Seminar leader or lecturer in the following conferences, courses, workshops and seminars:
Chairman: 19th Annual Conference of the Egyptian Society for Bariatric Surgery (ESBS 2023), Cairo Egypt, October 26-28, 2023.
Panelist: Lunchtime Masterclass Session (Powered by IBC-University of Oxford Livestream), Fourth IBC World Congress 2023, University of Oxford, U.K., September 18-20, 2023.
Moderator: Second IBC University of Oxford Middle East & Africa: IBC-University of Oxford, Middle East & Africa Invited Lectures, Fourth IBC World Congress 2023, University of Oxford, U.K., September 18-20, 2023.
Chairman: Experts’ Forum Video Session: Abdominal Aortic Injury Following Trocar Insertion, Fourth IBC World Congress 2023, University of Oxford, U.K., September 18-20, 2023.
Chairman: IBC University of Oxford Acid Reflux & Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Parallel Symposium, Fourth IBC World Congress 2023, University of Oxford, U.K., September 18-20, 2023.
Moderator: IBC-University of Oxford-British Journal of Surgery Exhibition Booth, Interactive Face to Face British Journal of Surgery Oral Presentations, Fourth IBC World Congress 2023, University of Oxford, U.K., September 18-20, 2023
Moderator: Session I: Updates on Obesity Prevention and Treatment, National Bariatric Registry Data and Research Symposium, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, August 23-26, 2023.
Panelist: Piranha Pit Videos: ASMBS Annual Meeting 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 25-29, 2023
Panelist: Global Leaders in Bariatric Surgery Summit: ASMBS Annual Meeting 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 25-29, 2023
Moderator: Session III Bariatric: 1st conference on GERD- Saudi GS Society, Jeddah. June 9-10, 2023
Proctorship: MOH, Mubarak Al Kabir Hospital. Kuwait, May 28-29, 2023
Jury: Young IFSO Session for best and first Presenter’s Challenge: IFSO European Chapter 2023, Kongresshausss, Zurich, Germany, May 4-6, 2023.
Moderator: IBC Oxford University webinar: How to Get Trained in Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty? February 28, 2023
Chairman: Endobariatric, Didactic and Dry Lab:6th Saudi Arabian Society for Metabolic and Bariatric SurgeryAnnualConference, Riyadh, K.S.A., February 14-16, 2023
Panelist: Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Program: Recipes for Success:6th Saudi ArabianSociety forMetabolic 16, 2023
Chairman: Abstract Presentation and Video:6th Saudi Arabian Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery AnnualConference, Riyadh, K.S.A., February 14-16, 2023
Chairman: Expert’s Forum Video Session: Abdominal Aortic Injury Following Trocar Insertion, 4th IBC OxfordWorld Congress, September 19-21, 2022.
Moderator: Second IBC University of Oxford Middle East & Africa, Invited Lectures: 4th IBC Oxford WorldCongress, September 19-21, 2022
Moderator: Middle East & North Africa Chapter Session: IFSO 2022, 25th World Congress Miami, Florida, USA, August23- 27,2022.
Moderator: Bariatric Endoscopy in 2022, where we stand: Understanding the role of Bariatric and Metabolic Endoscopyin the Spectrum of Obesity Care, IFSO 2022, 25th World Congress Miami, Florida, USA, August 23-27, 2022.
