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Dr Slim Khelifi
Obesity Surgery
Med Assistance offers patients suffering from severe or morbid obesity who wish to lose weight various types of bariatric surgery. The expert surgeon for this surgical specialty is the renowned Dr Slim Khelifi, registered with the Medical Council in Tunisia. With over twenty-five years of experience in this field, Dr Khelifi operates at Clinique Carthagene, a modern clinic that meets European standards. After performing the necessary analyses and examinations, he offers his patients the most advanced procedures suited to their profiles, such as sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, gastric banding and the Elipse balloon. He also provides pre and post-operative follow-up to ensure optimal results. Today, Dr Slim Khelifi is one of the best practitioners specialising in obesity surgery in Tunisia.
Find below a brief presentation of his training and experience:
Training:
– July 1998: Doctor of Medicine. Thesis on laparoscopic treatment of vascular lithiasis
– September 1998: Specialist diploma in general surgery
– July 1999: Diploma in laparoscopic surgery
– October 1999: Hospital-university assistant title
– January 2000: Appointed hospital-university assistant at Habib Thameur Hospital, Tunis
– February 2007: Appointed associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis
– University diploma in obesity surgery at ILS Strasbourg (Prof. Marescaux)
– Diploma in obesity surgery and revisional surgery (REDO) in Prof. Bruno Dillemans’ department in Bruges
Experience:
– Placement at Diaconesses and Croix Saint Simon Hospital in colorectal, hiatal and parietal surgery in Prof. Henri Monnier’s department
– Placement in the laparoscopic surgery department at Georges Pompidou Hospital with Prof. Jean Marc Chevalier
– 12 workshops carried out between January 2004 and December 2009 under the aegis of Prof. Jean-Marie Zimmermann, pioneer of bariatric surgery worldwide
– Active participation in ILS seminars and workshops organised by the Strasbourg Institute of Laparoscopy
Member of the French and Francophone Society of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery (SOFFCOMM)
