Bart Alexander Van Wagensveld MD, PhD

Dr. Bart obtained his MD and PhD from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From 1998 to 2003 he was trained as a general surgeon at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and specialized in Gastro-Intestinal and Laparoscopic surgery. In the following years he established a full Laparoscopic Gastro-Intestinal and Bariatric program (IFSO certified), performing and teaching thousands of advanced laparoscopic surgeries. During the same period he was chairman of the Medical Board and responsible for the merge of Sint Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis and Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis into OLVG Amsterdam.

Currently, he is co-chairman of the Communication Committee and member of the Data Protection Committee of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), member of the editorial board of Obesity Surgery (Springer) and published over 90 peer reviewed articles and 2 book chapters. He organized several national and international conferences and presented and served as moderator at many national and international conferences.

He is experienced in both primary and revisional surgeries: Adjustable Gastric Band, Roux-en Y Gastric bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Single Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (Mini Gastric Bypass), Bilio-Pancratic Diversion with Duodenal Switch (BPD-DS) and Single Anastomosis Duodeno-Ileal Bypass (SADI). Dr. Bart is a member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other interventional techniques (EAES), Dutch Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (DSMBS), Dutch Society for Gastroenterology, Dutch Society for Gastrointestinal Surgery and the Dutch Society for Surgery.