Bariatric surgeons
Mr Ahmed R Ahmed BSc(Hons) FRCS(Gen)
Mr Ahmed R Ahmed is consultant in Gastrointestinal (GI),
Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgery, and Lead surgeon, Department of
Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery at Imperial College Healthcare NHS
Trust.
Mr. Ahmed has trained in general and upper GI surgery in the UK.
He has also trained in the United States at Stanford University
Medical Centre and at the University of Rochester Medical Centre in
New York where he completed a 1 year fellowship in Laparoscopic and
Bariatric Surgery. This center is one of the busiest in the
world (>700 annual bariatric procedures) as well as being an
ASBS rated Centre of Excellence. In addition to general
laparoscopic operations, Mr Ahmed has performed over 450
laparoscopic bariatric procedures.
He is actively involved in bariatric surgery research and has
numerous publications in peer reviewed journals. He is a
member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
(ASMBS), Society of American Gastroenterological and Endoscopic
Surgeons (SAGES), Association of Upper GI Surgeons (AUGIS), British
Obesity Surgery Society (BOSS). He was recently awarded the
2007 International Federation of Surgery for Obesity (IFSO)
Scholarship.
Further information can be found on Mr Ahmed's website.
Mr Gianluca
Bonanomi, MD, FRCS 
Mr Gianluca Bonanomi is Consultant in General
and Bariatric Surgery at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation
Hospital, a teaching institution affiliated with Imperial College
School of Medicine.
Mr Bonanomi received his Medical Degree at the
University of Pisa in Italy and completed Fellowship Training in
Bariatric Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre in
the United States. From 2002 until 2007, he was Clinical Instructor
and subsequently Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University
of Pittsburgh. As a faculty member, he developed novel
minimally invasive techniques and directed the establishment of an
affiliated obesity surgery programme in Italy.
His clinical interests include surgery for
severe obesity, minimally invasive surgery and upper
gastrointestinal surgery. Mr Bonanomi has extensive experience in
all aspects of laparoscopic “keyhole” bariatric surgery, including
gastric bypass, gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy,
bilio-pancreatic diversion and revisional surgery.
He is a member of the American Society for
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), the European Association
of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), and the International Federation for
the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO).