Dr. Chris Matthys
Head of Surgical Dept.
AZ Sint Elisabeth Hospital
Zottegem, Belgium
Dr. Matthys is a registered abdominal and general surgeon, and next to being a highly specialized surgeon for the Gastro-Intestinal Tract, he has achieved over many years of his practice an extended experience in Bariatric Surgery.
All his procedures are performed laparoscopically or via robotic surgery.
Dr. Matthys has been a Bariatric Surgeon since 2004, leading the Centre for Mini-Gastric Bypass since 2012.
Dr. Matthys was the first, in Belgium, to perform the Vertical Clip Gastroplasty with the B-Clamp™ in early 2022.
Dr. Chris Matthys is a member of:
- IFSO (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and metabolic disorders)
- EAES (European Association of Endoscopic Surgery)
- BESOMS (Belgian Section of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery)
- MGB-OAGB club (Int’l Mini Gastric Bypass club)
Practice:
AZ Sint Elisabeth Hospital
Godveerdegemstraat 69, 9620 Zottegem
Telephone: +329 364 89 28
Email: komc@sezz.be
Website:
https://www.minigastricbypass.be/nl/team/1/dr.%20chris%20matthys
Dr. Jean-Philippe Magema
Head of Surgical Dept.
UCL Namur, Clinique Saint Vincent
Dinant, Belgium
Chef de service chirurgie
General and Gastro-intestinal tract surgeon.
Metabolic and Bariatric surgeon.
Head of surgical department and leading the obesity clinic at the Saint-Vincent Clinic in Dinant.
Dr. Magema is a member of:
- Board member of IFSO (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and metabolic disorders)
- EAES (European Association of Endoscopic Surgery)
- Board member of BGES and BESOMS (Belgian Section of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery)
Practice:
Dinant (Saint-Vincent)
Rue Saint-Jacques, 501
5500 Dinant - Belgium
Telephone: +32 82 21 26 66
https://www.chuuclnamur.be/annuaire/magema-jean-philippe/?CUNDService=211&CUNDSite=4
https://www.je-consulte.be/page/dr-jean-philippe-magema.html
Dr. Christian Wahlen
Head of Surgical Dept.
Clinique André Renard
Herstal, Belgium
Chef de service chirurgie
General and Gastro-intestinal tract surgeon.
Metabolic and Bariatric surgeon.
Head of surgical department and leading the obesity clinic at the Clinique André Renard in Herstal.
Clinique André Renard
Herstal, Belgium
Rue André Renard 1
4040 Herstal
Clinique de l’obésité
Coordination: +324 248 72 92
Dr Andrea Formiga
Director of CIBO
Milan, Italy
General, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeon and Endoscopist
Head of surgical department and leading the obesity clinic at the CIBO center of Obesity and Columbus Clinic.
CIBO
Via Eleuterio Pagliano, 11
Via Eleuterio Pagliano, 11, 20149 Milano MI
Columbus Clinic Center srl
Via Buonarroti 48, 20145, Milan
Dr. Moises Jacobs
Medical Director of the
Gastric Sleeve Center,
Jackson South Hospital, USA.
Dr. Jacobs pioneered in developing and published on the reversible Vertical Gastric Clip which mimics the gastric sleeve but requires no stapling or removal of the stomach.
Dr Jacobs is world renowned as a pioneer in laparoscopy and has taught and mentored hundreds of surgeons throughout the world.
Dr. Patrick Noel, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Dubai Healthcare City
United Arab Emirates
Laparoscopic, Bariatric & Metabolic Surgeon
Trained in Minimally Invasive Surgery in the early ’90s, Dr. Patrick Noel has become very soon one of the most representative laparoscopic surgeons in France.
Dr. Patrick took part in the development of the BariClip, a new surgical technique in the bariatric field, and its launch worldwide by being the first surgeon to introduce it in the Middle East and Europe.
Member of: French (SOFFCO); the ASMBS (American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery), the IFSO (International Federation Society of Obesity); a reviewer member of the Editorial Board for SOARD (Surgery for Obesity And Related Diseases) and Obesity Surgery.
Address: Dubai Healthcare City; United Arab Emirates
Dr. Nathan Zundel
Professor Of Surgery, University At Buffalo, New York
Consultant in the Department of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery of the Fundación Program in Santa Fe de Bogotá, and is a bariatric surgeon at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
Dr. Predrag Andrejevic, FACS. AFRCSI. MFSEM.
Consultant Surgeon Endoscopist
General, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeon and Endoscopist.
Consultant Surgeon at Mater Dei Hospital – Malta
Visiting Consultant at St. James’ Hospitals -Malta
Specialist in General Surgery,
Training coordinator for Postgraduate Surgical Trainees, Mater Dei University of Malta.
Fellow of American College of Surgery -FACS.
Medicine and Surgery training in the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. – MRCSI.AFRCSI. MFSEM
St. James Clinic Group, Malta
https://stjameshospital.com/
https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/predragandrejevic