Prof. Gontrand Lopez-Nava, MD & PhD

Overview

Dr. Gontrand Lopez-Nava, MD, PhD, is one of the most experienced specialists in Europe and probably in the world, in endoscopic technologies for obesity. He founded the Endoscopy Department of Madrid San Rafael Hospital and later on the Endoscopy department of Madrid Sanchinarro University Hospital. In 2002 started Bariatric Endoscopy until now, where as Head of the Bariatric Endoscopy Unit at HM Sanchinarro University Hospital in Madrid, Spain, he has developed an important experience for more than ten years in proctoring Drs and treating patients in the following Bariatric Endoscopy procedures:

Intragastric Balloons: Implantation of different types of Intragastric Balloons, with more than 3.000 cases done and many papers, lectures and faculty roles

Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (APOLLO Overstich): 400 cases done and 6 papers published. First author of the world in communicate results at 6 months, at 2 years and at 2 years in a multicentric study. First cases done in continents like Europe or Australia, first in countries like Spain, France, Saudi Arabia, Jordan…Faculty and lectures at IFSO; ASGE, SECO, SEPD meetings, etc

POSE procedure and first author in the world to communicate results of weight loss at 1 year in more than 100 cases.

Endobarrier: 100 cases done in patients with obesity associated to diabetes type II or Metabolic Syndrome.

He is also the Director and Organizer of the four editions of MIBE meeting (Madrid International Bariatric Endoscopy), and the Author of numerous publications in national and international journals, books and Speaker and faculty at numerous national and international conferences.

Madrid, Spain
Head of the Bariatric Endoscopy Unit
English, Spanish, French
7 reviews

reviews

Global review

4.6 / 5

Pedagogy

4.7 / 5

Organization

4.3 / 5

Knowledge acquired

4.6 / 5

Recommandation

4.6 / 5

24/07/2018

Dr. Rita Luisa C.

13/09/2018

Dr. MUHANAD M.

Outstanding training opportunity. Great educational experience.

21/02/2019

Eliam del Pilar R.

23/02/2019

Dr. Altaf Khan A.

11/12/2019

Dr. Karim G.

14/02/2020

Dr. Majidah B.

You guys told us wrong information to come at 2:30 as the course start at 15:00 and apprently the course starts at 16:00 we had to wait for 1:30 hour in the hospital doing nothing

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Work experience

Founder & Head of the Bariatric Endoscopy Unit

Since 2010

Hospital Universitario Madrid Sanchinarro

Professor of Medicine

Since 2010

San Pablo CEU University, Madrid

Founder & Head of the Digestive Care and Endoscopy Department

From 2007 to 2010

Hospital San Rafael y del Hospital Universitario Sanchinarro

Education

Ph.D.

2015

University CEU San Pablo

M.D.

1992

Valladolid University School of Medicine

Pubmed

ENDOSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTROPLASTY FOR OBESITY TREATMENT: TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

2017

Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery

Read it here

Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty for Obesity: a Multicenter Study of 248 Patients with 24 Months Follow-Up.

2017

Obesity surgery

Read it here

Erratum to: Initial Approach to Childhood Obesity in Spain. A Multisociety Expert Panel Assessment.

2017

Obesity surgery

Read it here

Professional associations

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)

Member

Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la Obesidad (SECO)

Member

Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva (SEPD)

Member

Honors

First in Europe, First in Oceania and first in different countries and cities to perform Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty

2015

Premio de la Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva

XXIV Congreso Nacional de la SEPD

1997

Beca del Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria del Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo

1996

Recent Engagements

Faculty at IFSO, ASGE, SEPD, SECO, SEEDO