Dr. Michael H. Wood

       

       

 Curriculum Vitae  

       
                   

MEDICAL PRACTICE:

American Bariatric Medicine Institute

POSITIONS:

Medical Director Bariatric Surgery Program, Harper University Hospital
January, 2006-Present

Medical Director, American Bariatric Medicine Institute
January, 2007-Present

Medical Director, CORI Centers
January, 2003-December, 2006

Chief, Surgical Services, St. John Detroit Riverview Hospital
October, 1998- December, 2002

President, Cain-Wood Surgical Associates, P.C.
October, 1998- December, 2002

Chief of Surgery, Westland Medical Center
July, 1984- December, 1988

Private Practice, Cain-Wood Surgical Associates, P.C.
July, 1983- December, 2002

Full Time Faculty, Dept. of Surgery, Wayne State University
July, 1977- June, 1983

EDUCATION:

Premedical:

Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, Indiana
B.S. Chemistry, 1964-1968

         
   
Medical:
   
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, Tennessee M.D.,
1968-1972
   
TRAINING:
   
Internship: Harper Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 1972-1973
Residency: Wayne State University Affiliated Hospitals,
General Surgery, Detroit, Michigan; 1973-1977
   
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:
   
Michigan Medical License, Number 33364, December 10, 1973
Diplomat, American Board of Surgery, Number 23762, June 12, 1978
Recertified, October 21, 1988 Recertified, October 24, 1997
Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1980-Present
   
         
   
HOSPITAL AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
   
Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit Michigan
Active Staff Privileges, Department of Surgery, 1977-1990
Harper University Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Active Staff Privileges, Department of Surgery, 1977-Present
Harper-Grace Hospitals, Detroit, Michigan
Advisory Board, Department of Surgery, 1987-1991
Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Advisory Board, Department of Surgery, 1979-1990
Southwest Detroit Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Advisory Board, Department of Surgery, 1984-1991
Westland Medical Center, Westland, Michigan
Chairman, Department of Surgery, 1984-1988
Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Advisory Board, Department of Surgery, 1987-1991
St. John Detroit Riverview Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Chief, Surgical Services, 1990-2002
St. John Health System, Detroit, Michigan
Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2002
St. Joseph Mercy Macomb Hospital, Clinton Township, Michigan
Active Staff Privileges, 2003-2004
Garden City Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Active Staff Privileges, 2003-2004
         
   
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
   
Instructor, Department of Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1977-1978

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1978-1983

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1983-1988

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1988-1999

Clinical Professor of Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1999-Present
         
   
HONORS AND AWARDS:
   
Faculty Research Award, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1979-1980

Sponsor, Frederick Coller Award Recipient, American College of Surgeons, Michigan Chapter, 1980

Theodore McGraw Clinical Faculty Teaching Award, Wayne State University, Department of Surgery, Detroit, Michigan, 1990

Physician Leadership Award, Michigan Health and Hospital Association, Leadership Forum, Traverse City, Michigan, 1997

Best Author Award, Journal of Obesity Surgery, 1998
         
   
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
   
Field Liaison Physician, American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer,
Westland Medical Center, Westland, Michigan, 1986-1988

Member, Applicants Committee, American College of Surgeons, Michigan
District No. 1, 1988-1994 and 2003-2008
         
   
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
   

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

American Medical Association
  American Society Metabolic and Bariatric Society
  Midwest Surgical Association
Michigan State Medical Society

Detroit Medical Society

Wayne County Medical Society
Detroit Surgical Association
Detroit Academy of Medicine
         
   
TEACHING  
   

Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Detroit, Michigan,
Lectures for third-year medical students and surgical residents, 1977-2000

Instructor, Michigan Chapter, American College of Surgeons, East Lansing, Michigan,
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy hands-on seminar, May 1991

Lecturer, St. John Detroit Riverview Hospital, Residency Program, 1992-Present

Instructor, Advanced Laparoscopic Suturing Symposium, Naples, Florida, August, 1994

Instructor, Advanced Laparoscopic Suturing Symposium, Waikiki, Hawaii, Sept-Oct, 1994

         
   
GRANT SUPPORT:
The effect of morphine and enkephalin on gastric acid secretion.
Biomedical research support group, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1979-1980.

