Khaled Gawdat Cairo, Egypt M.D. Dr. Khaled Gawdat is the pioneer of morbid obesity surgery in the Middle East. He introduced obesity surgery to Egypt in 1996. Being a full time morbid obesity surgeon, he has extensive experience with all types of obesity operations. He has pioneered performing obesity operations through a very small (5cm) incision as well as performing all procedures laparoscopically. His approach to obesity surgery is to tailor the obesity procedure to the individual patient. He has performed open surgery for weights up to 450 Kgs (approx. 1000 lbs) and laparoscopic surgery for weights up to 300 Kgs (approx. 800 lbs). He has performed over 1200 bariatric surgeries. He specializes in laparoscopic redo surgery where he converts failed previous obesity surgery to gastric bypass laparoscopically. He is devoted 100% to bariatric practice.  Specialties Gastric Bypass

Curriculum Vitae

Certification:
MBBCH 1985 (M.D.)
Ain-Shams School of Medicine Cairo Egypt
Master Degree In general Surgery (1989)
Ain-Shams School of medicine
PhD Degree in General Surgery (1992
Ain-Shams School of Medicine

Current Post:
Professor of General Surgery Ain-Shams School of Medicine

Bariatric Surgery Posts:
Founder of The Egyptian Society for Bariatric Surgery (ESBS) 1999
President of the ESBS: 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2005-2006
Editorial Board: Obesity Surgery Journal
Member and Egyptian representative in IFSO since 1999

Published Papers:
Gastric Restrictive Procedures Through a Mini-Incision: A Cost-Effective
Alternative to Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery in Egypt
Author: Gawdat K
Source: Obesity Surgery, 1 October 1999, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 456-458(3)

Bariatric Re-operations: Are They Preventable?
Author: Gawdat Khaled
Source: Obesity Surgery, 1 December 2000, vol. 10, no. 6, pp.
525-529(5)

Radiology after Bariatric Surgery.
  Khaled Gawdat,M.D. Maha Hussein, M.D.

Effect of gastric bypass on poly cystic ovaries
  Khaled Gawdat,M.D., Alaa Al-Fiky, M.D.

Papers presented in conferences:
. Esophageal trans-illumination for a safer lap-band placement.
. Gastric Restrictive Procedures Through a Mini-Incision: A
Cost-Effective Alternative to Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery in Egypt
. Bariatric Re-operations: Are They Preventable?
. Bariatric Surgery in Egypt: a report of 101 cases.
. Comparing four Bariatric procedures: Do we have an ideal procedure
yet?
. Bariatric Surgery for children and adolescents: What are the
indications?
. Modified long VBG versus Gastric banding: Is adjustability really an
advantage?
. Bariatric surgery reporting: Do we have a Standard?
. Laparoscopic Micropouch Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Conferences where papers were presented:
. 1st ISLOS conference in Naples Italy 1999
. IFSO Conference In Salzburg Austria 1999
. IFSO Conference in Genoa Italy 2000
. IFSO Conference in Crete Greece 2001
. IFSO Conference in Sao Paolo Brazil 2002
. IFSO Conference in Salamanca Spain 2003
. IFSO conference in Tokyo Japan 2004
. IFSO conference in Holland 2005

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