Best Obesity doctors: TOP 197 doctors

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Umut R Gunduz

  • New
  • 29 years of experience
  • Turkey, Antalya , UK-Turkey Health
  • Extra certifications: Obesity Surgery Course, Turkish Society of Surgery Advanced Endoscopy course, Advanced Course in Revisional Bariatric Surgery, Robotic Surgery Training Specialised in: Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Laparoscopic / Robotic surgery Endocrine surgery Gastric surgery Association Memberships: IFSO Turkish Society of Surgery National Society of Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery National Trauma and Emergency Surgery
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Ekrem Keskin

  • New
  • 12 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Ekrem Keskin
  • Surgeon Ekrem Keskin was born in 1986 in Istanbul. He completed his education at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2010, and was awarded the title of Medical Doctor. During his residency training he was instructed in nose, facial and breast aesthetics under the supervision of James Zins, MD and Raffi Gurunluoglu, MD, at Cleveland Clinic Plastic and Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Department, Cleveland, OHIO-USA in 2016. After 5 years of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery training, he completed his specialization and became a Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Specialist.

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Serdar A

  • New
  • 14 years of experience
  • Switzerland, Zurich, Global Medical Care
  • Graduated from Bornova Anatolian High School.Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Celal Bayar University in 2011, becoming a medical doctor. Began career as a general practitioner at Şanlıurfa Birecik State Hospital. Passed medical specialization examination (TUS) in 2012, began surgical specialization at İzmir Bozyaka's surgical department. Worked as an external observer physician at Heidelberg Universität Klinikum in 2015. Became a surgeon in 2017, focusing on evaluating patient demographics and efficacy of Sleeve Gastrectomy. Performed compulsory service at Ardahan Göle State Hospital between 2018 and 2019. Joined İzmir Tepecik training and research hospital in 2020. Devotes himself to ongoing studies and patient care.

    Specialities:

    • Bariatric surgery
    • Hernia surgery
    • Inguinal and sac hernias
    • Recurrent hernias (laparoscopic and standard methods)
    • Gastrointestinal (Digestive) System Surgery
    • Large intestine (colon) cancer treatment
    • Cancer surgery
    • Liver surgery
    • Colon and rectal cancer
    • Laparoscopic colon and rectal disease surgery
    • Gastric Cancer Surgery
      • Gastrointestinal cancer surgery
      • Gastric Botox
    • Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
      • Pancreatic surgery
    • Sleeve gastrectomy revision

    Experiences:

    • 2022 : Global Medical Care Obesity Surgeon
    • 2019-2022 Izmir Tepecik Education and Research Hospital
    • 2017 - 2019: General Surgery Residency, Ardahan Göle State Hospital
    • 2016: Hepatopancreaticobiliary Department, Heidelberg University
    • 2012 - 2017: Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital
    • 2012: General Practitioner, Şanlıurfa Birecik State Hospital
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Ugur Y

  • New
  • 15 years of experience
  • Switzerland, Zurich, Global Medical Care
  • He graduated from medical school in 2004 and became a doctor of medicine. He completed his General Surgery training in 2010, specializing in the effects of preoperative nutritional support on colon anastomosis healing in malnourished rats. He received the second prize for his thesis at the international KEPAN Congress.

    After fulfilling his compulsory service, he helped establish the obesity and metabolic surgery unit in Malatya Private EGM Hayat and Park hospitals in 2018. He currently works in these hospitals and helps Global Medical Care patients with obesity and diabetes surgery, cancer surgery, and advanced laparoscopic interventions.

    Membership:

    Turkish Surgical Association

    Bariatric Metabolic Surgery Association (BMCD)

    International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)

    Turkish Obesity Surgery Society (TOSS)

    International Bariatric Club (IBC).

