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Education
Indiana Institute of
Technology, Fort Wayne, Ind., B.S.
Meharry Medical College, Nashville,
Tenn., M.D., 1972
Internship
Harper University
Hospital, Detroit, Mich., (General Surgery), 1973
Residency
Detroit Medical Center / Wayne State
University Affiliated Hospitals, Detroit, Mich., (General Surgery), 1977
Specialties
Surgery, Bariatric Surgery
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Michael H. Wood, M.D., FACS
Director, Bariatric Surgery Program,
Harper University Hospital
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Wayne State
University
 Dr. Wood is board certified with the American Board of Surgery and has
over 25 years of surgical experience and an extensive background in weight loss
surgery and advanced laparoscopic procedures.
Currently, Dr. Wood is the
Medical Director of Bariatric Surgical Services at Harper University Hospital.
He has performed over 3,000 weight loss surgical procedures and has devoted a
large portion of his medical career to the study and treatment of obesity and
weight loss strategies. His clinical interests include Minimally Invasive
Surgery, laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Lap Band and REALIZE adjustable
gastric band.
He is an active member of the American Society for
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), a Fellow of the American College of
Surgeons (FACS), Michigan State Medical Society, Wayne County Medical Society,
and is the medical director and founder of American Bariatric Medicine Institute (ABMI) .
Dr. Wood has held several faculty and professional appointments
throughout his medical career, and is currently Clinical Professor of Surgery,
Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Dr. Wood has authored many
articles related to obesity and bariatric surgery procedures. He has a
passion involving treating obesity and its disease processes, including
physiological considerations, dietary factors in gastrointestinal disease
and strategies in prevention. He was involved in grant-funded
research studying the effect of endogenous opiates on gastric acid
secretion. He is also the co-inventor of the patented Sapala-Wood
Micropouch® gastric bypass procedure. His most recent project, in
collaboration with the Division of Endocrinology at Wayne State University,
is the study of differential gene expression of inflammatory cytokines in the
fat cell.
Honors and Awards
Best Doc, Inc. HOUR
Magazine, Detroit, Mich.; Faculty Research Award, Wayne State University;
Theodore McGraw Clinical Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, Wayne
State University; and, Best Author Award, Journal of Obesity Surgery; The
Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Physician Leadership Award for
outstanding community service to name a few.
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