International Advisory Board
The International Advisory Board is a group of key opinion leaders around the world who are on hand to offer advice about their market and feedback on our products.
Every market has different clinical needs and surgical preferences and, as an export focused company, access to the International Advisory Board ensures that we can fully immerse ourselves within each country’s culture. The aim of the International Advisory Board is to liaise with our design team and consult with global sales and marketing to assist with our understanding of the market and emerging trends.
SI is currently working with our network of international distributors to build up representation in the group.
Name: Sean Barnett
Specialty: Paediatric
Dr. Sean J. Barnett is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Paediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He is a staff and core trauma surgeon in the Division of Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery, as well as one of three adolescent bariatric surgeons in the Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens, all housed within Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
He is currently head of the Operating Room Equipment and Standards Committee. Dr. Barnett is a graduate of Purdue University (BSME), Wright State University (MS in Anatomy), and the Boonshoft School of Medicine (Alpha Omega Alpha). He completed his general surgery training and a fellowship in surgical infectious diseases at the University of Minnesota and a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
He is boarded in both general and paediatric surgery, a member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA), the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP), and the International Pediatric Endoscopy Group (IPEG).
Name: Bassem Safadi
Specialism: Laparoscopy
Dr Bassem Safadi is an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Dr. Safadi is one of the leaders in laparoscopic and bariatric surgery in Lebanon and the Middle East.
He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Prior to his return to Lebanon in 2005 Dr Safadi was the Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship at Stanford University. He completed his surgical training from 1992 until 1999 at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington DC , Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and the University of California, San Francisco.
