The following centres have been fully certified as Centres of Excellence in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery:
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| ZNA Stuivenberg Hospital |
Dr Leo Hendrickx |
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| AZ Nikolaas | Dr Luc Lemmens | Belgium |
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| Heraklion University Hospital | Prof John Melissas | Greece |
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| University Hospital of RIO | Prof Fotis Kalfarentzos | Greece |
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| Neo Athinaion MD Hospital | Dr Odysseas Voudouris | Greece |
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| San Martino University Hospital | Prof Nicola Scopinaro | Italy |
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| Padova Azienda University Hospital | Dr Mirto Foletto | Italy |
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| BARIXL - Bariatric Center of Excellence of Delta Hospital |
Dr Catalin Copaescu | Romania |
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| The Center of Endosurgery and Lithotripsy (CELT) | Dr Yury Yashkov | Russia |
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| University Hospital de la vall d'Hebron | Dr Jose Manuel Fort Jose Barajas | Spain |
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| Centre of Excellence for the study and treatment of the morbid obesity |
Dr Miguel Angel Carbajo Caballero | Spain |
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| Laparoscopic Centre Dr Ballesta (CLB) | Dr Carlos Ballesta Lopez | Spain |
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| Clinica Universidad de Navarra | Dr Fernando Rotellar Sastre | Spain |
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| Spire Manchester Hospital | Dr Basil Ammori Dr Alan Li Dr Bart Decadt |
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At the moment, the following Centres and Surgeons are IFSO-EC COE program participants:
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| Krankenhaus Hallein | Prof. Karl Miller | Austria | |
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| St. Blasius General Hospital | Prof. Jacques Himpens | Belgium | |
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| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege | Dr. Arnaud De Roover | Belgium | |
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| Center for Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery | Prof. Martin Fried | Czech Republic | |
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| Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital | Prof. Khaled Gawdat | Egypt | |
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| Polyclinique Lyon-Nord | Dr. Jerome Dargent | France | |
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| Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou | Prof. Jean-Marc Chevallier | France | |
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| Centre de Chirurgie de l'Obesite | Prof. Jean Mouiel | France | |
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| Clinique de la Sauvegarde |
Dr. Vincent Frering |
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| Krankenhaus Sachsenhausen | Prof. Rudolf Weiner | Germany | |
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| Athens Medical Center | Dr Konstantinos Konstantinidis | Greece | |
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| Lefkos Stavros Athinon | Dr. George Spiliopoulos | Greece | |
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| Athens Bioclinic | Dr. George Skrekas | Greece | |
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| Doctor's Hospital |
Dr. Sotirios Gavriil |
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| University Hospital of Larissa | Prof. George Tzovaras Prof. Dimitris Zacharoulis |
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| Laiko General Hospital | Prof. Theodoros Diamantis | Greece | |
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| D.T.C.A. Hygeia | Dr. Harilaos Pappis Dr. George Stavropoulos |
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| 1st Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens | Dr. Evangelos Menenakos | Greece | |
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| Hazrat Rasul Akram Medical Center | Prof. Alireza Khalaj Dr. Pazouki Abdolreza |
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| Casa di Cura Leonardo | Dr. Francesco Furbetta | Italy | |
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| Ospedale S. Giovanni Bosco | Prof. Luigi Angrisani | Italy | |
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| University Federico II | Prof. Pietro Forestieri | Italy | |
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| Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana | Dr. Marco Anselmino | Italy | |
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| Regional Hospital Umberto Parini | Dr. Paolo Millo Dr. Rosaldo Allieta |
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| Behandelcentrum voor Overgewicht en Obesitas, Bariatrish Centrum Zuid-West Nederland | Dr. Pierre Feskens | Netherlands | |
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| Slotervaartziekenhuis |
Dr. Arnold van de Laar |
Netherlands | |
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| Catharina Hospital Obesitas Centrum Eindhoven | Dr. Jean-Paul de Zoete Dr. Simon Nienhuijs Dr. Frans Smulders |
Netherlands | |
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| Hospital of Carmo | Dr. Antonio Sergio Bastos Silva | Portugal | |
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| Waterfall City Hospital - Center for Metabolic Medicine and Surgery |
Dr. Gary Kevin Fetter | South Africa | |
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| Hospital Alcoy |
Dr. Aniceto Baltasar Dr. Carlos Serra |
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| Sanatorio San Jorge | Dr. Aniceto Baltasar Dr. Rafael Bou |
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| Hospital Clinico San Carlos | Prof. Antonio Torres Prof. Andres Sanchez-Pernaute |
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| Hospital Clinic de Barcelona | Prof. Antonio Lacy | Spain | |
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| Hospital Quiron Barcelona | Prof. Antonio Lacy | Spain | |
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| Klinik Lindberg Winterthur Switzerland | Dr. Rudolf Steffen | Switzerland | |
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| Beau-Site Clinic | Dr. Rudolf Steffen | Switzerland | |
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| Hopital du Chablais | Dr. Michel Suter | Switzerland | |
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| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois | Dr. Michel Suter | Switzerland | |
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| Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty |
Prof. Mustafa Taskin |
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| National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology | Prof. Andriy Lavryk Dr. Oleksandr Tyvonchuk |
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| Musgrove Park Hospital | Dr. Richard Welbourn | United Kingdom | |
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| South West Bariatric Surgery Group | Dr. Richard Welbourn | United Kingdom | |
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| Whittington Hospital NHS Trust | Dr. Pratik Sufi Dr. Dugal Heath |
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| Nuffield Health Hospital Leeds | Dr. Abeezar Sarela Dr. Simon Patrick Laurence Dexter Prof. Michael McMahon |
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| Spire Hull & East Riding | Dr. Peter Sedman Dr. Prashant Jain Dr. Elnazeer Salim |
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| St Richard's Bariatric Unit | Dr. Chris Pring Dr. Guy Slater Dr. Shaw Somers |
United Kingdom | |
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| BMI Chelsfield Park Hospital | Dr. Shamsi Elhasani | United Kingdom | |
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| Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust | Dr. Basil Ammori | United Kingdom |