The effect of endogenous opiates on gastric acid secretion.
Biomedical research support group, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1981-1982
         
   
PUBLICATIONS:
   

1. Proctor CD, Kirby J. Wood, MD, Wade LH, King PK. Comparison of the effects of D-amphetamine and L-amphetamine in reversing depression of mouse locomotor activity caused by reserpine. Arch Inter Pharmacodynam Therapy 1974;212:1

2. Wood MH, Gerrick SJ, Lucas CE. Primary repair for closed lobar bronchus injury. J. Trauma 1974;18:682-83

3. Wood MH, Reddy RV, Broome I, Dawe EJ. Naloxone reversal of opiate inhibitory effect on gastric acid secretion. Surg Froum 1981;32.

4. Chen J, Wood MH, Tuberculosis lymphadenopathy: A collective review with a case report. J. Nat Med Assoc 1988;80

5. Sapala JA, Wood MH, Sapala MA, Mason DS. Stapler division of the omentum and small bowel mesentery in morbidly obese patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Obes Surg 1997;7:207-10

6. Mason DS, Sapala JA, Wood MH. Removal of fascial staples from the midline incision in patients undergoing a secondary laparotomy procedure. AORN J 1998;67:233-35

7. Sapala JA, Wood MH, Sapala MA, Flake T. Jr. Marginal ulcer after near total gastric bypass: a preliminary report in 173 patients. Obes Surg 1997;7: (abstract)

8. Rosser JC, Wood MH, Payne J. Fullum T. Lisehora G, Rosser L, Barcia, Sovali R. Telementoring: pushing the telemedicine envelope, J assoc Acad Minor Phys 1998: 8: No. 1.

9. Rosser, JC, Wood WH, Payne JH, Fullman TM, Lisehora GB, Rosser L, Barcia PJ, Savalgi RS. Telementoring: a practical option in surgical training. Surg Endosc 1997; 11852-55.

10. Sapala JA, Wood MH, Staten P, et al. IgE mediated latex allergy: special considerations for five atopic patients undergoing gastric bypass. Obes Surg 1997; 82 (abstract).

11. Sapala JA, Wood MH, Flake T, Jr. etal. Serologic immunoglobulin g (IgG) antibody screening and chromendoscopy for Helicobacter pylori in patients undergoing a near total gastric bypass. Obese Surg 1998; 8:207-10.

12. Sapala JA, wood MH, Flake t. Jr, et al. Marginal ulcer after gastric bypass: a prospective three year study of 173 patients. Obes Surg 1998; 8:505-16.

13. Wood MH, Chiu G, Sapala JA, Sapala MA. Phytobezoar after near total gastric bypass: a report of an unusual case and strategies for prevention. Obes Surg 1999:9 (abstract).

14. Sapala JA, Wood MH, Sapala MA, Flake T, Jr. In: Dietel M ed. Update: Surgery for the Morbidly Obese Patient, Toronto: FD Publication, 2000; 181-202.

15. Wood MH, Sapala JA, Sapala MA, Schuhknecht MP, Flake, T Jr. Micropouch sm gastric bypass: indications for gastrostomy tube placement in the bypassed stomach. Obes Surg 2000; 10:413-19.

16. Wood MH, Sapala JA, Sapala MA, Schuhknecht MP, Flake, T Jr. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Technical challenges in accessing the distal gastric remnant. Obes Surg 10; 2000:348 (abstract).

17. Wood MH, Sapala MA, Schuhknecht MP, flake TM, Jr. The micropouch Sm gastric bypass. Anatomical and physiologic considerations in primary and redo operations. Obes Surg 2000; 10:339-40 (abstract).

