MONTREAL, QC, February 01, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Michel Gagner, MD, with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Gagner celebrates many years' experience in his network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Dr. Gagner is a well-respected surgeon known for his contributions to laparoscopic and bariatric surgery. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he first studied at the Seminaire de Sherbrooke where he obtained a Quebec College Diploma in 1978 followed by an MD at Universite de Sherbrooke in 1982. Completing his residency in general surgery at McGill University in Montreal, during which time he did research studies on human lipolysis in sepsis, he then went to Paris, France to complete a fellowship in liver surgery and a second fellowship in pancreas and complex GI surgery at the Lahey Clinic in Massachusetts.
In 1990, Dr. Gagner accepted his first teaching appointment at the Universite de Montreal School of Medicine as an assistant professor of surgery (Hotel-Dieu de Montreal), during which time he introduced his skills in laparoscopic surgery. As a pioneer of robotic assisted surgery, World first laparoscopic removal of the adrenal glands, the liver, bile duct and pancreas removal by laparoscopic surgery, he eventually made his way to the U.S. to practice at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio where he co-founded the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center. He there, pioneered the use of endoscopic surgery for parathyroid and thyroid tumors in humans. He then became the director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, chair of the laparoscopic division and also earned the title of Franz Sichel Professor of Surgery. There he pionneered telesurgery with Professor Marescaux and Leroy of Strasbourg, the first trans-atlantic robotic assisted surgery, published in Nature in 2001. He then became head of the laparoscopic and bariatric surgery section at Cornell University's Weill Medical College (New York City).
Most recently serving as chief surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami and professor of surgery at Florida International University, Dr. Gagner is now working out of the affiliated University of Montreal's Sacre-Coeur Hospital, as a professor of surgery and senior consultant. He also owns the Westmount Square Surgical Center, a private clinic specialized in bariatric surgery for weight loss and metabolic surgery for type-2 diabetes.
World-renowned for laparoscopic and bariatric surgery related to weight loss, the Clinic of Dr. Gagner, which is located in Montreal, specializes in the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy which he pionneered in 2000, as well as laparoscopic duodenal switch, which he was the first to perform in 1999, and various new innovative endoscopic treatments for obesity, type-2 diabetes, and gastro-instetinal tract disorders.
The author and co-author of more than 400 publications and 10 books, including the latest 2 on "Atlas of Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery" and the "2nd Edition of Endocrine Surgery", Dr. Gagner is also a patentee in his field, especially on new methods to treat obesity and GI anastomosis. An elected fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons (Canada) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), he is also a honorary member of the Academie Nationale de Chirurgie de France, the Association Francaise de Chirurgie, the Mexican Laparoscopic Surgery Society, the Colombian Surgical Society, the Brazilian Surgical College, the Peruvian Surgical Society and the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery.
Dr. Gagner received a 2017 City of Marseille, France, Medal, SAGES Pioneer in Surgical Endoscopy Award (2017), 21rst Oliver H. Beahrs Professorship (Mayo Clinic 2016), Surgical innovation award from the ASMBS (2016), a 2011 Excel Award by the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, a 2010-2011 French National Assembly Award, and Medal of the City of Bordeaux, Nice and Sete, France. He has been highlighted in many editions of Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, and Who's Who in the World. Married to France Lapointe, Dr. Gagner has three children (Xavier, Guillaume and Maxime). For more information, visit www.cliniquemichelgagner.com.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Michel Gagner, MD, has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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