Richard ABITTAN, richard.abittan@gmail.com www.richardabittan.com Cell phone: +212661156427 Born on 08/18/1958 in Casablanca, Morocco, married with 3 children. 1976 -> 1983: Medical School in university of medicine of Casablanca. July 1985: Obtainment of the Medical Degree 1983 – 1989: Internship and assistanat - CHU AVERROES Casablanca Morocco (1983-1987) - CHU Henri Mondor and KREMLIN BICETRE (1987-1989) 1989 – 1991: Boardcertified general surgeon at CHR Bouaffi - Casablanca – Morocco. 1991 - Fellowship with Pr. J. DUBOIS in “Hôpital la Cité” in Paris to perform general laparoscopic surgery 1992 - Fellowship with Pr. J. BELGHITI in “BEAUJON Hospital” in Paris to perform liver surgery 1992 – 1993: Recurrent training with Dr. S. BENCHETRIT in “Hôpital J.MERMOZ” in Lyon to perform laparoscopic inguinal herniorraphy, anti-reflux procedures, colectomy, splenectomy and adrenalectomy. (1 week every 3 months). 1992 -> 2017: Forerunner in laparoscopic surgery and practicemo than 1 200 procedures a year = liver surgery, endocrinology surgery, hernia surgery and pelvic surgery. 2000 -> 2019: I practice with the same team 4 300 bariatric procedures. - Banding = 1 300 - Sleeve = 1 250 - Gastric plication = 250 - Nissen Sleeve=100 - Roux en Y GBP = 500 - SAGBP = 900 Under the leadership of Pr. GUGENHEIM (Nice- France), Huten (Tours- France), MSIKA (Paris-France) and PATOU (Lille-France) I obtain the first french diploma of bariatric Surgery (2007 at 2009) January 2014: Obtainment of the label of excellence center for bariatric surgery with my team from SOFFCO and IFSO. January 2017: Nomination IFASMBS (international fellow of the American Society for metabolic and bariatric surgery) Scientific publications : • 1987 = French national study on acute pancreatitis (annals of surgery) with TESTAS and JM. CHOLLET. • 1998 = Review of biliary complications after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Morocco (3 000 cases, with Pr. ABI) • 2003 = Inventory of fixtures of morbid obesity in morocco (4 years of experience). • 2006 = In association between the Belgian society of surgery, and the Moroccan society of surgery, I have promoted the laparoscopic Banding indications and its complications. (MARAKECH MOROCCO). • 2009 = Gastric banding erosion, about 1000 Cases in Morocco (SOFFCO Congress Nice France). • 2012 = Outcomes of Gastric by-pass in Moroccan diabetics (DAKHLA, Morocco; medical congress of obesity) • 2012 = Private experience in bariatric surgery about 2250 patients (SOFFCO, Montpellier) • 2013 = Left colectomy ahead the IMA in diverticulitis pathology (SFCE – Paris) • 2014 = Ø Indications and complications of Bariatric Surgery (ATC.2017 Tunis-Tunisia) Ø Metabolic Surgery and Diabete (ATC 2014. Tunis) • 2015 = Live surgery in CASABLANCA Ø Laparoscopic conversion of Mason to GBP. Ø Laparoscopic conversion of Sleeve to GBP. • 2016 (February)= Delayed live : Ø GBP Roux in Y to treat an obese patient with old Nissen. (Marseille, France) • 2016 (June) = Delayed live : Ø Conversion of SAGBP to normal anatomy for malnutrition (Nice. France) • 2016 (April) = The pathway of the obese patient candidate for bariatric surgery in Casablanca private environment (1st Mediterranean obesity surgery summit MOSS Maples – ITALY) • 2017 (April) = Live surgery : Ø Roux in y GBP and removal banding in 1 step Ø Sleeve and removal banding in 1 step (Marrakech national congress of the Moroccan society of surgery) Titular member of these learned institutions: Ø AFC = French association of surgery Ø SFCE= French endoscopic society of surgery Ø SOFFCOM= French society of bariatric and metabolic surgery Ø ASMBS = American society for metabolic and bariatric surgery Ø IFSO = international federation of obesity surgery Ø EAES= European association of endoscopic surgery Ø A CLAVINE = Association of laparoscopic surgery from north east of France Fellowship with = Ø Dr. BENCHETRIT = Obesity center, Jean Mermoz Lyon Ø Pr MSIKA = Obesity center, Louis Mourier Paris Ø Pr M Chevalier = Obesity center, Georges Pompidou Paris Ø PR PATOU = Obesity Center, Lille Supervisor of several Work Shops in Morocco and Africa Ø Bariatric surgery Ø Anti reflux procedures Ø Colorectal surgery Ø Inguinal herniorraphy (TEP) New publication about Nissen Sleeve in obesity surgery journal(2019) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QQyVVLknb4E1x_6i9vzCawTRTmFuq_y6/view?usp=drivesdk