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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Lucio Monte Alto, MD, PhD

Portugal / Brazil

Board Chair

  • PhD / Doctorate Degree in Medicine from USP Medical School - HCFMUSP

  • Endocrinology and Metabolism Specialty Certification by IBCMED / MEC / SP

  • Post-doctoral Fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism from MEC

  • Psychiatry Specialty Certification by IBCMED / MEC / SP

  • Nutrology Specialty Certification by SANAR / MEC / SP

  • Obesity Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Columbia University

  • NY Masters Course in Endocrinology at Mount Sinai / New York / NY

  • Chairmman of the Brazilian Board of Obesity Medicine – SBEMO

  • Chairman of the European Board of Obesity Medicine - EBOM

  • Vice Chairman of the Pan American Board of Obesity Medicine - PABOM

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Anna Carolina Hoff, MD

Italy / Germany / Brazil

Vice Chair

  • Bariatric Surgeon and Bariatric Endoscopist 

  • Advanced Interventional Endoscopist

  • Chairwoman of the Pan American Board of Obesity Medicine - PABOM

  • Vice Chairwoman of the European Board of Obesity Medicine - EBOM

  • Vice Chair of Innovations and Inventions at ASGE

  • Member of the Board Bariatric channel

  • Proctor Apollo Endosurgery / Boston Scientific

  • CEO and founder Angioskope Advanced training Center- São José dos Campos/SP

  • Vice Chairwoman of the Brazilian Board of Obesity Medicine – SBEMO

  • Specialist in General Surgery

  • Medical Residency in Digestive Endoscopy

  • Medical Fellowship in  Respiratory Endoscopy

  • Medical Fellowship in Sports Nutrition

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Dr Devinder Singh Bansi, DM FRCP BM 

London / United Kingdon 

  • Gastroenterologist & Interventional Endoscopist 

  • Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London 

  • Medical Director, Weight Doctors UK - Founding  partner, board member and QUAP! chairman for OneWelbeck Health Partners Endoscopy Unit in London

  • The first endoscopists in the UK to start an ESG service at Imperial College and the Cromwell Hospital in London 

  • Member of the endoscopy committee for BOMSS (British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society) Endoscopy committee

  • Member of ASGE International Endoscopy Committee

  • Author on the forthcoming BSG (British Society of Gastroenterology) guidelines for bariatric

  • National  and international proctor for Apollo/Boston Endosurgery

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Dina Peralta-Reich, MD 

USA 

North American Director / International Medical Affairs

  • Founder of New York Weight Wellness Medicine, PLLC / New York

  • Double board-certified in Pediatrics by American Boards of Pediatrics and Obesity Medicine

  • Director of Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine / Lenox Hill Hospital / New York

  • Assistant Professor at Zucker Medical School / New York

  • Residency in Pediatrics at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center / Cornell University- New York

  • Member of American Academy of Pediatrics / Obesity Medicine Association

  • Member of Asociación Panameña para la prevención y el tratamiento de la Obesidad

  • MBSAQIP member- Adolescent Bariatric and Metabolic surgery participant center- Lenox Hill Hospital/ NY

  • Global Health Advocate - Yearly Medical Missions to Panamá

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Cristina Helena V. Fogaça

Spain

  • Board Brazilian Plastic Surgeon

  • Board Portuguese Plastic Surgeon

  • Board French Plastic Surgeon

  • Board Spanish Plastic Surgeon

  • Graduated in Medicine at “Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina”, Brasil

  • Specialization in Plastic Surgery for the Navy Hospital, “Hospital Naval Marcílio Dias”, and Ivo Pitanguy Institute, Brazil

  • Master in Aesthetic Medicine, Universidade Gama Filho, Brazil

  • Postgraduation in Orthomolecular Medicina, Universidade Veiga de Almeida, Brazil

  • PhD in Surgery for the Universitát Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain

  • Ex Professor of Plastic Surgery at Medicine School, Florianópolis, Brazil

  • Postgraduated in Thermology and Thermography at Universidade de São Paulo, USP, Brazil

  • MBA in Business and Administration for the Institute of Business and Management, Universidade Católica Lisboa

  • Conferencist at the SEME (Sociedad Española de Medicina Estética)

  • Editor of the Pan American Journal of Medical Thermology

  • Plastic Surgeon at SOFTOUCH MEDICINA Y CIRUGÍA, Spain

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Claudio Nogueira, MD, PhD

Spain / Brazil

Director

  • PhD in Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.

  • Titular Member and Specialist recognized by the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery. Completed Medical Residency with an extension at the Ivo Pitanguy Institute (PUC/RJ).

  • Holder of the European Title in Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery awarded by the Portuguese Medical Association.

  • Member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

  • Member of the European Society of Aesthetic Surgery.

  • Chirurgien Esthétique at Polyclinique De L'ormeau - Site Pyrénées, Tarbes, France.

