Dr. José Balibrea

Professor of Surgery, Bariatric & Upper GI Surgery
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
AIS Channel Academic Chairman, Member of the BJS Council, AEC Surgical Infections Committee Advisor

Dr. Giovanna Berardi

PhD Student
Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences Department, "Federico II" University of Naples, Italy

Dr. Antonio M. Lacy

Director of Gastrointestinal Surgery Department
Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Matthew Kroh

MD, FACS, FASMBS, FASGE
Chair Digestive Disease Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Associate Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Dr. Ronald Liem

MD, Head of Department of Surgery of Groene Hart Hospital
Gouda, The Netherlands Immediate past President of the Dutch Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Dr. Mitchell S. Roslin

Professor of Surgery
Barbara and Donald Zucker school of medicine at hofstra/Northwell
Chief of bariatric survery Lenox Hill Hospital
Northern Westchester Hospital, NY, USA

Dr. Michael TALBOT

MBChB, FRACS, ANZMOSS President 2019-2020
Head of Upper GI Surgery, St George Public Hospital Surgery and MAC Chair, St George Private Hospital Co-Chair Sydney Upper GI Surgical Society, Australia

Dr. Ricardo V. Cohen

Director, The Center for Obesity and Diabetes
Oswaldo Cruz Germa Hospital
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Dr. Peng Zhang

MD PhD FACS
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Capital Medical University Beijing Friendship Hospital
National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases
Beijing, China

Dr. Violeta Moizé

Clinical and Research Dietitian-Nutritionist.
Functional Unit of Obesity. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
Nutrition education team leader Khirus.
IFSO European Chapter board member, SEDYN President.

Dr. George Fielding

MBBS FRACS FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Glas Hon)
J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Surgery and Bariatric Medicine
Department of Surgery
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NY, USA

Dr. Jorrie Jordaan

Specialist Upper Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Surgeon
Surgical Weightloss Centre, Australia

Dr. Eric DeMaría

MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS
Chief, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Beijing Friendship Hospital
Capital Medical University

Dr. Amador GARCÍA

General and Digestive Surgery
Hospital de Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona Spain

Dr. Dieter BIRK

Director of the Department of General and Visceral Surgery
RKH Hospitals Ludwigsburg/Bietigheim, Germany
President of the German Society of Bariatric Surgery

Dr. José M. BALIBREA

Professor of Surgery, Bariatric and Upper GI Surgery
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
AIS Channel Academic Chairman
Member of the BJS Council
AEC Surgical Infections Committee Advisor

Dr. Joe NORTHUP

MD, FACS, FASMBS
Premier Health, Miami Valley Hospital, Ohio, USA

Dr. Jacques M. HIMPENS

MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS(Hon)
Senior past president IFSO (2017-2018)
Chief, Bariatric-metabolic surgery unit
Delta CHIREC hospital, Brussels

Dr. Carlos A. SCHIAVON

MD, FACS
Center of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders - BP Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Research Institute - HCor, Sao Paulo Brazil

Dr. Camilo BOZA

MD, FACS, FASMBS

Medical Director Center for Nutrition and Bariatrics
Clínica Las Condes, Chile

Dr. Luigi ANGRISANI

Chairman IFSO Board of Trustees, IFSO President 2013-2014
Public Health Department, School of Medicine Federico II University of Naples, Italy

Dr. Rossella PALMA

Department of Surgical Sciences
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Dr. Mohit BHANDARI

Founder, Director and Chief Surgeon, Mohak Bariatric and Robotic Surgery Centre
Vice Chairman, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Postgraduate Institute Indore, India

Dr. José M. BALIBREA

Professor of Surgery, Bariatric and Upper GI Surgery
Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
AIS Channel Academic Chairman
Member of the BJS Council
AEC Surgical Infections Committee Advisor

Dr. Natan ZUNDEL

MD, FACS FASMBS
Professor of Surgery
University at Buffalo JNMC, Miami FL, USA

Dr. Ainitze IBARZABAL

Bariatric and Upper GI Surgeon
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
SECO Board Member

Dr. Camilo BOZA

MD, FACS, FASMBS
Medical Director Center for Nutrition and Bariatrics
Clínica Las Condes Chile

Dr. Aurora PRYOR

Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University School of Medicine New York
Immediate Past President of SAGES
President the Fellowship Council

Dr. Marina KURIAN

MD, FACS, FASMBS
Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Dr. Ricard CORCELLES

MD; PhD; FACS; IFASMBS
Consultant MIS and Bariatric Surgery. Professor of Surgery

Dr. Manoel GALVAO

MD, IFASBMS FASGE
Scientfic Director of Endovitta Institute Sao Paulo, Brazil

Dr. Kamal MAHAWAR

Consultant General and Bariatric Surgeon
Sunderland Royal Hospital, Visiting Professor, University of Sunderland, UK

Dr. Mohit BHANDARI

Founder, Director and Chief Surgeon, Mohak Bariatric and Robotic Surgery Centre
Vice Chairman, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Postgraduate Institute Indore, India

Dr. Andrés SÁNCHEZ-PERNAUTE

Chief of Section, General and Digestive Surgery Department
Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid

Dr. Francesco RUBINO

Professor and Chair of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
King’s College and Consultant Surgeon, King’s College Hospital, London, UK

Dr. Nicola DI LORENZO

MD, PhD, MEMdS, FACS
Associate Professor of General Surgery, Dept. Of Surgical Sciences, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
General Secretary of EAES
Executive Board member of IFSO
Past President SICOB

Dr. Jaime PONCE

MD, FACS, FASMBS
Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery, CHI Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga Tennessee, USA
Past-President, IFSO North American Chapter
Past-President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Dr. Mario MUSELLA

MD, Full Professor of Surgery
Naples "Federico II" University
Advanced Biomedical Sciences Department

Dr. Carel LE ROUX

Diabetes Complications Research Centre
University College Dublin, Ireland

Dr. Ralph PETERLI

Head of Bariatric Reference Centre and Visceral Surgery Research Clarunis, Department of Visceral Surgery
University Centre for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
President Swiss Society for the Study of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic disorders (SMOB)

Dr. Lilian KOW

BMBS, PhD, FRACS
Director Adelaide Bariatric Centre, Australia President IFSO

Dr. Josep VIDAL

Dr. Plamen STAIKOV

Dr. Lilian KOW

Dr. Michael TALBOT

Dr. Scott SHIKORA

Dr. Alan WITTGROVE

Wittgrove Bariatric Center Del Mar, California

Dr. Abdelrahman NIMERI

Chief, Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery Director
Atrium Health Weight Management Director
Bariatric Fellowship Program Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
Secretary/Treasurer IFSO

Dr. Ricardo V. COHEN

Director, The Center for Obesity and Diabetes
Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

Dr. Matthew KROH

Dr. Mitchell S. ROSLIN

Dr. Kelvin HIGA

MD, FACS, FASMBS
Clinical Professor of Surgery UCSF - Fresno Medical Education Program

Dr. Bruno DILLEMANS

General and Bariatric Surgeon
Chief of Staff Department of General, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery
AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Belgium