NBSR

The National Bariatric Surgery Registry is the result of a collaboration between ALSGBI (Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland), AUGIS (Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery), BOMSS (British Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society) and Dendrite Clinical Systems. The key objective of the registry is to accumulate sufficient data to allow the publication of a comprehensive report on outcomes following bariatric surgery. This will include reportage on weight loss, co-morbidity and improvement of quality of life.

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NBSR Committee members

Omar Khan

BOMSS Council member, NBSR Committee Chair, Patient Safety Committee member

Biography

Mr Omar Khan is a Consultant Surgeon with a specialist academic and clinical practice in weight-loss surgery.

He studied at the University of Cambridge, and undertook his clinical training in Nottingham and Southampton (where he completed a PhD in obesity and cardiovascular disease). He was appointed as a Consultant Surgeon in Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery at St Georges Hospital, London where he has served as the upper GI and bariatric surgical lead and a senior examiner for medical undergraduates.

Mr Khan has an active interest in research and is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer and specialist adviser on obesity to NICE. He has published over 160 articles on all aspects of surgery and his weight-loss research has been featured in the national and international press. He acts a medicolegal specialist and provides expert opinion for solicitors, HM Coroner and the GMC.

Mr Khan was elected to council of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society in 2022 and served as co-chair of the BOMSS patient safety committee. He is currently Chair of the National Bariatric Surgery Registry Committee - the body responsible for publishing and monitoring outcomes in weight loss surgery in the UK.

Kamal Mahawar

Council member, Trustee
Consultant General/ Bariatric Surgeon & NatSSIP Lead
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHSFT

Biography

Kamal Mahawar is a Consultant General/ Bariatric Surgeon & NatSSIP Lead at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, and Visiting Professor at the University of Sunderland. Mr. Mahawar is BOMSS Treasurer and past Chair of the National Bariatric Surgery Registry (NBSR) committee. He also sits on the scientific committee of IFSO. He was one of the editors of the second and the third NBSR reports.

Kamal has authored over 175 peer-reviewed publications, multiple book chapters in prestigious titles, and two books widely appreciated in media ("The Ethical Doctor" published by Harper Collins and "Fight with Fat") He is the Co-Editor of “Journal of Bariatric Surgery” published by Wolters Kluwer and Associate Editor of “Obesity Surgery”, “Annals of Royal College of Surgeons England”, and “Clinical Obesity”. In addition, Kamal is on the editorial board of SOARD and other journals. The journal “Obesity Surgery” published his biography in 2018.

Kamal sits on the council of the ASGBI (and is its Associate Director for conferences). He is the Northern England representative on the council of the British Benign Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Society (BBUGSS) and is the chief co-ordinator of The Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons (TUGS).

Ahmed Ahmed

BOMSS Secretary, Trustee, Council member, NBSR Committee, Endoscopy Committee
Consultant in upper gastrointestinal surgery and Lead Bariatric Surgeon
Imperial College London / Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Biography

Mr Ahmed Ahmed is a consultant in upper gastrointestinal surgery and lead bariatric surgeon at Imperial Weight Centre. He has performed over 10,000 laparoscopic bariatric procedures, including over 7,000 gastric bypasses. He has trained in general and upper GI surgery in the UK and also at Stanford University and the University of Rochester in the US. He trains other surgeons in the field of bariatric surgery and is on the faculty of numerous courses on bariatric surgery. He is also actively involved in bariatric surgery research and has numerous publications in peer reviewed journals. He is a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), International Federation of Surgery for Obesity (IFSO), Society of American Gastroenterological and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Association of Upper GI Surgeons (AUGIS) and the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS). In 2007, he was awarded the International Federation of Surgery for Obesity (IFSO) scholarship. Mr Ahmed is often consulted by other professionals and medicolegal experts for his opinions on complex bariatric surgery cases. His Imperial Weight Centre bariatric surgery unit in London has been designated as an international centre of excellence for bariatric surgery and he now sits on the prestigious International Bariatric Surgery Review Committee (IBSRC).

Mr Ahmed was elected to council of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS) in 2017 and took over as Treasurer in 2021. Ahmed was then elected as BOMSS Secretary in 2023. He was also elected to the council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2020.

Waleed Al-Khyatt

NBSR Committee member
Clinical lead, Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon
University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Trust

Biography

Waleed is Consultant Upper GI, Bariatric, and Laparoscopic Surgeon & Clinical Lead (Director) of the East-Midlands Bariatric & Metabolic Institute (EMBMI) in Royal Derby Hospital. He also holds Honorary Consultant Assistant Professor in Surgery position at the University of Nottingham - Medical School. He qualified from the College of Medicine University of Mosul with honours. Following completing his basic surgical training in Cardiff in South Wales, he undertook his higher surgical training in the Health Education East Midlands – North and awarded his Fellowship (FRCS) and Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Waleed completed the Royal College of Surgeons of England post CCT Fellowship Programme in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery at St Richards International Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Centre of Excellence in Chichester, United Kingdom. In addition to emergency surgery, Waleed has been fully trained into surgical management of patients with morbid obesity, oesophagogastric cancer, refractory GORD, emergency surgery, abdominal wall hernias, and complex gallstone disease.