  • Director/Aesthetic Physician and Cosmiatric Surgery at Clínica Softouch.

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Gabriela Fonseca, MD

Portugal / Brazil

Director

  • Integrated Master's Degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon - Portugal 

  • Revalidation of Diploma by UNESP

  • Post-Graduation in Endocrinology from ISMD 

  • Post-Graduation in Human Longevity Sciences by Healthy Longevity 

  • Obesity Medicine from Harvard Medical School

  • Women's Health Masterclass by A4M

  • Member of the International Menopause Society

  • Sottopelle International Course - Hormone Replacement and Subcutaneous Implants 

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Alberto K. Arbex, MD, PhD

Germany

Director

  • Endocrinologist Doctor.

  • National Coordinating Professor of the lato sensu postgraduate studies in Endocrinology at the 'IPEMED AFYA' Medical Research and Teaching Institute between 2006 and 2022. Responsible for the academic training of more than 3,000 postgraduates in Endocrinology during this period.

  • Harvard Guest Researcher at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, USA in 2014.

  • Master's in Clinical Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 2006.

  • PhD in Obesity and Public Health from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro in 2020.

  • Author of four medical books published in Brazil, including "Clinical Endocrinology in Everyday Life" (Editora Rubio), 2nd edition.

  • Guest Physician at 'Malteser Hospital Franziskus Krankenhaus', Flensburg, Germany, between 2016 and 2019.

  • Clinical Director of the 'Grossenwiehe Medical Center', Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, since 2019.

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Ana Carla Couto

Italy / Brazil

Director

  • Bachelor of Medicine from Metropolitan University of Santos - UNIMES.

  • Postgraduate in Sports Medicine from HZM Teaching Institute.

  • Postgraduate in Longevity Sciences and Human Physiology - Healthy Longevity.

  • Member of the Brazilian Society of Obesity Medicine (SBEMO).

  • Member of the American Society for Obesity Medicine (Pan American Board).

  • Member of the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM).

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Carlos Lopes

Portugal / Brazil

Director

  • Medical Doctor, graduated from Unigranrio / RJ.

  • Graduate degree in Nutrology from the Brazilian Association of Nutrology (2015).

  • Postgraduate degree in the Physiology of Aging from the Talles de Mileto Faculty (2016).

  • Extension program in Obesity at Harvard Medical School (2015 and 2019).

  • Extension program in Social Media for Healthcare at Harvard Medical School (2019).

  • Professor of Nutrology and Sports Nutrology at the BWS/ABRAN Institute postgraduate course.

  • Holds the position of CEO at MEDX Tecnologia S/A.

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Andreia Torres

Brazil / Portugal

  • Dietitian

  • Residency in Clinical Nutrition

  • Master degree in human nutrition and obesity

  • PhD in Health Education with trainee in Health Communication at Harvard

  • Postdoctoral research in Public Health (Obesity determinants)

  • Ketogenic Therapeutics Mastery Courses

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Selmo (Shlomo) Lempert

Israel

Asian Director / International Medical Affairs

  • Harvard Business School, MA, USA

  • INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France

  • Faculty of Business Administration, Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Training in Situational Leadership, 8-Step Coaching, Theory of Constraints, and many others

  • CEO and Founder of SL LTD – Management, Consultancy, and Projects

  • Senior Associate and Consultant worldwide at Global Integration Ltd

  • Academic Director and Senior Lecturer at the Galilee International Management Institute

  • Academic Director and Senior Lecturer at the Avnon Group Institute

  • Executive Director at the Israel Brazil Chamber of Commerce and Industry

  • Vice President at Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd

  • HR Director at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Ltd

  • HR Director at ECI Telecom (formerly Tadiran Telecom)

  • Manager at the Business School of the Israel Institute of Productivity

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Vinicius Siqueira

Brazil

South American Director / International Medical Affairs

  • Graduated in Medicine from Gama Filho University

  • Postgraduate in Endocrinology from IPEMED

  • Endocrinology Professor at Barbacena FAME Medical School

  • Preceptor of the Endocrinology Outpatient Clinic at Agostinho Paulucci University Hospital

  • Professor and preceptor of the Endocrinology Outpatient Clinic at Afya

  • Director, Certified Member, and Professor at SBAM - Society of Andropause and Menopause

  • Director of EBOM - European Board of Obesity Medicine

  • Member of SBD (Brazilian Society of Diabetes)

  • Member of the Endocrine Society and the World Obesity Federation

  • Clinical Endocrinology from Harvard Medical School - USA

  • Annual Review Course in Endocrinology and Diabetes from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, AACE / USA

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CONTACT

Doutor Francisco Malheiro Street, nº 17, São José de São Lázaro

Braga - Portugal 

POBox: 4715-016

WhatsApp: +351 969 945 887
ebom.obesity.medicine@gmail.com

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