Dr. Nasser Sakran was born in Nazareth, Israel, in 1963. He attended the medical school of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, where he received his MD degree in 1989. He did his Diploma of Surgery, Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, at School of Continuing Medical Education, Israel. Board-certified as a general surgeon by Israeli Surgical Association. Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion on Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. A postgraduate degree and Medical practice in Bruges, New York, Strasbourg, Paris, and Quebec. Dr. Sakran is qualified in general, laparoscopic, and bariatric surgery. He has been fully dedicated to bariatric and metabolic surgery since 2006. He is one of the pioneers of Minimally Invasive, Metabolic, and Bariatric Surgery in Israel. He is currently Chairman of the Israeli Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Director of Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery Unit, and Director of Bariatric Surgery Center of Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of surgery at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel, member of the executive board of Israeli Surgical Association, and member of the Steering Committee for the Israeli National Bariatric Registry, Israel Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health. He has published several articles on various aspects of bariatric surgery. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of Obesity Surgery, Reviewer of Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, Journal of Obesity, World Journal of Surgery, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. His practice involves experience with all the different laparoscopic bariatric/metabolic procedure, including RYGB, MGB/OAGB, LSG, SADI-S, and Revisional surgery.