Chairman: Endobariatric: Current and Future- Endobariatric Looking to the future: 2nd IFSO-MENAC/4th PASMBS/7THGOSS/5th SASMBS, Al Khobar, KSA, May 11-14, 2022
Chairman of the Board: Bariatric surgery: between the present and the future – and eliminating obesity in the future: The second meeting of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders IFSO-MENAC, the fourth annual meeting of the Arab Society for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery (PASMBS), the fifth annual meeting of the Saudi Society for Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Surgery (SASMBS), Seventh Annual Meeting of the Gulf Society for Bariatric Surgery and Metabolic Surgery (GOSS), Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 11-14 May 2022
Chair: Bariatric surgery: present and future – future updates: the second meeting of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders IFSO-MENAC, the fourth annual meeting of the Arab Society for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery (PASMBS), the fifth annual meeting of the Saudi Society for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (SASMBS) The Seventh Annual Meeting of the Gulf Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (GOSS), Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 11-14, 2022
Chair: Gastric stapling and cutting techniques: The second meeting of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders IFSO-MENAC, the fourth annual meeting of the Arab Society for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery (PASMBS), the fifth annual meeting of the Saudi Society for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery (SASMBS), the seventh annual meeting of the Society Gulf Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery GOSS, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 11-14, 2022
The Chair: Patients Awareness of Obesity – What are the possible surgical and non-surgical solutions to treat obesity with the effectiveness of each option? The second meeting of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders IFSO-MENAC, the fourth annual meeting of the Arab Society for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery (PASMBS), the fifth annual meeting of the Saudi Society for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery (SASMBS), the seventh annual meeting of the Gulf Society for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery (GOSS). , Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 11-14 May 2022
Speaker: The Power of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy Performed in Adolescent Webinar – IBC University of Oxford: 10 May 2022
Panel Member: Growing up with Obesity – Transitioning into Adulthood, IFSO Adolescent Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Symposium Online: 29 April 2022
The First Saudi International Symposium on Advanced Pediatric Endoscopy with Practical Experience, 24-26 March 2022
Moderator: 4K All the Way: The 95th International Symposium on Obesity, University of Oxford IBC Online, February 22, 2022
Committee Member: Laparoscopic Stapling Technique – A Global Perspective – University of Oxford webinar, 18 January 2022
SMCC Annual Symposium on Recent Advances in Pediatric Surgery; In cooperation with the Emirates Society of Pediatric Surgery. Development of the Pediatric Bariatric Surgery Program February 4, 2022
Moderator: The 22nd International Symposium on Obesity Management, University of Oxford IBC, June 22, 2021
E-Bari Discussion “Post Sleeve Corrective Surgery” March 10, 2021
Faculty Member Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Virtual Bariatric University, February 15, 2021
Moderator: Hot Topics in Surgery: The 23rd International Bariatric Symposium (IBC) University of Oxford, 08 December 2020
Faculty Member: Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: Ethicon, December 05, 2020
Team Member: Live! The Exciting Wrinkle Operation!: The 36th International Symposium of the Obesity Club at the 11th Frankfurter Obesity Meeting, 19-20 November 2020
Team member: Video session for specialists: Returning the sleeved stomach from the thoracic cavity to its normal position, : 36th International Obesity Club Symposium at the 11th Frankfurter Obesity Meeting, 19-20 November 2020
Live broadcast of surgery: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: Laparoscopic bariatric surgery globally in a live broadcast – 2nd Conference of the Society for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery BESP São Paulo, October 02-03, 2020
Moderator: Obesity and Metabolic Therapy: 17th International Conference and Workshop of the Egyptian Society of Laparoscopic Surgery, Semiramis, Intercontinental, Cairo, Egypt, 20-22 February 2020
Moderator: Shifting from mini gastric bypass to classic bypass: Fourth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Saudi Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, February 13-15, 2020
Live broadcast of surgery: the first case: Transition from the gastric band to the sleeve gastrectomy: The fourth annual scientific meeting of the Saudi Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, February 13-15, 2020
Roundtable Discussion: Improving the Outcomes of the Laparoscopic Stomach Wrinkle: Laparoscopic Workshop at GI Institute, Arab Health, Dubai, UAE, January 27, 2020
Panelist: Where Are the Opportunities for Prevention and Treatment?: The Sixth Annual Conference of the Gulf Society for Bariatric Surgery, Sheraton Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 05-07 December 2019
Faculty Member – Endoscopic Bariatric Course: ESG: Updates on Technology, Troubleshooting and Complications: Obesity Week: Mandalay Bay South Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, November 03-07, 2019
