Dr Awad is a sought-after speaker at prominent conferences and symposia worldwide. His lectures and courses focus on optimising surgery pathways, enhancing patient outcomes, and developing centres of excellence in bariatric surgery. Some of his notable speaking engagements include:

• J&J Webinar on ‘Approaches to Managing High-Performing NHS Bariatric Surgery Services’. Chaired & organized this National webinar, UK, July 24.
• GORE minimally invasive surgery symposium British Chapter – Faculty & Speaker. My sleeve gastrectomy technique evolution. Birmingham, UK, March 23.
• TUGS Lounge Meeting, International Webinar, ERAS in Bariatric Surgery. March 22.
• GORE Expert Obesity Meeting 2022 British Chapter. Bariatric recovery plan – Is fast track an option to support services recovering after COVID? Birmingham, UK, Jan 22.
• MSD Grand Rounds Educational Program 2021. Webex meeting in Switzerland: Scientific update on operation room efficiency and surgical conditions. Feb 21.
• Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland (ASGBI) National Webinar Series: Complications of bariatric surgery for the general surgeon. June 21.
• GORE Meet the Experts Virtual Symposium. Talk titled “Health economics: How does staple line reinforcement save the system money? Own experience within the NHS system”. Nov 20.
• GORE Virtual Symposium. Talk titled “Optimising Bariatric surgery pathways: How to transform your Bariatric practice into a Centre of Excellence?”. Oct 20.
• MSD Lecture Tour, Zurich, Switzerland, 3-4 Mar 20. Talk titled: “‘Optimizing Surgery Pathways and Outcomes”. Delivered at University Hospital Zurich and Hospital Lachen AG.
• Co-Chair – Networks in Anaesthesiology and Surgery Masterclass 2019, virtual international scientific symposium, New Jersey, USA, Nov 19. Meeting webcast to 1800 delegates from 55 countries.
• Networks in Anaesthesiology and Surgery Masterclass 2019, virtual international scientific symposium, New Jersey, USA, Nov 19. Delivered talk on ‘Minimally invasive surgery: Operating room Efficiency, Quality and Sustainability. Webcast to 800 delegates from 42 countries.
• GORE Expert Obesity International meeting, Munich, Germany, Jun 19.. Talks on staple line reinforcement and technical aspects of performing sleeve gastrectomy.
• 2nd International Bariatric Club Word Congress, Oxford, UK, Apr 19.. Part of expert panel for discussions on gastric balloon technique and staple line reinforcement.
• MSD Symposium at Norte da Anestesia 2018, Portugal, Nov 18.. Talk entitled ‘Optimizing Surgery Pathways and Outcomes: How to develop a Center of Excellence; the role of Neuromuscular Blockade and Reversal’.
• 11th Nottingham Endoscopy Masterclass, East-Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, UK, Oct 18. ‘Metabolic Endoscopy: concept, current trends and future’.
• 2nd GORE Expert Obesity International meeting, Munich, Germany, Sep 18. Talks on optimizing Sleeve Gastrectomy technique, how to manage sleeve dilatation and weight regain, how to extend your practice.
• Organiser & Chair: Revisional Bariatric Surgery National Symposium (GORE Medical Mastery Series), Birmingham, Jun 18. Organized, chaired the meeting and delivered expert talks at this National Symposium.
• UK Anaesthesia & Surgery Collaborative: Optimizing neuromuscular blockade management to improve surgical outcomes. Delivered lectures in London and York, UK, Apr 18.
• Organiser & Co-Chair – UK Anaesthesia & Surgery Collaborative: Optimizing neuromuscular blockade management to improve surgical outcomes, Birmingham, UK, Apr 18.
• Keynote Lecture – Networks in Anaesthesia & Surgery International Meeting, Rome, Italy, Mar 18. Talk on Optimizing bariatric surgery pathways & outcomes – How to develop your Unit into a Centre of Excellence.
• Imperial Weight Centre Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Course, London, UK, Nov 17. Talk on ERAS in bariatric surgery and improving safety and standardizing care in the Bariatric Unit.
• GORE Medical Mastery Series: Revision After Sleeve Gastrectomy, London, UK, Oct 17. Lecture entitled ‘State of the art and best outcomes for sleeve gastrectomy’.
• Keynote Lecture – British Association of Retinopathy Screening National Annual Conference, Leeds, UK, Sep 17. Lecture on Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery.
• MSD Optimizing Outcomes in 21st Century NHS, Coventry, UK, Jan 17. Talk on surgical pathways & optimization of patient flow in Bariatric Centres.
• South-West BAPEN (British Association of Enteral & Parentral Nutrition) meeting, Newton Abbot, UK, Sep 15. Talk on starvation and stress – the impact on human physiology.
• Care National Convention 2015, Coventry, UK, Jun 15. Talk on Laparoscopic humidification and warming of CO2 – the impact on human physiology.
• 23rd Magill Symposium, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, UK, Nov 14. Talk entitled “An optimal patient for the right surgery: Nutritional Support”.
• Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) International Congress, Perioperative Nutrition Symposium – Recent advances in preoperative nutritional support, Liverpool, UK, May 12. Talk entitled “Nutritional and metabolic strategies to facilitate recovery”.