Dr. Kow is the Clinical Director of GI surgery at Flinders Medical Centre and Clinical Associate Professor at the College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University in South Australia. She has been involved in training surgeons in bariatric surgery nationally and internationally.
Dr. Kow is a co-founder/Director of the Adelaide Bariatric Centre, which was established in 1995 as the first obesity surgical clinic in Adelaide.
She is the President IFSO and the Past President of IFSO-APC and ANZMOSS Australian and New Zealand Metabolic and Obesity Surgical Society
Dr. Kow has a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees and a PhD degree in Neuroscience from Flinders University of South Australia and a Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Dr. Kow is a keen researcher with over 100 peer reviewed publications and she sits on the Editorial Board of several journals. In addition, she is the President Australian Chinese Medical Association (SA).
Selected publications from PubMed
International expert consensus on definitions and management of weight recurrence and suboptimal response after metabolic and bariatric surgery: a Delphi study.
Wills MV, Lee S, Mocanu V, Lee Y, Kachornvitaya P, Zhu X, Alfaris N, Andromalos L, Apovian C, Behrens E, Birk D, Busetto L, Courcoulas A, Cummings D, Faria SL, Ghanem O, Han SM, Karmali S, Kaplan L, Kow L, le Roux CW, Mahawar K, Gawdat K, Munoz R, Musella M, Nimeri A, O'Kane M, Palermo M, Ponce de Leon Ballesteros G, Salminen P, Sullivan S, Udomsawaengsup S, Tewksbury C, Vidal J, Wilding J, Dang J, Strong A, Navarrete S, Zundel N, Kermansaravi M, Butsch S, Kroh M, Corcelles R
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2026 Jul;22(7):753-761 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2026.03.006.
Optimising the Delphi survey method during core set development: The impact of summarised feedback on stakeholders' prioritisation of core data items and consensus.
Chalmers KA, Coulman K, Blazeby JM, Dixon J, Kow L, Liem R, Pournaras DJ, Ottosson J, Welbourn R, Brown W, Avery KNL
PLoS One. 2026;21(6):e0348136 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0348136.
Global Variations in Practices after Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery; the PARTNER Study.
Clyde D, Grant C, Canales JAA, Adib R, Baig S, Bhasker AG, Cameron D, Catalin C, Clare K, de Beaux A, Drummond G, Fawal H, Fried M, Graham Y, Goel R, Goodpaster K, Hazebroek E, Hopkins G, Husain F, Jatana A, Joyce B, Kermansaravi M, Kothari S, Kow L, Leite S, Madhok B, Mahon D, Miller K, Miras A, Moize V, Neto MG, Nimeri A, O'Kane M, Peterli R, Poggi L, Ratcliffe D, Sakran N, Salminen P, Sarkar R, Shenfine J, Singhal R, Sogg S, Stenberg E, Suter M, Taha S, Tahrani A, Vilallonga R, Voon K, Welbourn R, Zerrweck C, Moussa O, Byrne J, Lamb P, Parmar C, Ghanem O, Mahawar KK, Robertson AGN, Yang W
Obes Surg. 2025 Dec;35(12):5357-5378 doi: 10.1007/s11695-025-08356-9.
An international Delphi consensus on patient preparation for metabolic and bariatric surgery.
Clyde DR, Adib R, Baig S, Bhasker AG, Byrne J, Cameron D, Catalain C, Clare K, de Beaux A, Drummond G, Fawal H, Fried M, Ghanem O, Graham Y, Goel R, Hopkins G, Husain F, Joyce B, Kermansaravi M, Kothari S, Kow L, Leite S, Madhok B, Mahon D, Miller K, Miras A, Moussa O, Neto MG, Nimeri A, O'Kane M, Parmar C, Peterli R, Poggi L, Saliminen P, Sarkar R, Shenfine J, Sogg S, Stenberg E, Suter M, Taha S, Tahrani A, Vilallonga R, Voon K, Welbourn R, Zerrweck C, Lamb P, Mahawar KK, Yang W, Robertson AGN
Clin Obes. 2025 Apr;15(2):e12722 doi: 10.1111/cob.12722.
International expert consensus on the current status and future prospects of artificial intelligence in metabolic and bariatric surgery.
Kermansaravi M, Chiappetta S, Shahabi Shahmiri S, Varas J, Parmar C, Lee Y, Dang JT, Shabbir A, Hashimoto D, Davarpanah Jazi AH, Meireles OR, Aarts E, Almomani H, Alqahtani A, Aminian A, Behrens E, Birk D, Cantu FJ, Cohen RV, De Luca M, Di Lorenzo N, Dillemans B, ElFawal MH, Felsenreich DM, Gagner M, Galvan HG, Galvani C, Gawdat K, Ghanem OM, Haddad A, Himpens J, Kasama K, Kassir R, Khoursheed M, Khwaja H, Kow L, Lainas P, Lakdawala M, Tello RL, Mahawar K, Marchesini C, Masrur MA, Meza C, Musella M, Nimeri A, Noel P, Palermo M, Pazouki A, Ponce J, Prager G, Quiróz-Guadarrama CD, Rheinwalt KP, Rodriguez JG, Saber AA, Salminen P, Shikora SA, Stenberg E, Stier CK, Suter M, Szomstein S, Taskin HE, Vilallonga R, Wafa A, Yang W, Zorron R, Torres A, Kroh M, Zundel N
Sci Rep. 2025 Mar 18;15(1):9312 doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-94335-0.
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