Live Surgery: 4th International Symposium on Live Endoscopy, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 11-12, 2019
Live Streaming of Surgery: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Overstitch® (Apollo Bariatric Surgery); 1st Congress of the Society of Bariatric Endoscopy in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 04-05, 2019
Live broadcast of surgery: treatment of varicose veins and ulceration of the esophagus by plasma coagulation using argon. First Congress of the Society of Bariatric Endoscopy in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 04-05, 2019
Live broadcast of surgery: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents: . First Congress of the Society of Bariatric Endoscopy in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 04-05, 2019
Moderator : Bariatric Surgery/Metabolic Therapy in the Advanced Age: The 24th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders IFEMA at the Municipal Palace, Madrid Spain, 03-07 September 2019
Moderator: Bariatric Therapy: Prevention and treatment of ER, emergencies and complications after bariatric/metabolic surgery, 24th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders: IFEMA at the Municipal Palace, Madrid Spain, 03-07 September 2019
Team Member: The World’s First Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (ESG): 24th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders IFEMA at the Municipal Palace, Madrid Spain, 03-07 September 2019
24th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders: IFEMA at the Municipal Palace, Madrid Spain, 03-7 September 2019
Moderator: Distinguished Patients: Children, Adolescents, Elderly, Pregnant, Fertility: The 1st Meeting of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders IFSO-MENAC – 3rd Meeting of the Arab Society for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery PASMBS, Kuwait City, 11-13 April 2019
Discussion: Medical versus Surgical Intervention for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Fourth Arab Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ASPED), Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, Muscat, Oman, 06-08 December 2018
Moderator: Saudi Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (SASMBS), Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City – SBAHC Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 01-02 December 2018
Faculty Member: Strategic Planning Workshop for Obesity Prevention and Control: Saudi Arab Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City – SBAHC Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 30, 2018
Faculty Member: Clinical Laparoscopic Workshop for Bariatric Surgery, BMG and GMEA Training Center in Byblos, Beirut Lebanon, 21-22 September 2018
Moderator: Endoscopic Bariatric SolutionsThe First Jordanian International Conference on Bariatric Surgery and the Second Conference of the Arab Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery “PASMBS”, Le Royal Hotel, Amman Jordan, 25-26 June 2018
Faculty Member: The 27th Annual Conference of the International Pediatric Endoscopy Association – IPEG SAGES & CAGS Convention Center Washington, Seattle, USA, April 11-14, 2018
Graduate Endoscopy Course – Endoscopy Options for Weight Loss, Weight Recovery and Complication Management: The 5th Annual Meeting of the Gulf Bariatric Society, Conrad Hotel, Dubai, UAE, 6-9 December 2017
Panel Discussion: Registered Obesity Rates, Arab Health 2018: Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center Dubai, United Arab Emirates from January 29 to February 01, 2018
Panel discussion: Discussion: Financial costs and complications BS: Arab Health 2018: Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center Dubai, United Arab Emirates from January 29 to February 01, 2018
Panellist: Visible Reflux as Contraindications to Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Arab Health 2018: Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center in Dubai, UAE from January 29 to February 01, 2018
Live TV surgery for surgeons at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society for Bariatric Surgery (ESBS), and the 1st Annual Meeting of the Arab Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (PASMBS), Cairo, Egypt, 10-13 October, 2017.
Director of a variety session at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Bariatric Surgery and the 1st Annual Meeting of the Arab Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (PASMBS), Cairo, Egypt, 10-13 October, 2017.
Co-guest at the Bariatric Surgery Challenges Conference, April 26-28, 2017, Alexandria, Egypt.
Session Director at the Sixth International Conference of the Saudi Society of Pediatric Surgery April 25-27, 2017, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Session Coordinator at the Fourth Annual Conference of Pediatric Surgery in cooperation with the Egyptian Society of Pediatric Surgeons (ESBS), Tolip Hotel, Alexandria, April 19-21, 2017.
Surgery Live TV broadcast for surgeons about Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) at the 4th Annual Pediatric Surgery Conference in collaboration with the Egyptian Society of Pediatric Surgery (ESBS), El Shatry Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, April 19-21, 2017.
Session Director at the 3rd Conference of the Egyptian Society of Endoscopic and Bariatric Surgery (ESLS), Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel, Cairo, Egypt, February 16-18, 2016.
Session Director at the Direct Surgery Lecture, Egyptian Society for Bariatric Surgery, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, from 22-24 November, 2016.
