Dr Mignon was born in Belgium in 1954.He received his medical degree in 1979 from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, with the greatest distinctive marks (summa cum laude) with the congratulations of the all members of the examination Board. The “summa cum laude” is the highest degree to be confered by the Belgian Universities. He received his Board Certification in General and Abdominal Surgery in 1985.

Dr Mignon has been performing bariatric surgery since the beginning of reducing weight techniques.

He then has an extensive experience in this field, and particularly in gastric banding that he’s performing daily.

He now has constituted an experienced team in bariatric surgery, composed by Dr J.F. DEBRAY, and M. TAKIEDINE, interested and specialized in obesity surgery that they all perform in the same hospital, in Chimay, working as a very close and efficient team.

The team has to date performed more than 6000 laparoscopic procedures of which over 1000 are gastric banding procedures.

Professional affiliations:

Dr Mignon and his team are fully registered with the British General Medical Council (GMC) and listed on the Specialist Register. Dr Mignon is an active member of professional organizations:

Member of TheRoyal Belgian Society for Surgery (RBSS)
Member of The Belgian Group of Endoscopic Surgery (BGES)
Member of The Benelux Association for Bariatric Surgery (BABS) Member of The Belgian Section for Obesity Surgery (SOSB)
Member of The International Society for Obesity Surgery (IFSO) Member of The Belgian Society of Clinic Nutrition (SBNC)
Member of The Belgian Society for Surgical Oncology.BSSO)
Member of The European Society for Surgical Oncology.(ESSO) Member of The Royal Belgian Gastroenterology Society (RBGS) Member of The Belgian Society for Gastroenterologic endoscopy (BSGIE)
Member of Belgian Group of Specialists (BGS)