Alper Celik

Turkish Metabolic Surgery Foundation, Turkey

Biography

Alper Celik graduated from Ankara University School of Medicine in 1999 and started his training in the fi eld of General Surgery in 2000. Following the invitation of\\\\r\\\\nProfessor Fumio Konishi, he worked as a clinical and research fellow at Saitama Medical Center of Jichi Medical University during 2007 in Japan. He also worked\\\\r\\\\nwith Dr Ricardo Cohen and Dr Louis Berti in Brazil and Dr Muffazal Lakdawala and Dr Suren Ugale in India. What shaped his career in the fi eld of Metabolic Surgery\\\\r\\\\nwas the BPD (Biliopancreatic Diversion) technique training he received in Italy from Nicola Scopinaro. He set up Metabolic Surgery Clinic in 2011. He received\\\\r\\\\nSurgeon of Excellence in 2013 by Surgical Review Corporation. He is the Founder and President of both Turkish Metabolic Surgery Foundation and Metabolic\\\\r\\\\nSurgery Association