Trainer in MIS Preparatory Courses Modern Information for Laparoscopic Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, World Federation of Pediatric Societies at the 5th World Congress of Pediatric Surgery, Washington, October 8-11, 2016.
Session Chair at the Fourth International Conference of the Society for Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery in the Middle East IPEG ME, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, September 24-26, 2016.
Director of OAGB Session Manager at the International Conference on Controversies in Surgery, Fujairah, May 05-06, 2016.
Faculty and Administration Vice Dean at the 3rd World Congress on Controversies in Pediatrics, March 31-2 April, Barcelona, Spain.
Participant in scientific discussions on reviewing and evaluating complex cases in bariatric surgery: sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, mini gastric bypass, and absorption-reduction procedures in the Special Session on Challenges of Bariatric Surgery and Metabolic Surgery, Hyatt Regency Dubai, UAE, 08-09, 2016.
Faculty and Administration Vice Dean at the 13th International Expert Meeting for Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (Alpine), Saad Eddin, Austria, March 11-12, 2016.
Session Director in Bariatric Surgery, 3rd Khorfakkan International Conference, Khorfakkan, UAE, February 26-27, 2016.
Session Director at the Thirteenth International Conference of the Egyptian Society for Laparoscopic Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Cairo, February 18-20, 2016.
Participant in the 1st GEOM Bariatric Surgery Expert Meeting, Milan, Italy, December 3-4, 2015.
Supervisor of Live Surgery Lecture at the 1st GEOM Bariatric Surgery Expert Meeting, Milan, Italy, December 03-04, 2015.
Supervisor of a concurrent session of the Egyptian Society of Bariatric Surgery, Cairo, Egypt, October 14-15, 2015.
Chair of a keynote session on standard protocols at the 13th Bariatric Surgery Club (IBC) Symposium, 20th IFSO World Congress, Vienna, Austria, August 26-29, 2015.
Session Director in Basic Surgical Options at the 1st Annual Obesity Conference, Amman Jordan, May 16-17, 2015
Discussion Director in the Controversies Lecture on Gastric Sleeve Surgery at the First Qatar International Summit on Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Doha, Qatar, May 1-2, 2015.
Member of the Strategic Committee of the 24th Annual Conference on Pediatric Internal Organ Surgery, held in collaboration with the American Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, April 14-18, 2015.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the 3rd International Pediatric Surgery Conference on “Management of Morbid Obesity in Adolescents”, Intercontinental Hotel, April 4-6, 2015.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the 3rd International Pediatric Surgery Conference on “Management of Morbid Obesity in Adolescents”, Intercontinental Hotel, April 4-6, 2015.
Session Director at the Second Egyptian Society of Laparoscopic Surgery, Ramses Hilton Hotel, Cairo, Egypt, February 26-28, 2015.
Participant in the Medical Rehabilitation Meeting, Dubai, UAE, February 5-06, 2015.
Trainer on Best Practices in Challenges Facing Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Istanbul Turkey, January 11-16, 2015.
Session Director on Abdominal Wall and Gastrointestinal Surgery at the 10th Conference of the African Pediatric Surgical Association (PAPSA) in collaboration with the 29th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Pediatric Association (EPSA), Semiramis Intercontinental, Cairo, Egypt, November 12-14, 2014.
Director of a session on obesity surgery and its complications at the 42nd Jordanian International Conference of the Jordanian Surgical Society, the second scientific day of surgical specialization in the Ministry of Health, and the 22nd annual conference of the Arab Surgeons Society in cooperation with the International Surgical Society, Amman Jordan, October 16-18, 2014.
Moderator for the closing session “A Critical Look at the Pros and Cons” at the 19th World Congress, Montreal, Canada, August 26-30, 2014.
Moderator for the closing session “A Critical Look at the Pros and Cons” at the 19th World Congress, Montreal, Canada, August 26-30, 2014.
President of the 23rd Annual Basic Science Conference and 21st Annual Pediatric Internal Surgery Meeting held in association with BAPS, Edinburgh International Conference Center (EICC) Edinburgh, Scotland, July 22-26, 2014. “General Surgery”, Alexandria, Egypt, 01 – June 05, 2014.
