To date, Dr Layani has done close to 5000 bariatric procedures, including Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB), Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy(VSG), and Gastric Bypass (GB). Whilst LAGB remains the most commonly performed procedure in Australia, Dr Layani has been at the forefront of the VSG revolution in Australia. His decision to perform VSG as a revision bariatric procedure for failed gastric band at John Flynn Private Hospital in Queensland started about 7 years ago and he has since gone on to perform over 1500 of these procedures as primary procedure and over 200 revision procedures (LAGB to VSG, Open Stapling to VSG, and Lap Bypass following VSG).
Dr Layani started his formal training in laparoscopic surgery in France (1994). Since being admitted to the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 1998, he has been honored by numerous national and international institutions for his role as an educator and facilitator for new developments in bariatric surgery. He is currently a major contributor to research being done in the US regarding new surgical treatments for obesity.
A number of highly respected surgeons around Australia and the world have completed varying components of their formal training under his guidance and many have gone on to establish themselves in private practice. He is currently the head surgeon for WeightLoss Solutions Australia (WLSA) at John Flynn Private Hospital in Queensland, Australia and has been in private practice for over 12 years.
3 years post graduate fellow in GI SURGERY at MONASH MEDICAL CENTER MELBOURNE –and as the fellow my third years I was in charge of developing laparoscopic surgery for the department.
ALSO DECISION TO STAY IN AUSTRALIA and prepared the fellow -ship examination and got rewarded in new Zealand in 1998 in fact first French person at this time to pass this examination and became FRACS .