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16.04.2018 | Biography
Khaled Gawdat, M.D.
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Khaled Gawdat
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Obesity Surgery
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Ausgabe 5/2018
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Khaled Gawdat, MD, is a pioneer in bariatric surgery in Egypt and the Middle East. He started the first high volume bariatric surgery practice in Egypt in 1996. He led the transition from open to laparoscopic bariatric surgery in the Middle East performing all bariatric procedures laparoscopically by the year 2000. In 1999, he founded and became the honorary President of the Egyptian Society for Bariatric Surgery (ESBS). In 2016, Dr. Gawdat was elected the first president of the Pan Arab Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and joined the executive board of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) as the member at large for the IFSO Middle East-North Africa (MENA) chapter in 2017. He has devoted 100% of his practice to bariatric surgery since 1996 and he has presented papers and performed live surgery in many countries around the world. His teaching, presentations, and publications have influenced the practice of many bariatric surgeons in the Middle East region. …