Discussion Director at the 1st Annual Pediatric Surgery Conference in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt, May 29-30, 2014.
Head of Pediatric Surgery at the 13th Annual Research Day of Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 11, 2014.
Bariatric Course Instructor, European Institute of Surgery, Hamburg – Norderstedt, Germany, April 23-25, 2014.
Instructor on obesity for master’s students at IRCAD, Strasbourg France, January 16-17, 2014.
Session Chair at the 1st Annual Society of Bariatric Surgery in the Gulf, Kuwait, 11-14 December 2013.
Chairman of the Board of Directors at the First Conference on New Horizons in Laparoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery, Saudi German Hospital, Riyadh, November 27-28, 2013.
President of the Second International Conference on Genetic Medicine (IGMC), Jeddah, 24-27 November, 2013.
Member of Program Committee at the 22nd Annual Conference of the International Society of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery IPEG, Beijing China, June 17-22, 2013.
Member of the Executive Committee of the 22nd Annual Conference of the International Society of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery IPEG, Beijing China, June 17-22, 2013.
Discussion Director in Robotics and Alternative Technologies at the 22nd Annual Pediatric Endoscopic Conference, Beijing, China, June 17-22, 2013.
Guest at a virtual webinar entitled “Adolescent Obesity”, January 28, 2013.
Session Director at the 1st Annual Conference of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in Kuwait, Kuwait, December 25-29, 2012.
Director of the discussion of a scientific session entitled “Colon and Rectum”, inviting faculty members to the 20th Annual Conference of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery, Prague, Czech Republic, May 3-7, 2011.
Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Third Arab Conference of the Regional Conference on Child Protection, Riyadh, March 01, 2009.
President of the 17th Congress of the Mediterranean Society of Pediatric Surgery and the 17th Congress of the Arab Maghreb Federation of Pediatric Surgery and the annual meeting of the Tunisian Society of Pediatric Surgery, Tunis, October 9-11, 2008.
Session Director of the Postgraduate Postgraduate Course in Obesity Therapy (IPEG) of the International Society of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery at the 17th Annual Congress, Cannes, France June 12-15, 2008.
Alexia Conference Trainer, Training Center, Egypt, May 11, 2008.
President of the First International Emirates Pediatric Conference of the Emirates Society of Pediatric Surgery and the Tenth Conference of the Arab Society of Pediatric Surgeons, Workshop and Training Course, 06-10 March, 2008.
Head of the Minimally Invasive Surgery workshop, which is a surgery that is less painful, less complicated and has a short hospital stay (Minimally Invasive Surgery, Abu Dhabi, May 12, 2007).
Head of the First Middle East Workshop for the treatment of pectus excavatum, Riyadh, 01 May 2007.
Head of the first workshop for pediatric surgery in Syria, 2007.
Head of Pediatric Robotic Surgery Workshop, Dallas, Texas, April 15, 2006.
Head of the Surgical Workshop for Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy, Military Hospital, Riyadh, March 5-9, 2005.
Chair of the Second Workshop on Medical Education, March 1-3, 2005.
Head of the Laparoscopy Workshop (under the supervision of the European Society for Laparoscopic Surgery), Arab Health, Dubai, February 15-17, 2005.
Chairman of the 6th Asia Pacific Laparoscopic Surgery Conference, Malaysia, 03 December 2003.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the first course of Pediatrics in the Middle East, Riyadh, 1-2 December 2004.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Society of Pediatric Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery Workshop, Cairo, December 11, 2004.
Head of the 4th Resident and Surgical Research Annual Day, KFSH, October 7, 2004.
Head of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Seminar, Riyadh Military Hospital, April 2004.
Head of the Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy Surgical Workshop, King Faisal University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, March 5-9
Head of a course entitled “Rules in the Basics of Surgery for Residents”, King Saud University, College of Medicine, February, 2004.
Head of Laparoscopic Surgery Session, Egyptian Society of Pediatric Surgery, Cairo, 2003 Dec.
Head of the 1st Laparoscopic Surgery Symposium at Saudi German Hospital, Abha, 2003 May.