     

    Experiences:

    2023 - Life Hospital, Antalya,

    2018 - Malatya Private Hayat Hospital,

    2018 - Malatya Private Park Hospital,

    2010-2018 Darende Hulusi Efendi State Hospital, Malatya

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Mehmet U

  • New
  • 20 years of experience
  • Switzerland, Zurich, Global Medical Care
    • Mehmet was born in 1980 in Hatay's Antakya district.
    • He completed his primary and secondary education in Iskenderun.
    • In 1998, he began his medical education at Ege University Faculty of Medicine.
    • He graduated from Ege University with the title of Medical Doctor in 2004.
    • Mehmet entered the TUS (Medical Specialty Education Entrance Examination) and qualified for the specialty education he aimed for, pursuing his dream of becoming a Surgeon doctor.
    • In 2005, he started his General Surgery Specialization training at Istanbul Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital.
    • After completing 5 years of intensive training, he published his first medical article titled "Causes, Treatment, and Interventions in Incisional Hernias" in 2010, earning the title of General Surgery Specialist.

    2019 Global Medical Care Obesity Surgeon

    2016 Head of the obesity unit, Izmir Private Hospital

    2013-2016 Eskişehir Acıbadem Hospital

    2012 to 2013 General Surgery Specialist and chief physician, Manisa Soma Private Vefa Hospital.

    2011-2012 Compulsory Service at Mardin Kızıltepe

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Ismail Biri

  • New
  • 22 years of experience
  • Turkey, Ankara, Private Koru Ankara Hospital
  • Education

     

    İnönü Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi (ingilizce) 1995- 2002

     

    Work Experience

    Başbakanlık S.H.Ç.E.K. Genel Müdürlüğü Kurum Hekimliği (2003)

     

    Erciyes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Genel Cerrahi Uzmanlığı 2011

     

    Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Temel ve İleri Düzey Endoskopik Girişimler Eğitimi 2011

     

    İstanbul Hastanesi /Van 2011

     

    Özel Malatya Hastanesi / Malatya2012

     

    Bilgi Tıp Merkezi Keçiören /Ankara 2013

     

    Özel Koru Sincan Hastanesi Sincan/Ankara 2013

     

    Baş Tibb Mərkəzi /Baku Clinic Azerbaycan/Bakü 2013

     

    Yüksek İhtisas Üniversitesi Özel Koru Ankara Hastanesi 2019

     

    Özel Ankara Koru Hastanesi /Ankara 2019

    Medical Interests

    laparoscopic obesity
    Laparoscopic abdominal and inguinal hernia repairs (with the latest techniques)

    Postpartum laparascopic diastasis recti (the formation of a protrusion in the upper middle abdomen due to the separation of the muscles in the abdominal tissue) and abdominal hernias above the navel and and gobekustunde both diastasis recti repair and abdominal hernia repair from the skin with laparascopic scola method for the first time in Turkey laparascopic stomach hernia and antireflu surgery).  

    Laparoscopic gallbladder surgeries, including cleaning the bile duct with trans-cystic choledochal irrigation in patients with bile sludge and stones less than 5mm in the bile duct, performed in the same session

    Laparoscopic gallbladder surgeries in pregnant women during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters, i.e., after 12 weeks of pregnancy

    Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Pregnancy

    Anal disorders, anal fissures, all types of internal and external hemorrhoid surgeries, anal fissure, and anal fistula surgeries

    Thyroid surgeries and cancers, parathyroid surgeries and cancers

    Breast diseases and breast cancer surgery

    Oncological surgery; liver and gallbladder and bile duct surgeries, stomach cancer surgery, colon cancer surgery, and liver resections for metastatic liver tumors

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Varol Esatoglu

  • 5 Excellent 3 reviews
  • 15 years of experience
  • Northern Cyprus , Nicosia , Near East University Hospital
  • NAME: VAROL ESATOĞLU

    TITLE: OP.DR. GENERAL SURGERY SPECIALIST

    FACULTY OF MEDICINE GRADUATED FROM: ANKARA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

    GENERAL SURGERY SPECIALTY: HAYDARPAŞA NUMUNE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL

    ADVANCED TRAINING: IRCAD STRASBOURG UNIVERSITY

    AREAS OF INTEREST: SINCE 2012, HE HAS FOCUSED HIS CAREER MAINLY ON CANCER SURGERY, ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPY AND OBESITY SURGERY.