Waleed was awarded a PhD degree from the University of Nottingham for his research in the role of oestrogen receptors in oesophageal cancer development. His research projects were also presented at several national and international prize sessions and awarded first prize medal from the Royal College of Physicians/Midlands Gastroenterology Society. Waleed has several published book chapters and co-authored several peer reviewed scientific articles. His research interests include the pathogenesis of oesophageal cancer, improving outcomes in bariatric and metabolic surgery, using quality markers to improve outcomes in emergency surgery, and participation in national collaborative audit/ research studies.

Waleed has also been successful in achieving the accreditation of the Royal College of Surgeons of England for an in house post-CCT Bariatric training fellowship. Waleed teaches on advanced laparoscopic skills postgraduate courses as well as being organiser & faculty at the BOMSS National Training Day. Waleed engages with the Media and other specialties in and out with the hospital to promote the field of Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery.

Andrew Currie

NBSR Committee member, Endoscopy Committee member
RCS Senior Clinical Fellow in Bariatric Surgery
Somerset Foundation Trust

Biography

Andy is the current Royal College of Surgeons Senior Clinical Fellow in Bariatric Surgery at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. He hs trained in specialist upper GI surgical units in the South East of England (Chichester and Ashford and St Peters Bariatric Units) as well as completing advanced surgical training in Upper GI and Bariatric Surgery at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide, Australia. He has a special interest in the introduction and evaluation of novel surgical technologies including bariatric endoscopy, having received specialist training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard University in Boston, USA

Having read for a PhD in Surgical Innovation at Imperial College in 2016, he has completed several studies using large clinical and routinely collated datasets including the National Bariatric Surgery Registry. As a result of this work, he had received awards from the National Institute for Health Research, the Royal Society of Medicine, the Digestive Disorders Federation, the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, the Dunhill Medical Foundation & the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

His extensive background in clinical practice and research led to him being offered a NICE Scholarship in 2019 to investigate the adoption of Clinical Guideline 189 Quality Standards on using metabolic surgery for patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes.

He hopes to support the NBSR in incorporating endoscopic bariatric therapies and using the dataset to guide improvements in UK bariatric surgery.

Naveed Hossain

NBSR Committee member
Post-CCT Fellow in Bariatric Surgery
Homerton University Hospital

Biography

Naveed Hossain is a Post-CCT Fellow in Bariatric Surgery at Homerton University Hospital, having completed his higher surgical training in the London Deanery.

He has a strong interest in Medical Education. He has completed a PG Certificate in Medical Education and has organised numerous courses and teaching programmes including the Laparoscopic Simulation training (Lap Sim) programme at Homerton. His research interests include complications related to bariatric surgery, and the effect of bariatric surgery on pulmonary comorbidities such as asthma. Naveed is also a member of the ALSGBI Academy Committee.

As trainee representative on the NBSR committee, Naveed hopes to ensure the NBSR registry is as accessible as possible for trainees and clinical fellows, encouraging trainee participation and completeness of data entry; he hopes improvements based on trainees’ perspectives and feedback can be implemented for the next iteration of NBSR.

Guy Holt

NBSR Committee member,
Associate Nutritionist
East Midlands Bariatric & Metabolic Institute

Biography

Guy Holt is a registered Associate Nutritionist working within the Derby based East Midlands Bariatric and Metabolic Institute (EMBMI) since 2016. He has experience working across both medical and surgical weight management services. He is an active researcher having published work on various topics relating to dietetics and obesity service provision. He has experience in public speaking and guest lecturing on obesity and the treatment of this condition.

Guy currently sits on the National Bariatric Surgery and Registry Committee (NBSR) for the British Obesity and metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS) as an integrated healthcare professional (IHP).

Nadya Isack

NBSR Committee member,
Patient Advocate For People Living With Obesity
Obesity Empowerment Network

Biography

• Champion and Advocate for People living with Obesity
• Trustee and steering group committee member of the Obesity Empowerment Network (OEN)
• Sits on the Strategic Council of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Obesity.
• PPI representative to many different tiers of the Health Care System, some of which include: Commission Committee Leads, the RCGP, post graduate students studying Obesity Management, Training modules for surgeons specialising in Bariatrics.
• Presenting the patient lived experience at conferences and public events: BOMMS ASO Hot Topics, IFSO – EC
• Contributed to NICE pre-scoping meeting discussions regarding the current guidelines for Obesity.
• Participation in the Integrated Care Systems Programme for Suffolk and North East Essex delivering the patient lived experience.
• Steering Committee member of the Expert Scientific Steering Group – Bristol University research.
• Patient representative for The S.Q.O.T. initiative - Standardizing Quality of life measures in Obesity Treatment - first global multidisciplinary consensus meeting to standardise PROs and PROMs in obesity treatment research.

