Richard ABITTAN,
richard.abittan@gmail.com
www.richardabittan.com
Cell phone: +212661156427
Born on 08/18/1958 in Casablanca, Morocco, married with 3 children.
1976 -> 1983: Medical School in university of medicine of Casablanca.
July 1985: Obtainment of the Medical Degree
1983 – 1989: Internship and assistanat
- CHU AVERROES Casablanca Morocco (1983-1987)
- CHU Henri Mondor and KREMLIN BICETRE (1987-1989)
1989 – 1991: Boardcertified general surgeon at CHR Bouaffi - Casablanca – Morocco.
1991 - Fellowship with Pr. J. DUBOIS in “Hôpital la Cité” in Paris to perform general laparoscopic
surgery
1992 - Fellowship with Pr. J. BELGHITI in “BEAUJON Hospital” in Paris to perform liver surgery
1992 – 1993: Recurrent training with Dr. S. BENCHETRIT in “Hôpital J.MERMOZ” in Lyon to perform
laparoscopic inguinal herniorraphy, anti-reflux procedures, colectomy, splenectomy and
adrenalectomy. (1 week every 3 months).
1992 -> 2017: Forerunner in laparoscopic surgery and practicemo than 1 200 procedures a year =
liver surgery, endocrinology surgery, hernia surgery and pelvic surgery.
2000 -> 2019: I practice with the same team 4 300 bariatric procedures.
- Banding = 1 300
- Sleeve = 1 250
- Gastric plication = 250
- Nissen Sleeve=100
- Roux en Y GBP = 500
- SAGBP = 900
Under the leadership of Pr. GUGENHEIM (Nice- France), Huten (Tours- France), MSIKA (Paris-France)
and PATOU (Lille-France) I obtain the first french diploma of bariatric Surgery (2007 at 2009)
January 2014: Obtainment of the label of excellence center for bariatric surgery with my team from
SOFFCO and IFSO.
January 2017: Nomination IFASMBS (international fellow of the American Society for metabolic and
bariatric surgery)
Scientific publications :
• 1987 = French national study on acute pancreatitis (annals of surgery) with TESTAS and JM.
CHOLLET.
• 1998 = Review of biliary complications after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Morocco (3 000
cases, with Pr. ABI)
• 2003 = Inventory of fixtures of morbid obesity in morocco (4 years of experience).
• 2006 = In association between the Belgian society of surgery, and the Moroccan society of
surgery, I have promoted the laparoscopic Banding indications and its complications.
(MARAKECH MOROCCO).
• 2009 = Gastric banding erosion, about 1000 Cases in Morocco (SOFFCO Congress Nice
France).
• 2012 = Outcomes of Gastric by-pass in Moroccan diabetics (DAKHLA, Morocco; medical
congress of obesity)
• 2012 = Private experience in bariatric surgery about 2250 patients (SOFFCO, Montpellier)
• 2013 = Left colectomy ahead the IMA in diverticulitis pathology (SFCE – Paris)
• 2014 =
Ø Indications and complications of Bariatric Surgery (ATC.2017 Tunis-Tunisia)
Ø Metabolic Surgery and Diabete (ATC 2014. Tunis)
• 2015 = Live surgery in CASABLANCA
Ø Laparoscopic conversion of Mason to GBP.
Ø Laparoscopic conversion of Sleeve to GBP.
• 2016 (February)= Delayed live :
Ø GBP Roux in Y to treat an obese patient with old Nissen. (Marseille, France)
• 2016 (June) = Delayed live :
Ø Conversion of SAGBP to normal anatomy for malnutrition (Nice. France)
• 2016 (April) = The pathway of the obese patient candidate for bariatric surgery in Casablanca
private environment (1st Mediterranean obesity surgery summit MOSS Maples
– ITALY)
• 2017 (April) = Live surgery :
Ø Roux in y GBP and removal banding in 1 step
Ø Sleeve and removal banding in 1 step (Marrakech national congress of the
Moroccan society of surgery)
Titular member of these learned institutions:
Ø AFC = French association of surgery
Ø SFCE= French endoscopic society of surgery
Ø SOFFCOM= French society of bariatric and metabolic surgery
Ø ASMBS = American society for metabolic and bariatric surgery
Ø IFSO = international federation of obesity surgery
Ø EAES= European association of endoscopic surgery
Ø A CLAVINE = Association of laparoscopic surgery from north east of France
Fellowship with =
Ø Dr. BENCHETRIT = Obesity center, Jean Mermoz Lyon
Ø Pr MSIKA = Obesity center, Louis Mourier Paris
Ø Pr M Chevalier = Obesity center, Georges Pompidou Paris
Ø PR PATOU = Obesity Center, Lille
Supervisor of several Work Shops in Morocco and Africa
Ø Bariatric surgery
Ø Anti reflux procedures
Ø Colorectal surgery
Ø Inguinal herniorraphy (TEP)
New publication about Nissen Sleeve in obesity surgery journal(2019)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QQyVVLknb4E1x_6i9vzCawTRTmFuq_y6/view?usp=drivesdk