Summary CV
FAMILY NAME: BELACHEW
FIRST NAME: MITIKU
PLACE OF BIRTH: GHION ( ETHIOPIA )
DATE OF BIRTH: JUNE 11, 1942
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ETHIOPIA
NATIONALITY: BELGIAN/ BORN ETHIOPIAN
PASSPORT: EUROPEAN UNION, KINGDOM OF BELGIUM
PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS: SURGICAL SKILLS LAB, BLACK LION HOSPITAL,
AFRICAN SCHOOL OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY
ADDIS ABABA
ETHIOPIA
EDUCATION and TITLES
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION: AT MEDHANE ALEM SCHOOL IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
1962: Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate.
1962: General Certificate of Education ( G.C.E ), London UNIVERSITY, UK
1962-1963: Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Science
1963-1970: Medical School, University of Liège, Belgium.
1970: Medical Degree ( M.D. ), With Great Distinction, University of Liège, Belgium.
1970-1976: Surgical Training as full time resident, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Liège ( Professor D. Honoré )
1974: Training at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Nuffield College of Surgical Sciences, London, UK.
1974: Primary FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow, UK
1976-1980: Consultant Surgeon in General Surgery, University Hospital of Liège, Belgium.
1978: Consultant Surgeon ( half time ), Centre Hospitalier Hutois, Huy.
Since 1980: Head Surgical Department, Centre Hospitalier Hutois, Huy. Belgium
1990-2007: Head University Service, Centre Hospitalier Regional de Huy.
2003: Foundation of School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2004: Course Director of First basic lap surgery workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
1995-2001: Visiting Professor to 15 University Centres in the USA
In 1992 : Promoter of an experimental work in animal lab (University of Liège ) for the development of the technique of laparoscopic placement of the Adjustable Silicone Gastric Band.
On September 1, 1993 : Performed the first human Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding (en première mondiale) [LAPAROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE SILICONE GASTRIC BANDING = LASGB ] for the treatment of morbid obesity
1994-1996: Organisation of INTERANTIONAL WORKSHOPS ( more than 10 ) ON LAPAROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE SILICONE GASTRIC BANDIG at the OBESITY CENTRE, SERVICE DE CHIRURGIE UNIVERSITAIRE of CENTRE HOSPITALIER HUTOIS : More than 300 surgeons world wide have been trained.
Since 1995 :
Visiting Professor for assisting and proctoring in the FDA* approved Clinical Trial of LAPAROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING in the treatment of morbid obesity in the USA:
* FDA = FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
1995 :
· The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa
· Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New-York (twice)
· Louisiana State University, News Orleans.
· Irvington Medical Center, New Jersey
1996 :
· University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver
· University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa
· Alvarado Hospital Medical Center, San Diego
· Medical college of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond
· East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville
1997 :
· Louisiana State University, New Orleans
1998 : International Workshops à :
· Mexico City (Mexico)
· Guadelahara (Mexico)
1999 :
· Rhode Island Hospital at Brown University, Rhode Island
· Brookhaven Memorial Medical Center, Patcohogue, New York
· San Ramon Regional Medical Center, San Ramon, Ca,
· Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Ca.
2000:
· FDA PAM Panel Meeting, Washington D.C.
· Pleasanton Medical Center, Pleasanton, Ca
· University Illinois Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
· Saint John’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
2001:
· Saint John’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
· Norton Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
Other International Workshops :
1994-1996: Organisation of INTERANTIONAL WORKSHOPS ( more than 10 ) ON LAPAROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE SILICONE GASTRIC BANDIG at the OBESITY CENTRE, SERVICE DE CHIRURGIE UNIVERSITAIRE of CENTRE HOSPITALIER HUTOIS : More than 300 surgeons world wide have been trained.
1997:
· Mexico City (Mexico)
1998:
· Mexico City (Mexico)
· Guadalajara (Mexico)
1999:
· Melbourne, Australia
· Quebec City, Canada
· Nassau, Bahamas
· Strasbourg(IRCAD), France
· Amman, Jordan
· Dakar, Senegal
· Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire
2000:
· Hanover, Germany
· Brussels, Belgium
2001:
· Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
· Rabat, Morocco
· Sao Paolo, Brazil
2002: Saint Gabriel Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
First Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Addis Ababa
2003: Honorary Professor of Surgery, Addis Ababa University
2003: Foundation of School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2004: Course Director of First basic lap surgery workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
2009: Course Director of Second basic lap surgery workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
DEGREES
1. Candidat en Sciences Medicales, (Bsc.) University of Liège, 1966
2. Docteur en Médecine ( M.D. ), with Great Distinction, University of Liège, 1970
3. Educational Council for Foreign Medical graduates ( E.C.F.M.G ) 1970
4. Primary FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow, 1974
5. Licensed in General Surgery, State Jury, Liege, 1977
6. Fellow of College of Surgeons of East, Central & Southern Africa 2004
7. Fellow of COSECSA (College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa)
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
MEMBER OF:
1. Société Belge de Chirurgie, 1977
2. Groupement Belge des Spécialistes, 1980
3. International College of Surgeons, 1986
4. Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, 1982
5. American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 1991
6. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1994.
