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Dr. Michael Williams
5755 North Point Parkway
Suite 55
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Phone:(770) 500-3660
Fax:(770) 500-3664
Dr. Michael Williams, C.V.
Michael Williams, MD.
5755 North Point Parkway, Suite 55
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Email: DrWilliams@BariatricsMD.com
Undergraduate Education:
1988 – 1992 University of Maryland
Major: Biology
Degree: Bachelor of Science (Magna Cum Laude)
Medical Education:
1992 – 1996 West Virginia University Medical School
Degree: M.D.
Post Graduate Training:
1996 – 2001 The Brooklyn Hospital Center
General Surgery Residency
Fellowship:
2001 – 2002 Baylor College of Medicine
Michael E. DeBakey Minimally Invasive Surgery Program
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Mini-Fellowship UTSW, Dallas Texas March 24 – 29, 2002
41.0 category 1 credits
Practice:
Videoscopic Institute of Atlanta
Laparoscopic, General and Bariatric Surgery
July 2002 - June 2004
Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery Institute, P.C.
Laparoscopic, General and Bariatric Surgery
June 2004 - Present
Licensure:
Georgia State Medical License
Honors and Awards:
Undergraduate
U.M.E.S. – U.M.A.B. Honors Program
National Dean’s List
Certificate of Academic Achievement – 1990, 1991, 1992
National Collegiate Natural Science Award – 1991
U.M.E.S. National Alumni Award
Certificate of Outstanding Achievement in Biology - 1992
Medical School
Dubois Fellowship Award – 1992-1996
Martha E. Benjamin Foundation Scholarship 1993 –1995
Postgraduate
Outstanding Young Americans Award – 1998
Recipient, Aventis Surgery Scholarship Program - 2000
Laparoscopic Resident of the Year Award – 2001
American Board of Surgery Qualifying Examination 94TH %
2nd Place at Large Top Gun Competition ACS - 2001
2nd Place at Large Top Gun Competition SAGES - 2002
Educational Activities:
Ad hoc Reviewer, Uric Acid as a Monitor of Oxidative Stress in Random Skin Flaps in Rats, J Surgical Research, April 2002
Faculty Instructor, Minimally Invasive Surgery Update Course; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX. April 19th & 20th
Instructor, Bariatric Surgery Primer, Live Closed-Circuit TV presentation, Laparoscopic Banded Vertical Gastroplasty, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, 2003
Instructor, Bariatric Surgery Primer, Live Closed-Circuit TV presentation, Laparoscopic Banded Vertical Gastroplasty,
American College of Surgeons, Spring Meeting 2004
SAGES
Complications in Bariatric Surgery Postgraduate Course Continuing Medical Education
Credits 7.25 category 1 March 31 - April 3, 2004
BioEnterics LAP-BAND
Adjustable Gastric Banding System Training Workshop
May 20-22, 2004 Louisville, KY.
Presenter, Endoluminal Therapies for GERD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium,
National Medical Association Convention
July 25, 2005
Certification:
American Board of Surgery – 2002
Affiliations:
Southeastern Surgical Congress
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Society Of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Atlanta Medical Association
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Abstracts:
J.K. Champion MD, Susan Champion BS, Mike Williams MD. The Length of the Roux Limb in Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass for Super Morbid Obesity: Does it Matter? Presented at SAGES 2004 Poster Presentation
J.K. Champion MD, Mike Williams MD.A Single Center Experience with the FDA Clinical “B” Trial for The Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding System for Morbid Obesity in the U.S. Presented at SAGES 2004 Poster Presentation
J.K. Champion MD, Michael Williams MD. Five Year Outcomes with a Laparoscopic Wedge Vertical Banded Gastroplasty for Morbid Obesity. Presented at SAGES 2004 Poster Presentation
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion MD. Experience with Routine Intra-abdominal Cultures During Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass With Implications For Antibiotic Prophylaxsis. Presented at SAGES poster presentation 2003.
Champion S, Williams M, Champion JK. Importance of routine diet journals to aid in nutritional counseling for post-op bariatric patients.