     

    HAVING GAINED MORE THAN 7500+ BARIATRIC SURGERY EXPERIENCE IN HIS PROCESS. HE CONTINUES HIS MEDICAL PRACTICE AT DR. SUAT GÜNSEL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

    HE IS ONE OF THE PHYSICIANS WHO SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED SURGERIES IN THE FIELD OF ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, BARIATRIC AND METABOLIC SURGERY IN CYPRUS.

    HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE LEADING INTERNATIONAL BARIATRIC AND METABOLIC SURGERY IN OUR COUNTRY.

    HE HAS GIVEN NUMEROUS TRAININGS, SEMINARS AND SYMPOSIUMS TO HIS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COLLEAGUES IN THE FIELD OF BARIATRIC AND METABOLISM SURGERY, AND IS THE LEAD  OF OBESITY SURGERY IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN THE MANY COUNTRY AROUND THE WORLD.

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Ahmet Soykurt

  • 5 Excellent 3 reviews
  • 11 years of experience
  • Northern Cyprus , Nicosia , Near East University Hospital
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    NAME: AHMET SOYKURT

    TITLE: OP.DR. GENERAL SURGERY SPECIALIST

    FACULTY OF MEDICINE GRADUATED FROM: HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE-2013

    GENERAL SURGERY SPECIALTY: HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY ANKARA NUMUNE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL-2019

    ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY AND ERCP TRAINING: ISTANBUL BAKIRKÖY DR.SADİ KONUK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL-2022

    AREAS OF INTEREST: ONCOLOGIC SURGERY, LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, BARIATRIC SURGERY, ADVANCED ENDOSCOPIST (ERCP, PH METER ANALYSIS, MANOMETRY MEASUREMENTS, GASTROSCOPY, COLONOSCOPY, STOMACH BOTOX, STOMACH BALLOON, ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC AND COLONIC STENT PLACEMENT AND MANY INVASIVE PROCEDURES)

    OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT

    LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY

    LAPAROSCOPIC NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION (REFLUX SURGERY)

    LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER OSEPHAGOGASTRIC MYOTOMY (ACHALAZIA SURGERY)

    LAPAROSCOPIC AND OPEN COLON AND RECTUM CANCER SURGERY

    LAPAROSCOPIC AND OPEN STOMACH CANCER SURGERY

    LAPAROSCOPIC & THORACOSCOPIC AND OPEN ESOPHAGUS SURGERY

    PANCREAS CANCER WHIPPLE PROCEDURE

    LAPAROSCOPIC AND OPEN DISTAL SUBTOTAL PANCREATECTOMY

    UMBILICAL AND INGUINAL HERNIA WITH OPEN AND CLOSED TECHNIQUE

    INCISIONAL HERNIA

    THYRODECTOMY (WITH A NERVE MONITOR TO PROTECT THE VOCAL CORD)

    LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

    LAPAROSCOPIC CYST HYDATIC SURGERY

    BREAST SURGERY (RADICAL MASTECTOMY, BREAST CONSERVATIVE SURGERY, BREAST PROSTHESIS PLACEMENT DURING/AFTER BREAST CANCER SURGERY)

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Ahmet Ziya Balta

  • New
  • 29 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Alfa.Health
  • Dr. Ahmet Ziya Balta is a General Surgery Specialist with 23 years of experience. He has served as Infirmary Chief Surgeon and Deputy Chief Doctor. He is now an Associate Professor at SBU Hamidiye Medicine Faculty, General Surgery Department.