7. Bénélux Association of Bariatric Surgeons ( BABS ), Founder and Honorary Chairman
8. International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity ( IFSO ), founding member
9. Member of Editorial Board of “Obesity Surgery Journal”
10. Honorary member of “Brazilian Society of Briatric Surgery”
11. Founder and Chairman of “asbl SALAM” to provide schools in Ethiopia
12. Member of Society of Surgeons of East Africa
13. Academician and Foreign Correspondent to the Mexican academy of Surgery
14. Fellow of College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA).
15. President Rotary Club of Addis Ababa, Entoto 2008-2009
16. Assistant District Governor District 9200 of Rotary 2008-2009
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
1. English
2. French
3. Amharic ( Ethiopian )
4. Oromifa ( Ethiopian )
PUBLICATIONS
1° Place des examens préopératoires dans le diagnostic et le traitement des cancers du sein aux stades précoces – C. Desaive, C. Colin, M. Belachew, J. Lavigne -Rev. Méd. de Liège, 1975, 30, 813-818.
2° Treatment of intestinal fistulae. Interest of intravenous hyperalimentation.
G. Blaise, M. Belachew. Acta Anesth.Belg. 1976, 27, 34-44.
3° Peritoneal lavage in blunt abdominal trauma. Symposium de la société Belge de Chirurgie, 13 mars 1976. Acta Chir. Belge., 75, 640-644.
4° Traumatisme fermé de l’abdomen. Intérêt de la Ponction-Lavage péritonéale. M. Belachew. Rev. Med. Liège, 1976, 31, 387-389.
5° Place de l’hyperalimentation parentérale dans le traitement des fistules intestinales. – G. Blaise, M; Belachew. Rev. Méd. Liège, 1976, 430-435.
6° Bilan d’une consultation pluridisciplinaire des cancers rectocoliques. – C. Desaive, G. Vosse-Matagne, M. Belachew. Rev. Méd. Liège, 1977, 22, 33-42.
7° A propos de 4 cas d’obstruction mésentérique aiguë ou subaiguë. – G. Vosse-Matagne, P. Cambier, J. Milet, L. Ruyters, M. Belachew, J. Delvigne, L. Van de Berg, J.P.. Ledoux. Bull. Assoc. Nord-Lotharingienne de Gastro-entéro, 1976, 6, 22-30.
8° Traitement chirurgical des complications de la lithiase biliaire, en collaboration avec L. Ruyters, J. Pirotte, G. Vosse-Matagne et A. Brassinne.
Colloquium interdisciplinaire du 23 janvier 1976. Rev. Méd. Liège, 33, 589-611.
9° La dérivation iléale partielle comme traitement de certaines hyperlipémies. Histoire de quatre cas. – R. Limet, M. Belachew, N. Jacquet, R. Amici. Rev. Méd. Liège, 1978, 33, 640-646.
10° L’ischémie intestinale aiguë. – P. Honoré, M. Belachew, D. Honoré. Rev. Méd. Liège, 1982, 37, 743-748.
11° Obésité morbide : Etat actuel de l’attitude chirurgicale. En collaboration avec CH. Wahlen, N. Jacquet, R. Limet. Rev. Méd. Liège, 1984, 39, 68-73.
12° Le cancer de la voie biliaire principale dans sa portion supra-ampullaire. En collaboration avec P. Honoré, C. Wahlen, M. Meurisse. Rev. Méd. Liège, 1984, 39, 273-279.
13° Le cancer de la vésicule biliaire. En collaboration avec P. Honoré, M. Meurisse. Rev. Méd. Liège, 1985, 40, 468-473.
14° Omphaloceles et Laparoschisis. – M. Demarche, C. Hoyoux, PH. Wittamer, I. Weber, C. Abrassart, M. Belachew. Rev. Méd. Liège XLX, 10, 90, 504-511.
15° Mycotis Aneurysm ot the Upper Abdominal Aorta Rupured Into the Stomach. – H. Van Damme, M. Belachew, P. Damas, J.L. Hosselet, G. Dekoster, R. Limet. Arch. Surg. 1992, 127, 478-482.
16° L’hyperplasie nodulaire diffuse ou régénerative du foie responsable d’hypertension portale à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature. – TH. Defechereux, PH. Boca, J. Bury, M. Belachew. Rev. Méd. Liège, 1992, 67, 585-593.
17° Traitement Chirurgical de l’Obésité Morbide place de la Gastroplastie. – M. Belachew, Q. Desiron, M. Messens. Rev. Méd. Liège, 1992, 67, 1-9.
