Ali Tavakkoli, MD

Dr. Tavakkoli is a minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon at Mass General Brigham where he serves as the Chief of the Division of General and GI Surgery. He is the Francis D Moore Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He received his medical degree from The London Hospital Medical College in England, where he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) before moving to Boston where he completed both surgical residency and fellowship in advanced minimally invasive surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Tavakkoli leads an active clinical and basic research group based at the Laboratory for Metabolic and Surgical Research with a focus on mechanisms of diabetes resolution after bariatric surgery. He has been the recipient of NIH and industry grants for this work which has led to development of less invasive approaches that replicate the metabolic benefits of bariatric surgery. He has co-authored over 130 original papers, over 30 book chapters and is the co-editor of the SAGES Manual of Foregut Surgery. He served as an associate editor for the journal of Digestive Disease and Sciences for over a decade and is on the editorial board of several journals. He is an active member of many professional societies, including serving as a member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons, president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Recorder for the New England Surgical Society, and Board of Directors of the Fellowship Council. He is past chair of the Scientific Forum and the Scholarship Committee of the American College of Surgeons. He has been recognized for his dedication to surgical education with several teaching and mentorship awards throughout his career.