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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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