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Before their first treatment with us, every specialist completes a 4-stage curriculum, on which at least two Lead Surgeons cast their vote. In addition, three professionals give their approval before every treatment.
Medical management lies with Dr. med. Oliver Scheffel. In the individual countries, Medical Directors are responsible for medicine. Our medical management brings its experience as former IFSO members and as chief physicians at obesity centres of excellence in Offenbach, Hallein and Maastricht – over 15 years in minimally invasive obesity medicine, internationally networked.
He leads medicine for the Weight Doctors® Group – as Group CMO and Director of the National Obesity Centre. Previously he was clinic director at the obesity centre of excellence of Sana-Klinikum Offenbach.
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As Global Medical Director, he is responsible for medicine in the individual countries. From 2001 to 2015 he was chief physician of surgery at Hallein hospital; he is a former president of the world federation for obesity surgery (IFSO).
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As Medical Director, he is responsible for medicine in the Netherlands. He is Professor of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Maastricht University and was president of the IFSO in 2005–2006.
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As Medical Director, he is responsible for medicine in Great Britain. He is a specialist in gastroenterology in London.
To the profileBefore their first treatment with us, every specialist completes a 4-stage curriculum, on which at least two Lead Surgeons cast their vote. In addition, three professionals give their approval before every treatment.
At the end of the curriculum, their vote decides who may treat patients with us – at least two of them must agree.
Lead SurgeonDr. med. Oliver ScheffelSpecialist in general and bariatric surgeryLead SurgeonProf. Dr. med. Karl MillerSpecialist in general and visceral surgeryLead SurgeonProf. Dr. Jan Willem GreveSpecialist in visceral and bariatric surgery
Lead SurgeonPriv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dörte WichmannSpecialist in visceral surgery & expert in endobariatricsAnyone new to us completes four stages of the Weight Doctors® curriculum – developed by our management team from more than 15 years of experience. At the end, the Lead Surgeons decide: only when at least two of them agree may the doctor treat patients of the Weight Doctors®.
Before every treatment, the specialist adviser, the treating specialist and the anaesthetist give their approval.
They are members of their professional societies, specialise in minimally invasive obesity medicine and have careers as chief physicians or senior consultants at large clinics behind them.
M. MargolinsSpecialist in general surgery
M. ShalabiSpecialist in general and visceral surgery
Dr. JennerSpecialist in visceral surgery / specialised visceral surgery
Dr. SchüderSpecialist in general, visceral and vascular surgery / specialist in specialised visceral surgery
A. SaberSpecialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
Dr. HanningtonSpecialist in surgery
Dr. MabeSpecialist in surgery
Dr. WolmaransSpecialist in surgeryExperienced anaesthetists, well versed in obesity medicine, have worked closely with us for years and give their professional approval before every treatment.
Rachel DorschSpecialist in anaesthesiology, doctor for out-of-hospital emergency medicine, physician responsible for transfusion
Mohamed AburawiSpecialist in anaesthesiology
Mihai NitaSpecialist in anaesthesiology
Claus HahnSpecialist in anaesthesiology
Dr. med. Stephan RappSpecialist in anaesthesiology
Maria Eckert-KufnerSpecialist in anaesthesiology & intensive care medicine, doctor for out-of-hospital emergency medicine
Christoph BinasSpecialist in anaesthesiology, doctor for out-of-hospital emergency medicine
Erando JubicaSpecialist in anaesthesiology, doctor for out-of-hospital emergency medicine
Mustafa AlbayrakAnaesthetist
Maxim de RooijAnaesthetistSerik ImanbaevSpecialist in anaesthesiologyBoriana MatevaSpecialist in anaesthesia and intensive care medicineDr. Simone HammAnaesthetistAad van KeekenAnaesthetistCarlo GowsringAnaesthetistAt the Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik in Wertheim, doctors of general surgery, internal medicine and cardiology, as well as the emergency department, are also at your side.
Rangel ShahanskiSenior consultant, specialist in general surgery
Abdul Kader ObeidSenior consultant in internal medicine and cardiology, specialist in internal medicine
Srecko PiculinLead physician of the emergency department, specialist in internal medicine and emergency medicineAt Weight Doctors®, specialists, anaesthetists, nurses, patient advisers and nutrition experts work together – from the first enquiry to aftercare.
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