Body Members

COUNTRY & SOCIETY NAME PRESIDENT
Austria
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Adipositaschirurgie		 Dr. Philipp Beckerhinn
 Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Association (ABMSA)		 Dr. Taryel Omerov
 Belgium
Belgian section for obesity and metabolic surgery (BeSOMS)		 Dr. Bruno Dillemans
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery		 Prof.  Konstantin Grozdev
 Czech Republic
Czech Society for the Study of Obesity (CSSO)		 Prof. Martin Haluzík
 Finland
Finnish Association of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (LIME)		 Dr. Paulina Salminen
 France
Société Française et Francophone de Chirurgie de l’Obésité et des Maladies Metaboliques (SOFFCOMM)		 Prof. Simon Msika
 Germany
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie der Adipostitas		 Prof. Dieter Birk
 Greece
Greek Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery		 Prof. Harry Pappis
 Hungary
Hungarian Association for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery		 Dr. Baranyai Zsolt
 Iceland
The Icelandic Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ISMBS)		 Dr. Audun Sigurdsson
 Israel
Israeli Forum of Bariatric Surgery		 Dr . Nasser Sakran
 Italy
Società Italiana di Chirurgia dell’Obesità (SICOB)		 Prof. Marco Antonio Zappa
Kazakhstan
Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons of Kazakhstan (SBMSK)		 Prof. Oral B. Ospanov
 Lithuania
LITHUANIAN BARIATRIC SURGERY SOCIETY		 Dr. Almantas Maleckas
 Netherlands
Dutch Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (DSMBS)		 Dr. Marloes Emous
Norway
Norwegian Society for the Surgery of Obesity 		Dr.  Jon Kristinsson
 Poland
Polish Association for Prevention and Treatment of Obesity		 Prof. Jacek Szeliga
 Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirugia de Obesidade (SPCO)		 Dr. Jorge Santos
 Romania
Romanian Association of Bariatric Surgery		 Dr. Catalin Copaescu
 Russia
Society of Bariatric Surgeons of Russia		 Dr. Bekkhan Khatsiev
 Serbia
Serbian Society for the Surgery of Obesity (SSSO)		 Dr. Djordje Bajec
 Slovenia
Slovenian Association of Bariatric Surgeons		 Dr. Tadeja Pintar
 South Africa
South African Association for Obesity and Metabolism (SASOM)		 Prof. Tess van der Merwe
 Spain
Sociedad Española de Cirugia de la Obesibad (SECO)		 Dr. Andrés Sánchez-Pernaute
 Sweden
SWEDISH ASSOCIATION FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY		 Dr. Torsten Olbers
 Switzerland
Swiss Study Group for Morbid Obesity		 Prof. Marco Bueter
 Turkey
Turkish Obesity Surgery Society (TOSS)		 Prof. Mustafa Şahin
 Ukraine
Ukrainian Association of Bariatric Surgery (UABS)		 Prof. Andriy S. Lavryk
United Kingdom
British Obesity Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS)		 Dr. Vinod Menon
Uzbekistan
Association of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons of Uzbekistan		 Dr. Umid Ruziev