Biography

He specializes in bariatric and metabolic surgery, performslaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, which he pioneered in 2000, lap RNYbypass performed in 1995 at the Cleveland Clinic, as well aslaparoscopic duodenal switch, which he was the first to perform in1999 in Mount Sinai NYC, and various new innovative endoscopic magnetic treatments for obesity, type 2 diabetes, and gastrointestinal tract disorders.He was Chief of laparoscopy at the Cleveland Clinic, Professor ofsurgery and chief of laparoscopic/bariatric surgery at Mount Sinai NY, Professor of surgery and chief of bariatric surgery at CornellUniversity, Chair of Surgery at Mount Sinai (Miami), and is currentlysenior consultant at Hopital du Sacre Coeur in Montreal, chief ofsurgery at the WSSC, and Chief Medical officer of GT Metabolic Solutions, Inc.