Amin Andalib

Academic title(s): 
  • Assistant Professor; 
  • Program Director, Bariatric Surgery Fellowship; 
  • Associate Member, Department of Epidemiology
Amin Andalib
Contact Information
Email address: 
amin.andalib [at] mcgill.ca
Office: 
MGH: Room E16-165A
Division: 
General Surgery
Degree(s): 

MDCM, MSc (Epidemiology), FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS

Location: 
Montreal General Hospital
Lachine Hospital
Current research: 
  • 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

Clinical Interests: 
  • Bariatric/metabolic surgery
  • Upper GI surgery
Biography: 

Dr. Amin Andalib has joined the Division of General Surgery at McGill University as an Assistant Professor of Surgery 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.

Twitter handle: @andalib_amin

Selected publications: 
  1. Andalib A, *Bouchard P, Demyttenaere S, Ferri LE, Court O. Esophageal Cancer after Bariatric Surgery: A Population-based Comparative Cohort Study. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2021 May;17(5):879-887.
  2. Andalib A, *Bouchard P, *Alamri H, Bougie A, Demyttenaere S, Court O. Single Anastomosis Duodeno-ileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy (SADI-S): Short-term Outcomes from a Prospective Cohort Study. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2021 Feb;17(2):414-424.
  3. *Bouchard P, Tchervenkov J, Demyttenaere S, Court O, Andalib A. Safety and Efficacy of the Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Strategy towards Kidney Transplantation. Surgical Endoscopy. 2020 Jun;34(6):2657-2664.
  4. *Bouchard P, Demyttenaere S, Court O, Franco EL, Andalib A. Surgeon and Hospital Volume Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery: A Population-level Study. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2020 May;16(5):674-681.
  5. Andalib A, *Alamri H, *Almuhanna Y, *Bouchard P, Demyttenaere S, Court O. Short-term Outcomes of Revisional Surgery after Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Comparative Analysis of Re-sleeve, Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass, Duodenal Switch (Roux en-Y and Single-Anastomosis). Surgical Endoscopy. 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s00464-020-07891-z.

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