Obes Surg 2003; 13:191-192
Publications:
Michael D. Williams, MD, Francis A. Eissien, MD, Jihad Salameh, MD. John Sweeney, MD, Laparoscopic Management of Localized Intra-Abdominal Castleman’s; Disease. Surgical Endoscopy Online First. September 2003
Salameh JR, Sweeney JF, Essien FA, Williams MD, Awad S, Itani KM, Fisher WE. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair during the Learning Curve. Hernia 2002 Dec; 6(4):172-177
J.K. Champion MD, Mike Williams, MD. Prospective Randomized Comparison of Linear Staplers during Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obesity Surgery 2003 Dec; 13:855-860
Salameh JR, Votanopoulos KI, Hilal RE, Essien FA, Williams MD, Barroso AO, Sweeney JF, Brunicardi FC. Rectal duplication cyst in an adult: the laparoscopic approach. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2002 Dec; 12(6):453-6
J.K. Champion MD, Michael Williams MD. Small Bowel Obstruction and Internal Hernias after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obesity Surgery 2003 Aug;13(4):596-600
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion MD. Experience with Routine Intra-abdominal Cultures During Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass With Implications For Antibiotic Prophylaxsis. Surgical Endoscopy 2004 May 17(5) 755-6.
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion MD. Linear technique of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Technol Int. 2004;13101-5. PMID: 15945149
Champion JK, Williams M. Prospective randomized trial of heated humidified versus cold dry carbon dioxide insufflation during laparoscopic gastric bypass. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2006 Jul-Aug 2(4):445-9
Champion JK, Williams M. Economic impact of bariatrics on a general surgery practice. Obes Surg. 2006 Feb; 16(2):113-8
Champion JK, Willams M, Champion S, Gianos J, Carrasquilla C. Implantable gastric stimulation to achieve weight loss in patients with a low body mass index, Early clinical trial results. Surg Endosc. 2006 Mar; 20(3):444-7
Book Chapters:
Michael D. Williams, MD, John Sweeney, MD. Hand-Approach, Laparoscopic Surgery: Principles and Procedures, Jones ed. May 2004
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion, MD Complications of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Management of Laparoscopic Surgical Complications, LeBlanc ed. July 2004
Champion JK, Willams M. Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty. Surgical Management of Obesity, Buchwald H, Cowan G, Ikaramudin S, ed. Elsivier Science. Philadelphia. In press.
Champion JK, Willams M, Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty. Current Problems in Surgery. Nguyen ed. Lipincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia. In Press.
Michael Williams, MD.
5755 North Point Parkway, Suite 55
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Email: DrWilliams@BariatricsMD.com
Major: Biology
Degree: Bachelor of Science (Magna Cum Laude)
Degree: M.D.
Post Graduate Training:
1996 – 2001 The Brooklyn Hospital Center
General Surgery Residency
General Surgery Residency
Fellowship:
2001 – 2002 Baylor College of Medicine
Michael E. DeBakey Minimally Invasive Surgery Program
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Mini-Fellowship UTSW, Dallas Texas March 24 – 29, 2002
41.0 category 1 credits
Michael E. DeBakey Minimally Invasive Surgery Program
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Mini-Fellowship UTSW, Dallas Texas March 24 – 29, 2002
41.0 category 1 credits
Practice:
Videoscopic Institute of Atlanta
Laparoscopic, General and Bariatric Surgery
July 2002 - June 2004
Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery Institute, P.C.
Laparoscopic, General and Bariatric Surgery
June 2004 - Present
Licensure:
Laparoscopic, General and Bariatric Surgery
July 2002 - June 2004
Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery Institute, P.C.
