Dr Nagi Safa is a Weight Loss Surgeon at Advanced BMI Lebanon and at the Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal, and holds an academic appointment at the University of Montreal. Furthermore, he is involved in the training of residents and surgical fellows on how to perform advanced laparoscopic obesity surgery. Dr Safa completed his residency training at the University of Montreal General Surgery Program. He then performed a fellowship in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and Minimal Invasive Surgery (Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery), at the Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal, which is the largest Weight Loss Surgery center in the Montreal area, and one of the busiest in Canada. During his training, and throughout his practice, Dr Safa performed more than one thousand laparoscopic procedure, including: Roux en Y Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Banding, Gastric Plication and many other abdominal surgery procedures. He has a particular interest in Laparoscopic Revisional Surgery including Banding, Bypass and S leeve. With a keen interest in the advancement of obesity surgery and newer minimally invasive surgical techniques, Dr Safa gained experience in the single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), and offers Single Incision gastric banding and Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery. His current research interests include clinical outcomes from various bariatric surgery procedures and investigations on the impact of bariatric surgery on Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome X. Dr Safa holds professional memberships with the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons, Canadian Association of General Surgeons, Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Association for Surgical Oncology, Quebec Medical Association, Trauma Association of Canada, Association Quebecoise de Chirurgie, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, International College of Surgeon, and the College des Medecins du Quebec.