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Surgeons
Our Surgeons performing Gastric Bypass
and/or Adjustable Gastric Banding (AGB):
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Miami,
Florida, USA
Juan-Carlos
Verdeja
M.D.
Gastric
Bypass
Dr.
Juan-Carlos Verdeja's expertise is in
the field of laparoscopy, especially as
it relates to gallbladder and colon
surgery. Being a graduate of the
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial
Hospital as well as a member of multiple
national and international societies,
including the American Society for
Bariatric Surgery, has afforded him the
expertise needed to be an accomplished
bariatric surgeon. Dr. Verdeja's academic
appointment at the University of miami in
the Department of Surgery extends beyond
the local area, as he continues to travel
abroad to lecture on bariatric surgery.
For more information, please choose
"Miami" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Salzburg,
Austria
Karl Miller
M.D.,
Ph.D.
Gastric Bypass and
Adjustable Gastric Banding (AGB)
Dr.
Karl Miller, Assoc. Professor of
Surgery is dedicated to focus on
gastro-intestinal laparoscopic surgery
and a trainer at the European Surgical
Institute. He has also been a
demonstrating surgeon performing
laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
and laparoscopic gastric bypass at
international courses in Germany,
Austria, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Mexico.
He performs laparoscopic obesity surgery
since 1994 and is experienced in gastric
banding, gastric bypass, intragastric
stimulation and intragastric balloon
procedures. He is head of the surgical
department in Hallein, Salzburg in which
obesity surgery is performed over 25
years with all the necessary facilities
and infrastructure. Dr. Miller is council
member of the International Federation
for Surgery of Obesity and Associate
Editor of the Journal of Obesity Surgery.
For
more information, please choose
"Salzburg, Austria" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Caracas,
Venezuela
Alfredo
Sanchez Alva
M.D.
Adjustable
Gastric Banding (AGB)
Dr.
Alfredo Sanchez has extensive
experience in obesity surgery, and is
today specializing in Adjustable Gastric
Banding (AGB) together with his colleague
Dr. Ligia Raaz. Both Dr. Sanchez and Dr.
Raaz have had additional training in AGB
surgery with Dr. Frering in Lyon, France.
For more information, please choose
"Caracas, Venezuela" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Caracas,
Venezuela
Ligia Alegria Raaz
M.D.
Adjustable
Gastric Banding (AGB)
Dr. Ligia
Raaz has extensive experience in obesity surgery,
and is today specializing in Adjustable Gastric Banding
(AGB) together with her colleague Dr. Alfredo Sanchez.
Both Dr. Sanchez and Dr. Raaz have had additional
training in AGB surgery in Lyon, France.
For more information, please
choose "Caracas,
Venezuela" on the contact
form as your
preferred destination. |
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Monterrey,
Mexico
Pablo
G. Zorrilla
M.D., F.A.C.S.
Gastric Bypass and
Adjustable Gastric Banding (AGB)
Dr.
Pablo Zorrilla, a Fellow of the
American College of Surgeons, is among
the few surgeons in Mexico who specialize
in Obesity Surgery. He has been
performing gastric bypass (type Fobi
Pouch) since 1990. He was performed over
900 operations for morbid obesity. He was
president of Sociedad Mexicana de
Cirugía de la Obesidad and is one of the
most experienced surgeons in Mexico.
For
more information, please choose
"Monterrey, Mexico" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Tijuana,
Mexico
Ariel
Ortiz Lagardere
M.D.
Adjustable Gastric
Banding (AGB)
Dr.
Ariel Ortiz is one of the first
surgeons to perform Adjustable Gastric
Banding (AGB) in the Americas. He has
performed over 1000 AGB procedures and
trained surgeons from every part of the
continent on AGB surgery, including
dozens of surgeons from the USA. He is a
Professor of General and Minimally
Invasive Surgery, and is a member of
numerous associations including the
Fellow of the American College of
Surgeons and the American Society for
Bariatric Surgery.
For
more information, please choose
"Tijuana, Mexico" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Sao Paulo,
Brazil
Thomas
Szegö
M.D.
Gastric Bypass
Dr.
Thomas Szegö, a former Full
Professor of Surgery in Santo Amaro
School of Medicine, has one of the
largest experiences in laparoscopic
gastric bypass in South America, having
performed over 700 laparoscopic gastric
bypasses. He was also the first surgeon
to perform a laparoscopic cholecistectomy
in South America. He was the founder of
the Brazilian and Latin American
Societies of laparoscopic surgery. He is
one of the leading surgeons of Brazil.
For
more information, please choose "Sao
Paulo, Brazil" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Dalton, Georgia,
USA
Jaime Ponce
M.D.,
F.A.C.S.