Laparoscopic, General and Bariatric Surgery
June 2004 - Present
Licensure:
Georgia State Medical License
Honors and Awards:
Undergraduate
Medical School
Postgraduate
U.M.E.S. – U.M.A.B. Honors Program
National Dean’s List
Certificate of Academic Achievement – 1990, 1991, 1992
National Collegiate Natural Science Award – 1991
U.M.E.S. National Alumni Award
Certificate of Outstanding Achievement in Biology - 1992
National Dean’s List
Certificate of Academic Achievement – 1990, 1991, 1992
National Collegiate Natural Science Award – 1991
U.M.E.S. National Alumni Award
Certificate of Outstanding Achievement in Biology - 1992
Medical School
Dubois Fellowship Award – 1992-1996
Martha E. Benjamin Foundation Scholarship 1993 –1995
Martha E. Benjamin Foundation Scholarship 1993 –1995
Postgraduate
Outstanding Young Americans Award – 1998
Recipient, Aventis Surgery Scholarship Program - 2000
Laparoscopic Resident of the Year Award – 2001
American Board of Surgery Qualifying Examination 94TH %
2nd Place at Large Top Gun Competition ACS - 2001
2nd Place at Large Top Gun Competition SAGES - 2002
Recipient, Aventis Surgery Scholarship Program - 2000
Laparoscopic Resident of the Year Award – 2001
American Board of Surgery Qualifying Examination 94TH %
2nd Place at Large Top Gun Competition ACS - 2001
2nd Place at Large Top Gun Competition SAGES - 2002
Educational Activities:
Ad hoc Reviewer, Uric Acid as a Monitor of Oxidative Stress in Random Skin Flaps in Rats, J Surgical Research, April 2002
Faculty Instructor, Minimally Invasive Surgery Update Course; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX. April 19th & 20th
Instructor, Bariatric Surgery Primer, Live Closed-Circuit TV presentation, Laparoscopic Banded Vertical Gastroplasty, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, 2003
Instructor, Bariatric Surgery Primer, Live Closed-Circuit TV presentation, Laparoscopic Banded Vertical Gastroplasty, American College of Surgeons, Spring Meeting 2004
SAGES
Complications in Bariatric Surgery Postgraduate Course Continuing Medical Education
Credits 7.25 category 1 March 31 - April 3, 2004
BioEnterics LAP-BAND
Adjustable Gastric Banding System Training Workshop
May 20-22, 2004 Louisville, KY.
Presenter, Endoluminal Therapies for GERD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium,
National Medical Association Convention
July 25, 2005
Faculty Instructor, Minimally Invasive Surgery Update Course; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX. April 19th & 20th
Instructor, Bariatric Surgery Primer, Live Closed-Circuit TV presentation, Laparoscopic Banded Vertical Gastroplasty, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, 2003
Instructor, Bariatric Surgery Primer, Live Closed-Circuit TV presentation, Laparoscopic Banded Vertical Gastroplasty, American College of Surgeons, Spring Meeting 2004
SAGES
Complications in Bariatric Surgery Postgraduate Course Continuing Medical Education
Credits 7.25 category 1 March 31 - April 3, 2004
BioEnterics LAP-BAND
Adjustable Gastric Banding System Training Workshop
May 20-22, 2004 Louisville, KY.
Presenter, Endoluminal Therapies for GERD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium,
National Medical Association Convention
July 25, 2005
Certification:
American Board of Surgery – 2002
Affiliations:
Southeastern Surgical Congress
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Society Of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Atlanta Medical Association
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Society Of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Atlanta Medical Association
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Abstracts:
J.K. Champion MD, Susan Champion BS, Mike Williams MD. The Length of the Roux Limb in Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass for Super Morbid Obesity: Does it Matter? Presented at SAGES 2004 Poster Presentation
J.K. Champion MD, Mike Williams MD.A Single Center Experience with the FDA Clinical “B” Trial for The Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding System for Morbid Obesity in the U.S. Presented at SAGES 2004 Poster Presentation
J.K. Champion MD, Michael Williams MD. Five Year Outcomes with a Laparoscopic Wedge Vertical Banded Gastroplasty for Morbid Obesity. Presented at SAGES 2004 Poster Presentation
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion MD. Experience with Routine Intra-abdominal Cultures During Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass With Implications For Antibiotic Prophylaxsis. Presented at SAGES poster presentation 2003.
Champion S, Williams M, Champion JK. Importance of routine diet journals to aid in nutritional counseling for post-op bariatric patients.
Obes Surg 2003; 13:191-192
J.K. Champion MD, Mike Williams MD.A Single Center Experience with the FDA Clinical “B” Trial for The Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding System for Morbid Obesity in the U.S. Presented at SAGES 2004 Poster Presentation
J.K. Champion MD, Michael Williams MD. Five Year Outcomes with a Laparoscopic Wedge Vertical Banded Gastroplasty for Morbid Obesity. Presented at SAGES 2004 Poster Presentation
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion MD. Experience with Routine Intra-abdominal Cultures During Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass With Implications For Antibiotic Prophylaxsis. Presented at SAGES poster presentation 2003.
Champion S, Williams M, Champion JK. Importance of routine diet journals to aid in nutritional counseling for post-op bariatric patients.
