Scientific Organizing Committee
Prof. Jacques Himpens
Belgium
IFSO President
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Chief, Metabolic Surgery department CHIREC Hospital, Delta Campus, Brussels, Belgium
Consultant, Saint Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Ali Khammas
UAE
Local Chair
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President of Emirates Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery ESMBS
Co-Director of Dubai Residency program of General Surgery
Chairman of Central morbidity and mortality committee in Dubai Health Authority
Dr. Faruq Badiuddin
UAE,
Chairman of Organizing Committee
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Consultant Surgeon - Mediclinic Dubai, UAE
Dr. Abdelrahman Nimeri
UAE, Chairman of Scientific Committee
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Abdelrahman Ali Nimeri, MBBCh, FACS, FASMBS
Bariatric Surgeon, Carolinas Weight Management Center, Carolinas Medical Center
Associate Program Director, Carolinas Bariatric/MIS Fellowship Program
President, IFSO Middle East North Africa Chapter @IFSOMENAC 2017-2019
President, Pan Arab Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery @PASMBS 2017-2018
Chairman, IFSO Communication Committee 2013-2016 & 2016-2019
Dr. Aayad Al Qahtani
KSA,
Vice Chairman of Scientific Committee
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Professor and Consultant of MIS and Obesity Surgery at King Saud
University KSA
Director of King Saud's University's Obesity Chair KSA
Prof. Karl Miller
UAE,
Vice Chairman of Organizing Committee
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Associate Professor of Surgery
CMO Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Centre, Dubai UAE
Prof. Almino Ramos
Brazil
IFSO President Elect
Prof. Wendy Brown
Australia,
Chair of IFSO Scientific Committee
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President, Australia and New Zealand Gastrooesophageal Surgery Association
Past President, Australia and New Zealand Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society
Chair, Monash University Department of Surgery Alfred Health
Clinical Director, Australian and New Zealand Bariatric Surgery Registry
Chair, IFSO Scientific Committee
Deputy Chair, Victorian Surgical Consultative Council
Prof. Miguel Herrera
Vice Chair of IFSO Scientific Committee
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Professor of Bariatric Surgery UNAM, Mexico
Director, Nutrition and Obesity Center, ABC Medical Center, Mexico
Ms. Tracy Martinez
Chair of IFSO I.H. Committee
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RN, BSN, CBN
Program Director, Wittgrove Bariatric Center, Del Mar, Calif, USA
Chair, IFSO Integrated Health Committee
Past President, ASMBS Integrated Health
Board Member Obesity Action Coalition
Committee Member ASMBS CBN committee
Ms. Mary O'Kane
UK
Vice Chair of I.H. Committee
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Chair Elect, IFSO Integrated Health Committee
Allied Health Professional representative British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS)
British Dietetic Association Fellow
Consultant Dietitian (Adult Obesity), Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Assoc. Prof. John Morton
North America Chapter Representative
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Chief, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Past-President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 2014-2015
Stanford School of Medicine
Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala
Asia Pacific Chapter Representative
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Founder, Digestive Health Institute
Chairman - Institute of Minimal Access Surgical Sciences and Research Centre, Saifee Hospital, India
Mumbai Section Chief: Division of Laparoscopic Oncology, India
Prof. Jean Marc Chevallier
Europe Chapter Representative
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Gastrointestinal Surgeon at Hopital Europeen Georges-Pompidou, France
Dr. Camilo Boza
Latin America Chapter Representative
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