OUR TEAM
Arthur M. Carlin, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Director
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Dr. Carlin is a Professor of Surgery at Wayne State University and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Michigan State University COM. He graduated Summa Cum Laude [...]
Jonathan F. Finks, MD, Associate Director
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Dr. Finks is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan. Dr. Finks attended college at Harvard University and medical school at the University of California, Irvine. He completed a General Surgery [...]​​
Oliver A. Varban, MD, FACS, FASMBS
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Dr. Varban is a Minimally Invasive and Bariatric surgeon at Henry Ford and serves as Associate Director of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (MBSC). After graduating [...]​​
Nabeel Obeid, MD, Associate Director
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Dr. Obeid is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Minimally-Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery at Michigan Medicine. He is a native of Michigan, born and raised [...]​​
Amir A. Ghaferi, MD, MSc, MBA, FACS, FASMBS, Physician Consultant
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Dr. Ghaferi is the President of Physician Enterprise and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs for Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. He served as the Director [...]​​​
Amanda Stricklen, RN, MS, Managing Director
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Amanda is the Managing Director of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (MBSC) and the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC), where she plays a key role in improving the quality of care [...]​​
Rachel Ross, RN, MS, Senior Project Manager
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Rachel is a Senior Project Manager for the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (MBSC) and the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC), where she plays a pivotal role in coordinating and enhancing the quality [...]​​
Erin Charbeneau, RHIA, BS, Clinical Information Analyst
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Erin is a Clinical Information Analyst for the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Information Management from Ferris State [...]​​
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Sarah Petersen, MPH, Statistician
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Sarah is a statistician for the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collective. She earned both her Bachelor of Science in cellular and molecular biology and Master of Public Health in epidemiology [...]​​
Gale O'Reilly, Follow-Up Coordinator
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Gale is an Administrative Assistant with the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative. She joined the MBSC team in 2009 and supports the day-to-day activities [...]​​
Liz Hodges, Administrative Assistant
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Liz is an Administrative Assistant with MBSC. Prior to joining the MBSC team in 2018, Liz worked in Customer Service with multiple different leadership roles. Liz’s role with MBSC [...]​​
