Chief Editor

Pradeep Chowbey
Chairman, Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, Max Healthcare,
Delhi, India
Email: [email protected]

Editor

Ramen Gyanendra Goel
Director, Center for Metabolic Surgery, Wockhardt hospitals,
Mumbai, India
Email: [email protected]

Co-Editor

Kamal Mahawar
Consultant Surgeon, Sunderland Royal Hospital,
Sunderland, UK
Email: [email protected]

Editorial Advisors

Carel Le Roux
Physician, Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust
UK

JWM Greve
 Professor of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
 Maastricht University Medical Center, NUTRIM, The Netherlands

Mahendra Narwaria
Chairman, Asian Bariatric Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad, India

Mathias Fobi
Director of Clinical Affairs, Training and Research, Mohak Bariatric,
Indore, India/USA

Michel Suter
Chief Surgeon, Hôpital Riviera-Chablais
Switzerland

Mohit Bhandari
Director, Mohak Bariatrics and Robotics,
Indore, India

Muffazal Lakdawala
Director, General & Minimal Access Surgical Sciences,
Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, India

Natan Zundel
Bariatric Surgeon
Jackson North Medical Center, Miami, USA

Praveen Raj
Director, GEM Hospital Group
India

Rajesh Khullar
Consultant Surgeon, Max Hospital, Saket,
New Delhi, India

Raul Rosenthal
Consultant Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic,
Florida, USA

Shrihari Dhorepatil
Consultant, Shree Hospital,
Pune, India

Wendy Brown
Director, Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE),
Victoria, Australia

Associate Editors

A R Nimeri
Consultant Surgeon, Atrium Health-Carolinas Medical Center,
Charlotte (NC), USA

Amrit Nasta
Consultant Surgeon, Wockhardt Hospital,
Mumbai, India

Ashraf Haddad
Consultant Surgeon, Jordan Hospital Medical Center,
Amman, Jordan

Asim Shabbir
Senior Consultant, National University Hospital
Singapore

Jaydeep Palep
Consultant Surgeon, Lilavati Hospital and P D Hinduja Hospital, Khar
Mumbai, India

Kazunori Kasama
Director, Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Center, Yotsuya Medical Cube
Japan

Mahidhar Valeti
Director, Bariatric Surgery, Continental Hospitals, Gachibowli,
Hyderabad, India

Manish Khaitan
Head, Bariatric Surgery, KD Hospital,
Ahmedabad, India

Michel Gagner
Chief of Surgery, Westmount Square Surgical Center,
Montreal, Canada

Om Tantia
Medical Director & Head of Bariatric Surgery, ILS Hospital,
Kolkata, India

Rajesh Bhojwani
Senior Consultant and Head, Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital,
Jaipur, India

Randeep Wadhawan
Head, Department of Minimal Access & Bariatric Surgery, Manipal Hospital,
New Delhi, India

Rishi Singhal
Consultant Bariatric & Upper GI Surgeon, University Hospitals
Birmingham, UK

Sandeep Agarwal
Professor of Surgery, AIIMS,
New Delhi, India

Sarfaraz Baig
Consultant and Head, Surgical Gastroenterology, Belle Vue Clinic,
Kolkata, India

Shashank Shah
Head, Laparo Obeso Centre,
Pune, India

Surendra Ugale
Chief of Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery, Kirloskar and Virinchi hospitals,
Hyderabad, India

Vivek Bindal
Head of Minimal Access, Bariatric & Robotic Surgery, Max Super Specialty Hospitals,
Delhi, India

Editorial Board Members

Abhishek Katakwar
Associate Director & Chief Bariatric Surgeon, AIG Hospitals,
Hyderabad, India

Aditya Bakshi
Assistant Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
Jodhpur, India

Ali Aminian
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic.
USA

Anshuman Kaushal
Head & Academic Coordinator, Artemis Hospital,
Gurugram, India

Aparna Govil Bhaskar
Consultant Surgeon, Saifee, Namaha, Apollo Spectra and Currae Specialty Hospital,
Mumbai, India

Arun Prasad
Consultant Surgeon & Advisor, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital,
New Delhi, India

Brijesh Madhok
Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton,
United Kingdom

Chetan Parmar
Consultant General and Bariatric Surgeon,
Whittington Hospital, London, United Kingdom

C K Huang
Superintendent, Body Science & Metabolic Disorders International Medical Canter(BMIMC),
China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan

Cunchuan Wang
Consultant Surgeon, Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Hospital
China

Deep Goel
Senior Director, Max-BLK Super Specialty Hospital,
New Delhi, India

G S Jammu
Chief Bariatric Surgeon, Jammu Hospital,
Jalandhar, India

J Himpens
Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles & Chief of Bariatric Surgery,
CHIREC Delta Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Khaled Gawdat
Chief of Surgery Ain Shams School of Medicine,
Egypt

Lillian Dino
Bariatric Dietitian and Support Group Coordinator
Cleveland Clinic, Florida, USA

Mahir Ozmen
Professor of Surgery, Istinye University Medical School
Istanbul, Turkey

Manish Baijal
Director, Max Institute of Laparoscopic, Endoscopic & Bariatric Surgery,
New Delhi, India

Manish Motwani
Chief Bariatric Surgeon, Aastha Health Care,
Mumbai, India

Mary O’Kane
Hon Consultant Dietitian, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust,
Leeds, UK

Nasser Sakran
Head, Department of Surgery, Holy Family Hospital,
Nazareth, Israel

Pallawi Priya
Consultant, Belle Vue Clinic,
Kolkata, India

Pawanindra Lal
Professor of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College,
New Delhi, India

Rana Pullat
Director, Bariatric and Robotic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina.
USA

Ranjan Sudan
Surgeon, Duke University Medical Center,
North Carolina, USA

Salman Al Sabah
Chairman of Surgery, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Hospital,
Kuwait

Shivanshu Mishra
Consultant Surgeon, Shivani Hospital and IVF,
Kanpur, India

Sumeet Shah
Director, Bariatric Surgery, PSRI Hospital,
New Delhi, India

Suviraj John
Senior Consultant Surgeon, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,
New Delhi, India

Tarun Mittal
Senior Consultant Surgeon, Sir Ganga Ram hospital,
Delhi, India

Wah Yang
Surgical Specialist, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University,
Guangzhou, China

WJ Lee
Professor, Min-Sheng General Hospital, National Taiwan University,
Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yitka Graham
Head of the Helen McArdle Nursing and Care Research Institute
University of Sunderland, Sunderland, United Kingdom