18. Sapala, JA, Wood MH, Sapala MA, Schuhknect MP, Flake TM, Jr. The micropouch gastric bypass: technical considerations in primary and revisionary operations. Obes Surg 2001:11:3-17.

19. Sapala, JA, Wood MH, Sapala MA, Schuhknect MP, Flake TM, Jr. Micropouch sm gastric bypass: technical and physiological considerations. Obes Surg 2001; 11:442 (abstract).

20. Sapala, JA, Wood MH, Sapala MA, Schuhknect MP. Peptic ulcer after gastric bypass; should a paracrine pathway be invoked? Obes Surg 2002; 12:419-420. (correspondence).

21. Sapala JA, Wood MH, Schuhknect MP, Sapala MA. Fatal Pulmonary Embolism after Bariatric Operations for Morbid Obesity: A 24-Year Retrospective Analysis. Obes Surg 2003:13:819-825.

22. Sapala JA, Wood MH, Schuhknech MP. Vagotomy at the Time of Gastric Bypass: Can it Be Harmful? Obes Surg 2004; 14:575-576 (editorial).

23. Sapala JA, Wood MH, Schuhknecht MP. Anastomic Leak Prophylaxis Using a Vapor Heated Fibrin Sealant: Report on 738 Gastric Bypass Patients. Obes Surg 2004; 14:35-42.

         
   
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
   
Near total gastric bypass for morbid obesity: a preliminary report in 173 patients. Sapala JA, Sapala MA, Wood MH. Poster Presentation. 13th Annual Meeting, American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Oqebec City, Canada, June 1996

IgE mediated latex allergy: special consideration for two atopic patients undergoing gastric bypass. Sapala JA, Wood MH, Staten P, et al. Poster Presentation. 4th Annual Meeting, American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Chicago, IL, June 1997

Serologic Immunoglobulin G (igG) antibody screening and chromoendoscopy for Helicobacter pylori in patients undergoing a near total gastric bypass. Sapala JA, Wood MH, Flake TM, Jr, et al. Poster Presentation. 15th Annual Meeting, American Society of Bariatric Surgery, Orlando, FL, June 1998

Phytobezoar after near total gastric bypass: a report of an unusual case and strategies for prevention. Wood MH, Chiu G, Sapala JA, Sapala MA. Poster Presentation. 16th Annual Meeting, American Society for Bariatric Surgery, San Diego, CA, June 1999

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Technical challenges in assessing the distal gastric remnant. Wood MH, Sapala JA, Sapala MA, Schuhknecht MP, Flake TM, Jr. Presentation. 13th International Symposium on Obesity Surgery, 4th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), Salzburg, Austria, September 1999

Micropouch™ gastric bypass: indications for gastrostomy tube placement in the bypassed stomach. Poster Presentation. 17th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Memphis, TN, June 2000

The Micropouch™ gastric bypass: anatomical and physiologic considerations in primary and redo operations. Wood MH, Sapala JA, Sapala Ma, et al. Presentation. 5th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), Genoa, Italy, September 2000

The Micropouch™ gastric bypass: technical and physiological considerations. Presentation. 6th World Congress of International Federation for Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), Crete, Greece, September 2001

The Micropouch™ gastric bypass: anatomical and physiologic considerations in Primary and redo operations. Presentation. 5th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), Genoa, Italy, September 2000

The Micropouch™ gastric bypass: technical and physiological considerations. Video Presentation. 6th World Congress of the International Federation for Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), Crete, Greece, September 2001

DuraPrep topical skin preparation in patients undergoing Micropouch™ gastric bypass: a prospective, randomized study of 254 patients. Presentation. 7th World Congress of the International Federation for Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), San Paulo, Brazil, August 2002

Prevention of anastomotic leaks using a vapor heated fibrin sealant: an analysis of 738 gastric bypass patients. Plenary session presentation at the 20th Annual Meeting, American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Boston, MA, June 2003

Fatal pulmonary embolism after bariatric procedures of morbid obesity. A 24-year retrospective analysis. Presented at the plenary session of the 8th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), Salamanca, Spain, September 2003

