Dr. Alan A Saber is a nationally and internationally recognized innovator in the field of bariatric and minimally invasive surgery. He received numerous honors and awards in recognition for his contribution in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery. Dr. Saber has more than 200 publications, presentations, and book chapters. He was appointed as the Director of the Bariatric and Metabolic surgery program at Newark Beth Israel Medical center in February 2018, prior he served as the Clinical Professor of surgery and the Chief of minimally invasive surgery and Director of the weight loss center at The Brooklyn Hospital Center/The Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai from Sept 2012-February 2018. Dr. Saber was also the Director of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery at University Hospitals Case Medical Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH. And before that, he served as Chief of the Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric Surgery at Michigan State University.