Argentinian Society of Surgery of Obesity, Metabolic Disease and Other Obesity-Related Diseases

Adopting robotic shift. The next level in Latin America

Dr. Luciano Antozzi is a surgeon specialized in bariatric, laparoscopic, robotic, and endoscopic surgery of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract. He currently serves as Director of the Upper GI and Bariatric Surgery Department at Hospital Italiano Regional del Sur and as Co-Director of the Center for Special Surgery in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. With over 12 years of experience in obesity surgery and upper GI diseases, he has performed more than 700 bariatric procedures and over 800 complex digestive surgeries as the lead surgeon. Dr. Antozzi completed his surgical training in Argentina, Italy, and the United States, including a 14-month fellowship in robotic and endoscopic surgery at the University of California, San Diego. He holds robotic surgery certification from IRCAD and has undergone international training in advanced techniques for treating GERD, achalasia, esophagogastric tumors, and revisional surgery. Academically, he is an active member of several national and international surgical societies, including the Argentine Association of Surgery (AAC), SACO, IFSO, IGCA, and ISS/SIC. He serves as a peer reviewer for the journal Obesity Surgery and has been a speaker and organizing committee member at numerous congresses, including the IFSO World Congress and various Latin American bariatric and metabolic surgery events. Dr. Antozzi is also the author of numerous scientific publications and book chapters on bariatric surgery, therapeutic endoscopy, and revisional procedures. His approach integrates technological innovation with a comprehensive vision for the treatment of obesity and upper GI tract disorders.

How Artificial Intelligence Impacts the Bariatric Patient Journey

Dr Carlos Esquivel is a Digestive Surgeon, and chief of the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery program at the Sanatorio Allende Hospital, Cordoba, Argentina. He made his general surgery residence at the General Surgery Department of the Sanatorio Allende Hospital, then he was chief of surgery residence and then he made a research fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida, USA, under the direction of Dr. Raul Rosenthal. After that, he made a clinical fellowship in bariatric and metabolic surgery at the Catholic University of Cordoba and Sanatorio Allende Hospital. He made his Doctoral Thesis at the Catholic University of Cordoba, with the topic “Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Resolves NAFLD”, then it was published in Obesity Surgery Journal. He is a member of the Argentine Society of Surgery (AAC), the Argentine Society of Obesity and Surgery (SACO), and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO). He is the general secretary of SACO and coordinator of the Education Committee. He published several scientific articles in indexed medical journals, as well as presented different conferences at international medical congresses, and wrote chapters of books of the specialty. His main professional and scientific interests focus on primary and revisional bariatric and metabolic surgery, as well as artificial intelligence applied to the surgery field.  

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