Adjustable Gastric
Banding (AGB)
Dr.
Jaime Ponce has performed over 1000
Adjustable Gastric Band procedures since
1997, being one of the most experienced
AGB surgeons in the United States. He was
selected to participate on the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) clinical trials
of two brands of adjustable gastric
bands. He has received many awards and
been invited to lecture extensively about
the surgical treatment of morbid obesity
with specific emphasis in the gastric
band.
For more information, please choose
"Dalton" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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San
Francisco, California, USA
Albert Wetter
M.D.
Gastric Bypass and
Adjustable Gastric Banding (AGB)
Dr.
Albert Wetter has over 10 years of
advanced laparoscopic surgery.
After completing his surgical residency
in England, he pioneer the advanced
laparoscopic surgery at the University of
California, San Francisco, where he
continues to teach on a regular
basis. Dr. Wetter has been
performing laparoscopic bariatric surgery
since 1998. He is Board Certified
(American Board of Surgery), Fellow of
The American College of Surgeons, Fellow
of the Royal College of Surgeons of
Edinburgh, a member of the Society for
Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, and of
the American Society for Bariatric
Surgery.
For more information, please choose
"San Francisco" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Kaunas,
Lithuania
Almantas
Maleckas
M.D.
Gastric Bypass
Dr. Almantas Maleckas
is Assoc. Professor of Surgery with
special interest in the field of
laparoscopic surgery. He was trained in
laparoscopic bariatric surgery at the
Sahlgrenska University hospital,
Gothenburg, Sweden. He is among the first
to perform laparoscopic gastric bypass,
laparoscopic gastrectomies and
laparoscopic-thoracoscopic
esophagectomies in Lithuania and Eastern
Europe.
For
more information, please choose
"Kaunas, Lithuania" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Pune
(Bombay), India
Shrihari Dhore-Patil
M.S.,
F.I.C.S., F.A.I.S., M.I.F.S.O
Gastric Bypass and
Adjustable Gastric Banding (AGB)
Dr. Shrihari Dhore-Patil, an
eminent gastro-intestinal, laparoscopic
and obesity surgeon is India’s first
surgeon in this line. He has undergone
training under Dr. Andrew Jameisson,
Australia and has been performing
surgeries for the last 20 years. Further
training in Switzerland and France
followed this training. Dr. Dhore-Patil
is an official member of the
International Federation Of Surgery for
Obesity, which is an extremely
challenging field. He has been the past
President of the Pune Surgeons Society as
well.
For more information, please choose
"Pune, India" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Buenos
Aires, Argentina
Carlos Casalnuovo
M.D.,
F.A.C.S.
Gastric Bypass and
Adjustable Gastric Banding (AGB)
Dr. Carlos Casalnuovo
started in 1988 with the 1st
Program for Surgical Treatment of morbid
and super-obese patients in Argentina. He
performed the laparoscopic approach in
bariatric surgery from 1994, and since
January 1998 the Adjustable Gastric
Banding by laparoscopy is the most used
technique. He is the pioneer in Argentina
and one of the most experienced bariatric
surgeons in South America. He is
President of the Argentine Society for
the Surgery of Obesity.
For more information, please choose
"Buenos Aires, Argentina" on
the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Santiago,
Chile
Marcos Berry
M.D.
Adjustable Gastric
Banding (AGB)
Dr.
Marcos Berry specializes in digestive
surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery
and surgery for obesity. He made his
surgical residency and training in the
USA from 1992 to 1998, with
sub-specialization in laparoscopic
surgery at the Institute MISTI of
Maryland and a mini fellowship in surgery
for the obesity at the Montefiore
Hospital of New York. In addition, he is
a board certified surgeon by the American
Board of Surgery since 1999. He is member
of the Society of American Laparoscopic
Surgeons, and of the Society of Surgeons
of Chile.
For more information, please choose
"Santiago, Chile" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Cairo,
Egypt
Khaled Gawdat
M.D.
Gastric Bypass
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.
For more information, please choose
"Cairo, Egypt" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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Manila,
Philippines
Hildegarde
Dineros
M.D.
Adjustable Gastric
Banding (AGB)
Dr.
Hildegarde Dineros had his initial
training on Adjustable Gastric Banding at
the New York Presbyterian Hospital, with
additional training with Dr. Frering in
France. He pioneered bariatric surgery in
the Philippines. He has also practiced
general and cancer surgery, as well as
plastic surgeries. He has extensive
experience in gastrointestinal surgery.
For more information, please choose
"Manila, Philippines" on the contact form as your
preferred destination. |
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