Professor Nadey S Hakim KCJSJ, MD, PhD, FRCS, FRCSI, FACS, FICS
Professor Hakim is a General Bariatric and Transplant Surgeon. He has a particular interest and expertise in kidney and pancreas transplantation. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons. He obtained his MD from Paris Rene Descartes University; he received his surgical training at Guy’s Hospital in London and PhD in small bowel transplantation from University College London. He completed a Gastrointestinal Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and Multiorgan Transplant Fellowship at the University of Minnesota.
To date he has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and has written/edited 18 textbooks in the field of General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery and Transplantation. He is the Editor in Chief of International Surgery, a prestigious peer-reviewed journal and is on the Editorial Board of Transplant Proceedings, Graft, Experimental and Clinical Transplantation and of several other journals.
He is a member of the Kidney-Pancreas Committee of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTP) and Past President of the Transplantation Section of the Royal Society for Medicine.
He has been awarded an Honorary Professorship of the University of Sao Paolo, University of Lyon, University of Lima, Peru and University of Beshkent Ankara. He has been a visiting Professor at several prestigious centres including Harvard University.
He is the 35th World President of the International College of Surgeons, based in Chicago. Prior to his election he served as First Vice President and European Federation Secretary of this College.
He has recently been awarded the 2007 J Wesley Alexander Prize for outstanding research in the field of Transplantation.
Professor Hakim provides Gastric Balloon, Gastric Band procedure.