    Dr. Balta has worked in both military and civilian healthcare. He served at Şırnak Military Hospital and GMMA Haydarpaşa Teaching Hospital. He is known for his skills in general surgery and his leadership in surgical departments. His career shows strong achievements in both clinical practice and academic medicine.

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Abu Shamsiya Rami Nuamanovych

  • 4.8 Excellent 21 reviews
  • 26 years of experience
  • Ukraine, Kyiv, Dievo Surgery Center
  • Dr. Abu Shamsiya Rami Nuamanovych is a specialist in general and laparoscopic surgery, oncology, and ultrasound diagnostics. He is a Candidate of Medical Sciences, an associate professor, and a doctor of the highest category. Dr. Nuamanovych is a member of the Ukrainian Association of Bariatric Surgeons and the World Organization of Bariatric Surgeons (IFSO).

    He works as a WHO consultant on laparoscopic surgery. He is also President of the Association of Arab Doctors of Ukraine. Dr. Nuamanovych has performed thousands of surgeries, including hernia repairs, bariatric procedures, and cancer operations. His skills are recognized internationally. He speaks English and Arabic fluently.

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Mehmet Onur Ozturk

  • New
  • 15 years of experience
  • Turkey, İzmir, Bewell Health Assistance
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Luis Gonzalez

  • 5 Excellent 1 review
  • 27 years of experience
  • Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Dr. Luis González — IPBMA Medicine Associates
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Abdukadir Bedirli

  • New
  • 37 years of experience
  • accreditation:
  • Turkey, Ankara, Private Koru Ankara Hospital
  • Dr. Abdulkadir Bedirli completed his medical education at Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty in 1988. He became a General Surgeon in 1997 and was appointed as Associate Professor in the Department of General Surgery at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2005. He became a Professor in 2010.

    In 2011, Dr. Bedirli completed the Robotic Surgery Certification Program in Strasbourg and became a console surgeon. He performed his first robotic surgery in the Department of General Surgery at Gazi University in the same year. Since then, he has successfully applied robotic surgery to over 1500 patients, mostly for obesity, stomach cancer, and colon-rectum cancers.

    In 2012, Dr. Bedirli became a Surgical Oncology Specialist and participated in training programs on Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery in Paris-France in 2014 and in Lyon-France in 2016. In 2018, he completed the Gastric Cancer Master Class program at Severance Hospital in Seoul-South Korea, and in 2019, he participated in the Bariatric Redo Surgery training program in Bruges-Belgium.

    Dr. Bedirli was awarded the F.A.C.S. (Fellow of the American College of Surgeons) title by the American College of Surgeons in 2018. He has published 61 international and 47 national papers, presented 87 papers at international conferences and 68 papers at national conferences, contributed to 7 book chapters, and served as an editor for one book. Dr. Bedirli has an H-index of 18, with 1064 citations to his 72 publications.

     

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Jose Luis Calderon

  • New
  • 15 years of experience
  • Mexico, Mexicali, Medica de la Ciudad Mexicali
  • Dr. Calderón Álvarez-Tostado is a graduate of the Medical Surgeon program at the Universidad Panamericana. He completed his specialty in General Surgery at the General Hospital of Mexico "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", a nationally renowned center with a high volume of patients. Subsequently, he pursued advanced training in Endoscopic Surgery and Bariatric Surgery at the General Hospital "Dr. Manuel Gea González," an internationally recognized institution for its contributions to minimally invasive surgery. He is an Associate Researcher at the Institute for BioNanotechnology in Applied Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, where he also completed clinical rotations in Gastroenterology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He has served as a faculty member at the Universidad Panamericana and as an invited professor at medical conferences in his specialty. He is the author and co-author of numerous medical articles in national and international journals and has presented his work at national and international medical conferences in the specialties of general surgery, endoscopic surgery, and obesity surgery. He is certified by the Mexican Council of General Surgery (CMCG) and is a member of the Mexican Association of General Surgery (AMCG), the Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery (AMCE), the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), 1 the Mexican College of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases (CMCOEM), Sociedad Médica Dalinde, and the Sociedad Médica Grupo Angeles.

