Mr. Ahmed Ahmed
Consultant Bariatric Surgeon

Mr. Ahmed Ahmed

Experience

• Consultant Surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London
  
  
• Clinical Lead - Bariatric Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
  
  
• Set up and heads the bariatric and metabolic surgery unit at Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London which is now a leading unit in the UK designated as a NHS preferred provider as well as being an International Bariatric Surgery Centre of Excellence by the ASMBS
  
  
• Director of Surgery and co-founder Total Weight Solutions Ltd
  
  
• Prior to Consultant appointment, extensive training in Laparosopic Surgery in UK and US, undertaken more than 2000 surgical procedures, majority were performed laparoscopically
  
  
• US Fellowship training in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric Surgery 2005-6; Mr Ahmed has performed over 2000 laparoscopic bariatric procedures (including 1000 gastric bypasses, and a number of revision bariatric surgery operations which are considered to be amongst the most technically challenging operations)
  
  
• 8-10 obesity operations performed per week at present; 5-10 other laparoscopic operations (gallbladder, hernias, GI) performed per week

Medical School

• University College London and Middlesex Hospital School of Medicine

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology – 1st class Honours degree
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery M.B.B.S. with Distinctions
• United States Medical Licensing Examinations Steps 1,2 and 3

Post Graduate

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England F.R.C.S (Gen)
• Chartered Management Institute - Diploma in Management
• PhD in bariatric surgery mechanisms of complications – Imperial College London (ongoing)

National and International Committees

• Allergan UK Surgical Advisory Board
• The Wellcome Trust Technology Transfer Panel
• The Wellcome Trust Grant Review Committee
• The ASMBS (American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery) International Development Committee
• The SRC International Bariatric Surgery Centres of Excellence Review Committee
• The BOMS (British Obesity Surgery Society) Committee on (i) International Affairs and (ii) New Technologies
• Covidien European Surgical Energy Device Advisory Board

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