Belgian Society for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases (BeSoms) and an honorary member of the American Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (ASMBS), French Society (SOFFCO) and Spanish Society for Obesity Surgery (SECO).
Bariatric surgeon since 2008, works in Franciscus Hospital Rotterdam (Netherlands) since 2015: annually 900-1000; Bariatric procedures (casemix 400 SG 300 RYGB 200 OAGB); Co-Founder of MGB-OAGB club in 2015 Vienna; Contributed 2 papers on OAGB and several others; Representative of Bariatric surgery in the board of Dutch society for Gastro-intestinal Surgery.
He is professor of surgery at the Hospital Européen Georges Pompidou (HEGP) belonging to the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Head of the Metabolic and Obesity Department of the Service de Chirurgie Générale, Digestive et Oncology. He was President of SOFFCO-MM (Société Française et Francophone de Chirurgie de l'Obésité et des Maladies Métaboliques, French part of IFSO). He was President of the 14th IFSO World Congress in 2009 in Paris and is now General Member of the European Chapter and Executive Board of IFSO (International Federation for Obesity Surgery) and designated as President-Elect for 2020-2022. He is also Director of the Department of Anatomy and of the research team :Equipe d'Accueil URDIA N°EA 4465 at the René Descartes University Paris 5.
- Médico egresado de la Universidad Nacional San Agustín de Arequipa - Perú
- Especialidad de Cirugía General por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima - Perú.
- Cirugía Laparoscópica avanzada con pasantía en Hospital Royo Villanova, Zaragoza - España
- Cirujano Bariatra. Con entrenamiento con pasantías en : Clínica Montpellier de Zaragoza - España, Hospital 12 de Octubre de Madrid - España, Centro de Excelencia Para el Estudio de la Obesidad y Diabetes de Valladolid - España, Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid - España; Hospital Royo Villanova de Zaragoza - España, Clínica Avendaño de Lima - Perú
- Miembro fundador y actual Presidente de APACEB ( Asociación Peruana de Anestesia, Cirugía y Endoscopía Bariátrica ).
- Presidente del Congreso Internacional APACEB de 2020
Cirurgião Geral - Coordenador do Serviço de Cirurgia Bariátrica do Hospital Santa Rita de Cássia, em Vitória/ES - Membro Titular da Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Bariátrica e Metabólica - Membro Titular do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões - Membro Qualificado da Sobracil
Especialista em Cirurgia Geral e da Obesidade, Cirurgia Videolaparoscópica. Professor do Curso de Medicina da UNESC e da Residência de Cirurgia Geral do Hospital São José, Santa Catarina/BRA
Residência em Cirurgia Geral e Digestiva (HC-UFPE). Membro Titular da SBCBM, da SOBRACIL, do CBCD e da IFSO. Título de Especialista pelo CBC. Cirurgia robótica (Intuitive). Cirurgião do Centro de Obesidade e Diabetes do Hospital Santa Joana Recife.
Professor José Balibrea, head of the endocrine-metabolic surgery unit of the Germans Trias Hospital in the northern metropolitan area of Barcelona. Director of the Chair of Research in Surgery at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. An expert in robotics, he is the author of more than 150 indexed scientific articles, has pioneered the use of 5G in telementorized surgery, the application of virtual reality to improve the patient experience and recently his team has revolutionized the immersive experience during robotic surgery by introducing new software that was presented worldwide at the last World Mobile Congress.
With more than 25 years of performing surgeries to cure obesity, Founder and former president of the College of Bariatric Surgeons and Metabolic Diseases of Baja California, The elected president of the National College of Bariatric Surgeons of Mexico, and Founder and Lead Surgeon at the Obesity Goodbye Clinic, Dr. Sergio Verboonen.
Head of General and Digestive Surgery at The Tres Torres Hospital (Barcelona) and Head of the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Unit (UCOM) in Barcelona for 25 years uninterruptedly. Founding member of the Spanish Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery.
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