Editor-in-Chief:

Aayed Alqahtani, FRCSC, FACS

Editor-in-Chief, Saudi Journal of Obesity

Professor of Bariatric and Minimally invasive surgery 

President of the Saudi Society Of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 

President of the Gulf Obesity Surgery Society 

Former President Pan Arab Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery  

Former Past President International Pediatric Endosurgery Group   IPEG 

Founder and CEO of New You Medical Center 

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

www.newyousa.com

[email protected]

+966114444409 (ext: 208 secretary) / 966114444417

+966569010045

Production Manager:

Mr. Sagar Sawant

Wolters Kluwer, India

Journal Project Manager:

Dr. Mohamed Elahmedi MBBS, PMP 

Editorial Board:

Prof. Mostafa A. Abolfotouh, Senior Research Scientist

King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre

King Saud bin-Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,

Saudi Arabia.

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Prof. Emeritus Ali A. Sadek, MD.

Consultant of Public Health, MOH

Kuwait

[email protected]

Prof. Abdulaziz M. Al-Othman, PhD.

President of Saudi Society for Clinical Nutrition

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties

Saudi Arabia

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Prof. Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa, PhD, FACSM, FECSS

Lifestyle and Health Research Center,

Health Sciences Research Center,

Princess Nourah University, Saudi Arabia

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Dr. Mohammed A. Bawahab, FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS

Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery

King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

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Dr. Nasreen Alfaris MD, MPH

Consultant endocrinology, metabolism, and obesity medicine

King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia

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Dr. Esam S. Batayyah  MD, FACS, FASMBS

Head of General Surgery & Bariatric Center

Alnoor Specialist Hospital,  Saudi Arabia

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Dr. Meshal K. Alaqeel, MBBS, SSC-Psych, ASC-Psych

Consultant and Assistant professor of Psychiatry

King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia

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Dr. Hussam Al-Amri MBBS, FRCSC, FMIS.

College of Medicine, Department of Surgery

King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

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Advisory Board

Prof. Adnan B. Mofti, MBBS, FRCS(Eng.), FRCS(Glas.), FACS.

Senior Consultant Minimally Invasive, Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery

Specialized Medical Center, Saudi Arabia

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Prof. Tawfik A M Khoja MBBS, DPHC, FRCGP, FPPH, FRCP(UK)

Public Health Imperial College - London

Family and Community Medicine Consultant

Secretary General of Arab Hospital Federation

Deputy Chairman of Arab Public Health Association

Saudi Arabia

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International Board Advisory

Prof. Bassem Safadi, MD, FACS.

Chair of the Department of Surgery

Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Lebanese American University

Lebanon

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Dr. Abdulrahman Nimeri MD, FACS.

Chief of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and,

Director of Carolinas Bariatric Fellowship Program

Director of Atrium Health Weight Management Program

Carolinas Medical Center, North Carolina, USA

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