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3,087 reviewsof the Weight Doctors® Group · 97% recommendation rateManagement and quality

Medical excellence

Before their first treatment with us, every specialist completes a 4-stage curriculum, on which at least two Lead Surgeons cast their vote. In addition, three professionals give their approval before every treatment.

  • 39doctors in 5 countries
  • 4Lead Surgeons
  • 4Stages in the Weight Doctors® curriculum
  • 15+Years of experience of our management team
Management and quality

Medical management.

Medical management lies with Dr. med. Oliver Scheffel. In the individual countries, Medical Directors are responsible for medicine. Our medical management brings its experience as former IFSO members and as chief physicians at obesity centres of excellence in Offenbach, Hallein and Maastricht – over 15 years in minimally invasive obesity medicine, internationally networked.

  • Dr. med. Oliver ScheffelGermanyNetherlands
    Group CMO · Director of National Obesity Centre

    Dr. med. Oliver Scheffel

    He leads medicine for the Weight Doctors® Group – as Group CMO and Director of the National Obesity Centre. Previously he was clinic director at the obesity centre of excellence of Sana-Klinikum Offenbach.

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  • Prof. Dr. med. Karl MillerGermanyAustria
    Global Medical Director

    Prof. Dr. med. Karl Miller

    As Global Medical Director, he is responsible for medicine in the individual countries. From 2001 to 2015 he was chief physician of surgery at Hallein hospital; he is a former president of the world federation for obesity surgery (IFSO).

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  • Prof. Dr. Jan Willem GreveNetherlands
    Medical Director Netherlands

    Prof. Dr. Jan Willem Greve

    As Medical Director, he is responsible for medicine in the Netherlands. He is Professor of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Maastricht University and was president of the IFSO in 2005–2006.

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  • Dr. Devinder BansiUnited Kingdom
    Medical Director UK

    Dr. Devinder Bansi

    As Medical Director, he is responsible for medicine in Great Britain. He is a specialist in gastroenterology in London.

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Management and quality

Medical excellence.

Before their first treatment with us, every specialist completes a 4-stage curriculum, on which at least two Lead Surgeons cast their vote. In addition, three professionals give their approval before every treatment.

The Lead Surgeons

At the end of the curriculum, their vote decides who may treat patients with us – at least two of them must agree.

The Weight Doctors® curriculum

Anyone new to us completes four stages of the Weight Doctors® curriculum – developed by our management team from more than 15 years of experience. At the end, the Lead Surgeons decide: only when at least two of them agree may the doctor treat patients of the Weight Doctors®.

  1. Level1
  2. Level2
  3. Level3
  4. Level4
  5. Weight Doctors® verification for treatment – with the vote of at least two Lead Surgeons

The six-eyes principle

Before every treatment, the specialist adviser, the treating specialist and the anaesthetist give their approval.

  1. Specialist adviser
  2. Treating specialist
  3. Anaesthetist
specialists

The faces of your treatment.

They are members of their professional societies, specialise in minimally invasive obesity medicine and have careers as chief physicians or senior consultants at large clinics behind them.

  • GermanyM. MargolinsSpecialist in general surgery
  • GermanyM. ShalabiSpecialist in general and visceral surgery
  • GermanyNetherlandsDr. JennerSpecialist in visceral surgery / specialised visceral surgery
  • GermanyDr. SchüderSpecialist in general, visceral and vascular surgery / specialist in specialised visceral surgery
  • GermanyA. SaberSpecialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
  • South AfricaDr. HanningtonSpecialist in surgery
  • South AfricaDr. MabeSpecialist in surgery
  • South AfricaDr. WolmaransSpecialist in surgery

All specialists

Anaesthesia

At your side in the operating theatre.

Experienced anaesthetists, well versed in obesity medicine, have worked closely with us for years and give their professional approval before every treatment.

  • Rachel DorschGermanyRachel DorschSpecialist in anaesthesiology, doctor for out-of-hospital emergency medicine, physician responsible for transfusion
  • Mohamed AburawiGermanyMohamed AburawiSpecialist in anaesthesiology
  • Mihai NitaGermanyMihai NitaSpecialist in anaesthesiology
  • Claus HahnGermanyClaus HahnSpecialist in anaesthesiology
  • Dr. med. Stephan RappGermanyDr. med. Stephan RappSpecialist in anaesthesiology
  • Maria Eckert-KufnerGermanyMaria Eckert-KufnerSpecialist in anaesthesiology & intensive care medicine, doctor for out-of-hospital emergency medicine
  • Christoph BinasGermanyChristoph BinasSpecialist in anaesthesiology, doctor for out-of-hospital emergency medicine
  • Erando JubicaGermanyErando JubicaSpecialist in anaesthesiology, doctor for out-of-hospital emergency medicine
  • Mustafa AlbayrakNetherlandsMustafa AlbayrakAnaesthetist
  • Maxim de RooijNetherlandsMaxim de RooijAnaesthetist
  • GermanySerik ImanbaevSpecialist in anaesthesiology
  • GermanyBoriana MatevaSpecialist in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine
  • NetherlandsDr. Simone HammAnaesthetist
  • NetherlandsAad van KeekenAnaesthetist
  • NetherlandsCarlo GowsringAnaesthetist
Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik

On site for you.

At the Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik in Wertheim, doctors of general surgery, internal medicine and cardiology, as well as the emergency department, are also at your side.

  • Rangel ShahanskiGermanyRangel ShahanskiSenior consultant, specialist in general surgery
  • Abdul Kader ObeidGermanyAbdul Kader ObeidSenior consultant in internal medicine and cardiology, specialist in internal medicine
  • Srecko PiculinGermanySrecko PiculinLead physician of the emergency department, specialist in internal medicine and emergency medicine
The people behind Weight Doctors®

Our team.

At Weight Doctors®, specialists, anaesthetists, nurses, patient advisers and nutrition experts work together – from the first enquiry to aftercare.

Meet the team
Consultation

On to your Weight Doctors® Experience.

The first step is a conversation: choose your treatment, location and appointment online here – consultation on site, by video or by phone.

  • 100% no obligation
  • One-to-one with your specialist
  • Appointments online, around the clock
  • 23 locations in 6 countries

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