Dr. Shazheer Karmali, MD, FRCSC

Dr. Shahzeer Karmali completed his Fellowship training in Bariatric Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas). Board Certified in Canada and the United States of America, Dr. Karmali is an executive member and Secretary of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. Based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Dr. Karmali is also an Assistant Professor (Department of Surgery), at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta.

Dr Pierre Y. Garneau, MD, FRCS(c), FACS, FASMBS

Chirurgien
Chef du service de chirurgie générale, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
Professeur adjoint, Université de Montréal

Dr. Garneau received his medical degree at Laval University in Quebec City in 1991. He completed his residency in general surgery at the University Laval, and had the opportunity to work with the team of Dr. Picard Marceau, one of the fathers of bariatric surgery. Dr. Garneau has been a member of the General Surgery team at Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal since 1997 and is currently the chief of the service. Dr Garneau performs frequently many bariatric procedures, including roux en Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric banding, and gastric plication and duodenal switch. He has a particular interest in Laparoscopic revisional surgery. His current research interests include clinical outcomes from sleeves procedures and investigations on the impact of bariatric surgery on Type 2 diabetes.