• Internationally recognized authority in general, digestive, endocrine, and laparoscopic surgery.
• President of the Montpellier Obesity International Institute. MD and PhD degrees received in 2008.
• Director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Center, Montpellier University Hospital (2007-2023).
• President of the French League Against Obesity (2014-2023).
Ambassador of the International Federation of Surgery of Obesity since 2019.
• Director of the International Committee of SOFFCOMM since 2022; former Director of its scientific committee (2013-2021).
• Founder and former president of the International Club of Laparoscopic Surgeons (ICYLS, 2002-2005).
• Invented the Nissen Sleeve Gastrectomy in 2013. Author of 100+ scientific papers and numerous international conference presentations.
• Former research fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA.
• Professor in the Department of Digestive Surgery at CHU Montpellier since 2011.
• Active participant in 25 live surgery events globally.