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Mehmet Sadik Bingol

  • 4.8 Excellent 7 reviews
  • 20 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Medipunto Clinic
Gastric band
$3,000 - $3,000
Gastric bypass
$3,100 - $3,100
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Jaydeep Palep

  • New
  • 24 years of experience
  • India, Nashik, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre
  • Dr. Jaydeep Palep is a bariatric and upper GI surgeon with 17 years of experience. He specializes in minimally invasive and robotic weight loss surgeries. Dr. Palep is one of the first surgeons in India trained in Banded Bypass, Banded Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Mini Gastric Bypass. He has also received advanced training in Robotic GI Surgery in Italy and the USA.

    Dr. Palep’s bariatric practice is certified as a Center of Excellence by the International Excellence Foundation (IEF). His practice has a morbidity rate of just 1%, which matches global standards. More than 90% of his diabetic patients stop using insulin and oral medications after surgery. He has published many articles in international journals and is invited to speak at conferences around the world.

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Gastric balloon
$2,500 - $3,000
Gastric bypass
$4,500 - $6,000
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$5,500 - $7,500
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Liza Maria Pompa Gonzalez

  • New
  • 23 years of experience
  • accreditations:
  • Mexico, Tijuana, LIMARP Bariatric Surgery Center
  • Dr. Liza Maria Pompa Gonzalez is a skilled surgeon with expertise in general and bariatric surgery. She is a certified member of the Mexican Council of Surgery and has renewed her certification several times. Dr. Pompa holds credentials in both general and bariatric surgery. She is also certified in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) by the American Heart Association.

    Dr. Pompa is a member of the Mexican Association of General Surgery and the Mexican College of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Internationally, she belongs to the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the International Bariatric Club, the International Federation for Obesity, and the French Society of Digestive Surgery. She is also a member of the Harvard Alumni Association. Dr. Pompa often attends and speaks at major medical conferences, helping to advance her field.

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volodymyr Sazhiyenko

  • New
  • 24 years of experience
  • Ukraine, Odesa, Пластичний хірург Володимир Сажієнко
  • Dr. Sazhienko is a leading plastic surgeon in the field of regenerative plastic surgery in Ukraine. For many years he has been engaged in scientific experimental and clinical research in this field.

    He is the author of scientific and practical publications devoted to:

    1. regenerative surgery,
    2. oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery of the face
    3. oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery.

    Dr. Sazhienko is a co-author of monographs and a chapter in a manual for plastic surgeons. Since 2001, the doctor has been a regular lecturer at conferences and master classes both in Ukraine and abroad.

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Ahmed Saad Khalil

  • New
  • 24 years of experience
  • Egypt, Alexandria, dr ahmed saad khalil obesity surgery

  • Dr. Ahmed Saad Khalil is a highly experienced bariatric surgeon specializing in obesity surgery with over 20 years of experience in the field. He has practiced and got trained as well as many training workshops and scientific activities and conferences in the UK, USA, Kuwait, Belgium ,Switzerland and currently and for the last decade operates in Alexandria, Egypt. Dr. Khalil is known for providing top-quality bariatric surgery at a competitive cost, with standards comparable to those in the UK. His expertise and commitment to patient care have established him as a reputable figure in the field of obesity surgery in Egypt and neighboring countries

    Dr Ahmed Saad Khalil

    MBBCh(Alex.) ,MRCS (eng),MRCS(glasg)

    Consultant bariatric and laparoscopic surgeon

    member of Egyptian society of bariatric surgery(ESBS)

    member of Egyptian society of laparoscopic surgery(ESLS)

    member of international federation for the surgery of obesity(IFSO)

    Current and previous registration bodies:

    Egyptian medical syndicate consultant registry.

    Kuwaiti medical association.

    Saudi health .

    General medical council (UK).

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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