Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Written by leading experts from all across the globe, this comprehensive yet concise textbook offers up-to-date summary in the field of Obesity and its Surgical Management for a wide range of healthcare professionals involved within a Bariatric Multidisciplinary Team including Surgeons, Dieticians, Metabolic Physicians, Anaesthesiologists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Radiologists and Nursing staff. The book also serves as a reference manual for General Physicians, General Surgeons & General Practitioners.

• Bariatric Surgery
• Gastric Band
• Gastric Bypass
• Metabolic Surgery
• Obesity
• Sleeve Gastrectomy
• Treatment
• Weight Loss
• diabetes

“The audience is physicians who deal with morbidly obese patients, specifically metabolic and bariatric surgeons. … the coherent and lucid nature of this book may benefit any healthcare practitioner who desires in-depth knowledge on the subject. … This is a first-class book on obesity and metabolic surgery that touches on a wide range of subjects and provides in-depth information in a concise yet lucid fashion.” (Sheetal Nijhawan, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2015)

• Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom

  Sanjay Agrawal

Mr Sanjay Agrawal is a Consultant Surgeon specialising in Bariatric (Obesity/Weight-Loss) Surgery at Homerton University Hospital in London and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK. Mr Agrawal is certified as ‘Surgeon of Excellence in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery^TM, SOEMBS^TM’ by Surgical Review Corporation of USA. He has the privilege of being the First (and only) surgeon in the UK to achieve this designation. Mr Agrawal has the honour of being the First (and only) Post-CCT Fellow in Bariatric and Upper GI Surgery awarded under the National Surgical Fellowship Scheme through the Royal College of Surgeons of England in partnership with the Surgical Specialist Associations in the year, 2009-10. Mr Agrawal has made numerous presentations (approx. 100) at national and international meetings as well as has multiple publications (approx. 100) in peer-reviewed journals. Mr Agrawal is a member of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS) Education and Research Subcommittee (2013 onwards) and of International Committee in the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) (2015-16). Mr Agrawal has served as Faculty in different capacities (Chair/Moderator/Speaker) in multiple national and international meetings.   

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