Journal of Liver

Non-Gut-Offending weight loss devices

3^rd World Liver Congress

December 17-18, 2018 Abu Dhabi, UAE

Safwan A Taha

Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, UAE

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Liver

Abstract:

Obesity, now recognized as a disease and not a life style issue, is taking the world by a storm. Data shows that the prevalence of obesity has been steadily increasing worlwide over the past decade in an alarming speed. Advanced obesity generally requires surgical intervention which has proven very successful in its management as well as it accompanying comorbidities. Earlier stages of obesity, however, doesn???t warrant surgical intervention according to all credible international obesity management bodies. On the other hand, left untreated, they ususally progress to advanced obesity with all its inhernet dangers which lead to the introduction of much less invasive\traumatizing approaches to obesity management. This presntation highlights the commonest effective non-gut-offending weight loss devices.

Biography :

Safwan A Taha is working as a Professor of Surgery, Consultant Metabolic, Bariatric Surgeon and Director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Center, Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He holds Fellowship of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow, Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons, Diploma Laparoscopic Surgery from Strasbourg University and Certificate of the Arab Board of Surgery. He is currently the Governor of the UAE Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and VP of the Emirates Society for Laparo-Endoscopic Surgeons. He has more than 37 published papers.

E-mail: Safwan.Taha@mediclinic.ae