Obes Surg 2003; 13:191-192
Publications:
Michael D. Williams, MD, Francis A. Eissien, MD, Jihad Salameh, MD. John Sweeney, MD, Laparoscopic Management of Localized Intra-Abdominal Castleman’s; Disease. Surgical Endoscopy Online First. September 2003
Salameh JR, Sweeney JF, Essien FA, Williams MD, Awad S, Itani KM, Fisher WE. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair during the Learning Curve. Hernia 2002 Dec; 6(4):172-177
J.K. Champion MD, Mike Williams, MD. Prospective Randomized Comparison of Linear Staplers during Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obesity Surgery 2003 Dec; 13:855-860
Salameh JR, Votanopoulos KI, Hilal RE, Essien FA, Williams MD, Barroso AO, Sweeney JF, Brunicardi FC. Rectal duplication cyst in an adult: the laparoscopic approach. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2002 Dec; 12(6):453-6
J.K. Champion MD, Michael Williams MD. Small Bowel Obstruction and Internal Hernias after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obesity Surgery 2003 Aug;13(4):596-600
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion MD. Experience with Routine Intra-abdominal Cultures During Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass With Implications For Antibiotic Prophylaxsis. Surgical Endoscopy 2004 May 17(5) 755-6.
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion MD. Linear technique of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Technol Int. 2004;13101-5. PMID: 15945149
Champion JK, Williams M. Prospective randomized trial of heated humidified versus cold dry carbon dioxide insufflation during laparoscopic gastric bypass. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2006 Jul-Aug 2(4):445-9
Champion JK, Williams M. Economic impact of bariatrics on a general surgery practice. Obes Surg. 2006 Feb; 16(2):113-8
Champion JK, Willams M, Champion S, Gianos J, Carrasquilla C. Implantable gastric stimulation to achieve weight loss in patients with a low body mass index, Early clinical trial results. Surg Endosc. 2006 Mar; 20(3):444-7
Salameh JR, Sweeney JF, Essien FA, Williams MD, Awad S, Itani KM, Fisher WE. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair during the Learning Curve. Hernia 2002 Dec; 6(4):172-177
J.K. Champion MD, Mike Williams, MD. Prospective Randomized Comparison of Linear Staplers during Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obesity Surgery 2003 Dec; 13:855-860
Salameh JR, Votanopoulos KI, Hilal RE, Essien FA, Williams MD, Barroso AO, Sweeney JF, Brunicardi FC. Rectal duplication cyst in an adult: the laparoscopic approach. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2002 Dec; 12(6):453-6
J.K. Champion MD, Michael Williams MD. Small Bowel Obstruction and Internal Hernias after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obesity Surgery 2003 Aug;13(4):596-600
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion MD. Experience with Routine Intra-abdominal Cultures During Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass With Implications For Antibiotic Prophylaxsis. Surgical Endoscopy 2004 May 17(5) 755-6.
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion MD. Linear technique of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Technol Int. 2004;13101-5. PMID: 15945149
Champion JK, Williams M. Prospective randomized trial of heated humidified versus cold dry carbon dioxide insufflation during laparoscopic gastric bypass. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2006 Jul-Aug 2(4):445-9
Champion JK, Williams M. Economic impact of bariatrics on a general surgery practice. Obes Surg. 2006 Feb; 16(2):113-8
Champion JK, Willams M, Champion S, Gianos J, Carrasquilla C. Implantable gastric stimulation to achieve weight loss in patients with a low body mass index, Early clinical trial results. Surg Endosc. 2006 Mar; 20(3):444-7
Book Chapters:
Michael D. Williams, MD, John Sweeney, MD. Hand-Approach, Laparoscopic Surgery: Principles and Procedures, Jones ed. May 2004
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion, MD Complications of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Management of Laparoscopic Surgical Complications, LeBlanc ed. July 2004
Champion JK, Willams M. Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty. Surgical Management of Obesity, Buchwald H, Cowan G, Ikaramudin S, ed. Elsivier Science. Philadelphia. In press.
Champion JK, Willams M, Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty. Current Problems in Surgery. Nguyen ed. Lipincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia. In Press.
Michael D. Williams, MD, J.K. Champion, MD Complications of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Management of Laparoscopic Surgical Complications, LeBlanc ed. July 2004
Champion JK, Willams M. Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty. Surgical Management of Obesity, Buchwald H, Cowan G, Ikaramudin S, ed. Elsivier Science. Philadelphia. In press.
Champion JK, Willams M, Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty. Current Problems in Surgery. Nguyen ed. Lipincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia. In Press.