18° Vertical Banded Gastroplasty vs Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding in the treatment of Morbid Obesity. A preliminary report. – M. Belachew, P. Jacquet, F. Lardinois, C. Karler. Obesity Surgery, 1993, 3, 275-278.
19° Laparoscopic Placement of Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding in the treatment of Morbid Obesity : an animal model experimental study : a video film : a preliminary report. – M. Belachew, M. Legrand, N. Jacquet. Obes. Surg., 1993, 3, 140.
20° Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding in the treatment of Morbid Obesity. A preliminary report. – M. Belachew, M. Legrand, TH. Defechereux, M.P. Burtheret, N. Jacquet. Surg. Endoscopy, 1994, 8, 1354-1356.
21° Gastroplasty as a Surgical Treatment ob Obesity. Experience of over 400 opérations. – F. Lardinois, P. Jacquet, M. Belachew. Acta Chir. Belg. 1994, 94, 75-79.
22° Laparoscopic Placement of Adjustable Silicone Gastric Band in the treatment of Morbid Obesity : How to do it. – M. belachew, M. Legrand, V. Vincent, TH. Defechereux, J.L. Jourdan, B. Monami, N. Jacquet. Obes. Surg. 1995, 5, 66-70.
23° Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding (LASGB) in the treatment of morbid obesity. – M. Belachew, M. Legrand, TH. Defechereux, J.L. Jourdan, B. Monami, N. Jacquet. Standards in der chirurgie in W. Zuckswerdt Verlag, 1995, 415-417.
24° Approche Coelioscopique de l’Obésité Morbide. Technique et Résultats – M. belachew, M; Legrand, V. Vincent, B. Monami, N. Jacquet. Annales de Chirurgie 1997 : 51, 2, 165-172.
25° Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding – M. Belachew, M. Legrand, V. Vincent, M. Lismonde, N. Le Docte, V. Deschamps. World journal of Surgery, 1998, 22, 955-963.
26° Les Dix Commandements pour Eviter les Complications de la Chirurgie Bariatrique sous Laparoscopie – M. Belachew. Le journal de coelio-chirurgie, 1999, 29, 58-60.
27° Histoire de l’Anneau Modulable Laparoscopique (LAGB), du Rêve à la Réalité – M. Belachew. Le Journal de Coelio-chirurgie, 2001, 38 , 4-9
28° History of the Lap-Bandâ : from Dream to Reality – M. Belachew, M.J. Legrand, V. Vincent. Obes. Surg. 2001, 11, 297-302.
29° Long-Term Results of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in Three Major Centres in Belgium : Abstract IFSO Congress – M. Belachew; C. Desaive, P. Belva. Obes. Surg., 2001, 11, 400.
30° Directives pour l’ajustement de l’anneau modulable laparoscopique – M. Belachew, D. Ernnould. Le journal de coelio-chirurgie, 2002, 42, 5-11.
31° Long Term Results of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity- M. Belachew , P.H. Belva, C. Desaive.
Obes. Surg. 2002, 12, 564-568.
32° EDITORIAL: Implantable Gastric Stimulation as Therapy of Human Morbid Obesity- R. Greenstein, M. Belachew. Obes. Surg.2002, 12, 3S-5S
33° Evolution of a Paradigm for Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding-
M. Belachew, J-M. Zimmerman. Amer. J. Surg. 2002, 184, 6B, 21S-25S
34° Les Anneaux Modulables. Genèse et Historique- M. Belachew. In « L’Obésité Morbide Stratégie Thérapeutique », Springer Verlag France 2002, 53-63
35° EDITORIAL : La Lap-Band, 10 Ans Après : Evolution d’un Paradigme
Le journal de coelio-chirurgie, 2004, 50, 3.
36° Book Chapter in:
Book Title: Integrated Medical and Surgical Gastroenterology.
Chapter Title: OBESITY: Surgical Treatment.
Editor: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghun
CO-Author: Mitiku Belachew, MD
Pages: 124-145
37° Book Chapter in:
Book Title: Surgical Management of Obesity
Editor-in Chief: Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD
Chapter Title: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
Author: Mitiku Belachew, MD
38° Book Chapter in:
OBESITY SURGERY: LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH AND PHISIOLOGIC ASPECTS CID Editors: PITOMBO / RENAM C. TINOCO / KENNETH B. JONES Laparoscopic Reoperations in the Adjustable Gastric Band:
Author: M. Belachew (Belgium)
39. EDITORIAL :
LE “LEARNING CURVE” EN CHIRURGIE BARIATRIQUE. UN MAL NECESSAIRE ?
Le journal de coelio-chirurgie, 2005, .
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40. L’anneau laparoscopique modulable (LAGB) Résultats. à long Terme.
Le journal de coelio-chirurgie, 2005, .
41. Video Atlas, Sao Paolo :
Chapter Title: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
Author: Mitiku Belachew, MD