Dr. Amin Andalib
- Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
- Program Director, Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
- Associate Member, Department of Epidemiology
MDCM, MSc (Epid), FACS, FRCSC
Currently supervising students
Bariatric surgery
Clinical outcomes and quality assurance of bariatric surgery in Quebec – (Provincial healthcare administrative data)
Prospective cohort study comparing short- & long-term outcomes of laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS) vs. laparoscopic single anastomosis duodenoileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy (SADI-S) – (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02792166)
Ambulatory bariatric surgery (sleeve gastrectomy) – (Quality improvement initiative)
Evaluation of opioid prescription and consumption after hospital discharge following bariatric surgery – (Collaborative project)
Combined bariatric surgery and atrial fibrillation ablation in the reduction of atrial fibrillation recurrence – (BAF Study; RCT; Collaborative project)
Bariatric/metabolic surgery, Upper GI surgery
Clinical outcomes, quality improvement, and patient safety projects in bariatric surgery, outcome assessment and risk reduction after bariatric surgery, especially using large databases.
Dr. Amin Andalib has joined the faculty in the Division of General Surgery at McGill University in 2015. He sub-specializes in bariatric surgery, which is the main focus of his clinical practice. He is also the Program Director for Bariatric Surgery Fellowship at McGill.
His research interests center on clinical outcomes, quality improvement, and patient safety projects in bariatric surgery. They include outcomes assessment and risk reduction after bariatric surgery especially using large databases.
Dr. Andalib completed his General Surgery Residency at McGill University during which, he also completed a MSc in Epidemiology. He then completed a Fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at the Main Campus Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a member of multiple national and international associations including the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO). He is also a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) where he currently serves as a member of the Bariatric Surgery Committee.
