Kermansaravi, Mohammad
Chiappetta, Sonja
Parmar, Chetan
Shikora, Scott A.
Prager, Gerhard
LaMasters, Teresa
Ponce, Jaime
Kow, Lilian
Nimeri, Abdelrahman
Kothari, Shanu N.
Aarts, Edo
Abbas, Syed Imran
Aly, Ahmad
Aminian, Ali
Bashir, Ahmad
Behrens, Estuardo
Billy, Helmuth
Carbajo, Miguel A.
Clapp, Benjamin
Chevallier, Jean-Marc
Cohen, Ricardo V.
Dargent, Jerome
Dillemans, Bruno
Faria, Silvia L.
Neto, Manoel Galvao
Garneau, Pierre Y.
Gawdat, Khaled
Haddad, Ashraf
ElFawal, Mohamad Hayssam
Higa, Kelvin
Himpens, Jaques
Husain, Farah
Hutter, Matthew M.
Kasama, Kazunori
Kassir, Radwan
Khan, Amir
Khoursheed, Mousa
Kroh, Matthew
Kurian, Marina S.
Lee, Wei-Jei
Loi, Ken
Mahawar, Kamal
McBride, Corrigan L.
Almomani, Hazem
Melissas, John
Miller, Karl
Misra, Monali
Musella, Mario
Northup, C. Joe
O’Kane, Mary
Papasavas, Pavlos K.
Palermo, Mariano
Peterson, Richard M.
Peterli, Ralph
Poggi, Luis
Pratt, Janey S. A.
Alqahtani, Aayad
Ramos, Almino C.
Rheinwalt, Karl
Ribeiro, Rui
Rogers, Ann M.
Safadi, Bassem
Salminen, Paulina
Santoro, Sergio
Sann, Nathaniel
Scott, John D.
Shabbir, Asim
Sogg, Stephanie
Stenberg, Erik
Suter, Michel
Torres, Antonio
Ugale, Surendra
Vilallonga, Ramon
Wang, Cunchuan
Weiner, Rudolf
Zundel, Natan
Angrisani, Luigi
De Luca, Maurizio
Article History
Received: 30 October 2023
Accepted: 8 February 2024
First Online: 11 February 2024
Competing interests
: Drs Mohammad Kermansaravi, Sonja Chiappetta, Chetan Parmar, Scott A. Shikora, Gerhard Prager, Jaime Ponce, Lilian Kow, Abdelrahman Nimeri, Shanu N Kothari, Edo Aarts, Syed Imran Abbas, Ahmad Aly, Ahmad Bashir, Estuardo Behrens, Helmuth Billy, Miguel A. Carbajo, Benjamin Clapp, Jean-Marc Chevallier, Jerome Dargent, Silvia L. Faria, Pierre Y. Garneau, Khaled Gawdat, Mohamad Hayssam ElFawal, Kelvin Higa, Jaques Himpens, Matthew M. Hutter, Kazunori Kasama, Radwan Kassir, Amir Khan, Mousa Khoursheed, Matthew Kroh, Marina S. Kurian, Wei-Jei Lee, Ken Loi, Corrigan L. McBride, Hazem Almomani, John Melissas, Karl Miller, Mario Musella, C Joe Northup, Mary O’Kane, Pavlos K. Papasavas, Mariano Palermo, Richard M Peterson, Luis Poggi, Janey S. A. Pratt, Aayad Alqahtani, Almino C. Ramos, Karl Rheinwalt, Rui Ribeiro, Ann M Rogers, Bassem Safadi, Sergio Santoro, John D Scott, Asim Shabbir, Stephanie Sogg, Erik Stenberg, Michel Suter, Antonio Torres, Surendra Ugale, Ramon Villalonga, Cunchuan Wang, Rudolf Weiner, Luigi Angrisani, Maurizio De Luca, have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. Dr. Bruno Dilemans has an equity interest in Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic. Dr. Farah Husain has an equity interest in Ethicon J&J. Dr. Manoel Galvao Neto has an equity interest as International consultant of Apollo EndoSurgery, Keyron and GI Dynamics. Dr. Ashraf Haddad has an equity interest consultant for Medtronic and Speaker for EziSurge Medical. Dr. Monali Misra has an equity interest as Medtronic- speaker consultant, applied medical- consultant, Reshape Lifesciences-consultant. Dr. Nathaniel Sann, has an equity interest as Consultant for ReShape. Dr. Ricardo Cohen has an equity interest in Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic and Scientific Advisory Board for Baritek; GI Dynamics. Dr. Ali Aminian has an equity interest in Honorarium and research support from Medtronic and Ethicon. Dr. Ralph Peterli has an equity interest consultant for J&J, speaker honoraria, all paid to institution. Dr. Teresa LaMasters has an equity interest as Faculty/Speaker WL Gore, Ethicon Endosurgery, Intuitive Surgical, Novo Nordisk. Dr. Paulina Salminen has an equity interest as Lecturer for Novo Nordisk. Dr. Kamal Mahawar has been paid honoraria by Medtronic, Ethicon, Olympus, Gore, and several NHS trust for education activities and mentoring in the field of bariatric surgery (predominantly One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass). Dr. Natan Zundel has an equity interest in Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic, Olympus, Apolo, VHP, LivsMed.