Alex Miras

NBSR Committee member,
Professor of Endocrinology Ulster University Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Imperial College London

Biography

Alex Miras is Professor of Endocrinology at Ulster University and visiting Professor at Imperial College London. His clinical and research work focus solely on Obesity and type 2 diabetes. He has contributed to the clinical management and research in Obesity through his work at a high throughput Obesity Centre. The specialist interests of his research Group are the mechanisms of action of interventions for obesity, focusing on pharmacotherapy, medical devices and obesity surgery.

Chetan Parmar

BOMSS Educational Lead, Council member, Patient Safety Committee, NBSR Committee
Consultant Bariatric/UGI and General Surgeon & Clinical Lead
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, London

Biography

Chetan Parmar is a Consultant Bariatric/General Surgeon and Clinical Director of the Surgery and Cancer Unit at Whittington Health NHS Trust, London. He holds the position of Honorary Associate Professor at University College London. His dedication to academia and innovation led to his appointment as the COVID research lead during the pandemic, subsequently leading to be appointed the Joint Director for Research and Innovation. Additionally, Chetan leads the North Thames UGI NIHR Clinical Research Network. With a passion for education and training he serves as the Surgical Tutor for the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Over his career, he has performed thousands of operations specializing in bariatric surgeries and endoscopies. He actively engages in collaborative, high quality, patient-centred research and serves as the principal investigator for multiple NIHR-funded trials. Chetan has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters of reputed publishing house. He is the Associate Editor of textbook ‘Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: A Comprehensive Guide,’ published by Springer in 2022. He is an editor and reviewer of numerous esteemed journals including Obesity Surgery and SOARD. Recognised for his expertise, he is regularly invited to speak at national and international conferences. He is grateful to be conferred an honorary professor title for his contributions. He holds position as an elected council member of IFSO and MGB-OAGB International Club.

He is a member of the patient safety and NBSR committee of BOMSS and strives to improve patient outcomes. He has chaired the Annual Scientific Meeting of BOMSS since 2021, successfully organising conference at the University of Oxford, Brighton and Birmingham. Following June 2024 ASM at Harrogate he will commence the role of BOMSS Professional Educational Lead.

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Chris Pring

BOMSS Council member, Patient Safety Committee member, NBSR Committee
Bariatric Surgeon
St Richard's Hospital, Chichester

Biography

Peter Small

NBSR Adviser
Senior Consultant Surgeon
Sunderland Royal Hospital

Biography

Mr Peter Small is a senior consultant surgeon at Sunderland Royal Hospital with a specialist interest in bariatric and upper GI laparoscopic surgery. He was appointed in 1998 and established a North of England NHS Bariatric Surgery service which is one of the largest NHS units in the UK with 7 consultant Surgeons.

He has been an executive member of BOMSS Council since 2013 and is a founding Trustee of the new BOMSS Charity. The National Bariatric Surgery Registry has been an integral part of BOMSS since its inception in 2009. Peter Small has been a member of the Registry Committee since 2010, taking over as Chairman in 2017.

He is a keen promoter of data collection and analysis to identify good practice, helping to produce the 2^nd and 3^rd NBSR Reports in 2014 and 2020 respectively.

Richard Welbourn

NBSR Committee, Trustee ,
Bariatric and upper GI Surgeon
Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton

Biography

Richard Welbourne is part of a 5-surgeon bariatric and upper GI team in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, after setting up the unit in the early 2000s. Musgrove became the SW Level 1 Commissioned bariatric surgery centre and the first International Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery of the US Surgical Review Corporation (2009). The unit was awarded an RCS Fellowship in upper GI and bariatric surgery and has trained fellows continuously as part of the National Surgical Fellowship Training Scheme (2009-).

He is lead surgeon on the NIHR-funded By-Band-Sleeve RCT, the largest RCT of different procedures, which is fully recruited (1,341patients) and expects to report in 2023. Previous roles include Past-President of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (2013-15), member NICE GDG for Obesity (CG189) 2014, NICE Obesity QSAC (2015-16), member CRG for Specialized and Complex Obesity (2012-16). He led multi-collegiate RCS commissioning guidance for bariatric MDT clinics (2104, 2017). He founded the UK National Bariatric Surgery Registry (2009), Chair (2013-18), member IFSO Global Registry Committee (multiple reports 2014-2021). IFSO World Congress President (London, 2017). Recipient of IFSO Presidential Medal (2017) and Award of Appreciation (2018). Associate Editor Obes Surg (2019-), Section Editor Curr Obes Rep (2016-). TSC Chair SCOTS study (2011-).