The Michigan Bariatric Society’s vision is to improve public health by improving the management of obesity and metabolic disease by:
- Interchanging ideas, information and experience pertaining to metabolic and bariatric surgery.
- Fostering educational programs for physicians, integrated health personnel and the community at large.
- Establishing and promoting guidelines for patient selection and care
- Promoting improved perioperative and long-term care of patients and the reduction of patient risk.
- Encouraging its members to pursue investigations both in the clinic and laboratory setting.
- Promoting outcome studies and quality assurance.
Our Team
Our History
Our History
Our membership includes bariatric surgeons, non-surgeon physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, psychologists, nurses, dietitians, diabetes educators, office staff, hospital personnel and others.
Our History
Our History
Our History
Officially incorporated in June of 2008, the Michigan Bariatric Society is the Michigan State Chapter of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and will represent the state of Michigan by advocating the same principles and merits of the ASMBS.
Our Mission
Our History
Our Mission
The Michigan Bariatric Society vision is to improve public health and well being by decreasing the hardship of the disease of obesity and related diseases throughout the state of Michigan. The Michigan Bariatric Society is a State Chapter of the ASMBS and will represent the state of Michigan advocating the same principles and merits of the ASMBS.