Panel Moderator: Video session on Bariatric surgery. The 9th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), Tokyo, Japan, September 2004
         
   
REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
   
Leiomyosarcomas of the GI tract. Wayne State University, Department of Surgery, Grand Rounds, Detroit, Michigan, March 1977

Carotid artery surgery in a teaching hospital. Detroit Surgical Association, Detroit, Michigan, March 1997

Carotid endartectomy. National Medical Association Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, August 1978

Enkephalins. Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, Second Surgical Alumni Meeting, October 1979

Enkephalins and gastrointestinal physiology. Department of Surgery Research Conference, Robert S. Marx Surgical Laboratories, Detroit, Michigan, November 1979

Unusual biliary tract conundrums. Wayne State University, Department of Surgery, Grand Rounds, Detroit, Michigan, March 1980

Effect of morphine on gastric secretion. Detroit Physiologic Society, Detroit, Michigan, March 1980

Chronic pancreatitis. Harper Hospital, Department of Surgery, Grand Rounds Conference, Detroit, Michigan, March 1981

Holistic health: a surgeon’s assessment. Wayne State University, department of Surgery, Grand Rounds, Detroit, Michigan, May 1981

Bleeding pancreatic pseudocysts. Wayne State University, Department of Surgery, Grand Rounds, Detroit, Michigan, September 1981

Tumors of the adrenal gland. Wayne State University, Department of Surgery, Grand Rounds, Detroit, Michigan, September 1982

Dietary factors in gastrointestinal disease. Society of Gastrointestinal Assistants, Detroit, Michigan, October 1982

Diagnosis and management of abdominal pain of undetermined etiology. Wayne State University Health Center, department of Family Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, December 1984.

Hemolytic anemias and abdominal pain. Wayne State University, Department of Family Medicine clinical conference, Detroit,, Michigan, May 1987.

The post-operative care of the trauma patient. Mt. Carmel Hospital, Department of Surgery Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, March 1990.

What every woman should know. Workshop on Mammography/Surgical Intervention, Auxiliary to the Detroit Medical Society, Detroit, Michigan, May 1990.

Blunt trauma, resuscitation and evaluation. Mt. Carmel Hospital, Department of Surgery Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, September 1990.

Penetrating abdominal injury. Detroit Medical Society Clinic Day, Detroit, Michigan, June 1992.

Medical liability reform. Auxiliary to the Detroit Medical Society, Detroit, Michigan, October 1992.

Advanced laparoscopic surgery. Detroit Riverview Hospital, Medical Service Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, February 1995.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symposium. Macomb Hospital Center, Warren, Michigan, June 1996.

Advanced Laproscopic Surgery. Botsford General Hospital, Surgery Department, Farmington Hills, Michigan, June 1996.

Special issues seminar: cybermedicine. Michigan Hospital Association, Lansing, Michigan, August 1998.

The epidemic of the 21st century: morbid obesity. Observation and management strategies. Detroit Academy of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, March 1999.

Crisis in America, morbid obesity. Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan, Southfield, Michigan, March 1999.

The treatment of morbid obesity. COGMET, East Lansing, Michigan, April 1999.

Crises in America: morbid obesity prevention and strategies for the new millennium. Seminar on Morbid Obesity: Overview, St. John Macomb Hospital, Warren, Michigan, May 1999.

Morbid obesity. St. John Macomb Hospital, Surgical Service Meeting, Scientific Session, Warren, Michigan, July 1999.

Bariatric surgery update: year 2000 and beyond. St. John Detroit Riverview Hospital, Surgical Service Meeting (Scientific Session), Detroit, Michigan, December 1999.

Obesity: surgical approach. 5th Annual Primary Care Symposium on African-American Health, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, May 2000.

Surgical treatment of morbid obesity. 7th Annual Gastroenterology Symposium: GI update: 2000, St. John Northeast Community Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, September 2000.
                  
       
        

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