Prof. Gerhard Prager is a worldwide known specialist in minimally invasive and metabolic/bariatric surgery and Professor of Bariatric Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna. He served as the president of the International Federation of Obesity and metabolic disorders European Chapter (IFSO-EC) from 2018-2021 and as President of the International Federation of Obesity and metabolic disorders (more than 11.800 surgeons worldwide) 2023/2024.
Prof. Prager published more than 300 scientific articles, books, book chapters and abstracts.
His scientific work is cited more than 13.000 times and his current H-factor is 58.
He has performed himself more than 5000 bariatric/metabolic operations and more than 10.000 laparoscopic operations. He trained more than 500 surgeons from all over the world and did live operations during numerous congresses in various continents.