Amir Ghaferi, MD, MSc, MBA, FACS, FASMBS

Publications

• Finding Comfort in Discomfort… Reflecting on Stories Told.

  (Vitous CA, Bamdad M, Bankhead BK, McElroy IE, Mogal H, Thanawala R, Ghaferi A.) J Surg Res. 2024 Jan;293:A1-A7 PMID: 37062668 PMCID: PMC10103824 04/17/2023

• Association of program-specific variation in bariatric surgery volume for Medicaid patients and access to care: a tale of inequality?

  (Somerset AE, Wood MH, Bonham AJ, Carlin AM, Finks J, Ghaferi AA, Varban OA.) Surg Endosc. 2023 Nov;37(11):8570-8576 PMID: 37872428 10/24/2023

• Evaluating outcomes among surgeons who changed their technique for gastric bypass: a state-wide analysis from 2011 to 2021.

  (Hider AM, Johanson H, Bonham AJ, Ghaferi AA, Finks J, Ehlers AP, Carlin AM, Varban OA.) Surg Endosc. 2023 Nov;37(11):8464-8472 PMID: 37740112 09/23/2023

• The effect of marijuana use on short-term outcomes with bariatric surgery.

  (Janes LA, Hammond JW, Bonham AJ, Carlin AM, Ghaferi AA, Varban OA, Ehlers AP, Finks JF.) Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 Sep;19(9):964-970 PMID: 37142472 05/05/2023

• Impact of concurrent hiatal hernia repair during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on patient-reported gastroesophageal reflux symptoms: a state-wide analysis.

  (Hider AM, Bonham AJ, Carlin AM, Finks JF, Ghaferi AA, Varban OA, Ehlers AP.) Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 Jun;19(6):619-625 PMID: 36586763 01/01/2023

• Financial Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Prescription Diabetes Medications in Michigan.

  (Varban OA, Hassett KP, Yost M, Carlin AM, Ghaferi AA, Finks JF, Ehlers AP.) JAMA Surg. 2023 May 01;158(5):554-556 PMID: 36857073 PMCID: PMC9979000 03/02/2023

• Predicting serious complication risks after bariatric surgery: external validation of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative risk prediction model using the Dutch Audit for Treatment of Obesity.

  (Akpinar EO, Ghaferi AA, Liem RSL, Bonham AJ, Nienhuijs SW, Greve JWM, Marang-van de Mheen PJ, Dutch Audit for Treatment of Obesity (DATO) Research Group.) Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 Mar;19(3):212-221 PMID: 36274015 10/24/2022

• Factors that influence discharge opioid prescribing among bariatric surgeons across Michigan.

  (Vitous CA, Carlin AM, Waljee J, Stricklen A, Ross R, Ghaferi A, Ehlers AP.) Am J Surg. 2023 Jan;225(1):184-190 PMID: 35933183 08/07/2022

• Independent predictors and timing of portomesenteric vein thrombosis after bariatric surgery.

  (Carlin AM, Varban OA, Ehlers AP, Bonham AJ, Ghaferi AA, Finks JF.) Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 Dec;18(12):1385-1391 PMID: 36198496 10/06/2022

• A 44-Year-Old Woman with Dyspnea and Hemoptysis in the Setting of Remote Bariatric Surgery.

  (Chao S, Hoch V, Gilbert T, Nelson S, Sheetz K, Ghaferi A, Wakeam E, Co I.) Chest. 2022 Oct;162(4):e173-e176 PMID: 36210110 PMCID: PMC9633809 10/10/2022

• Comparison of COVID-19 Rates Among In-Person and Virtual Attendees of a National Surgical Society Meeting in the US.

  (Silver CM, Joung RH, Morris MS, Wang KS, Ghaferi AA, Bilimoria KY, Clarke CN.) JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Sep 01;5(9):e2230300 PMID: 36069986 PMCID: PMC9453540 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85137745353 09/08/2022

• Impact of hiatal hernia repair technique on patient-reported gastroesophageal reflux symptoms following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

  (Ehlers AP, Bonham AJ, Ghaferi AA, Finks JF, Carlin AM, Varban OA.) Surg Endosc. 2022 Sep;36(9):6815-6821 PMID: 35854122 07/20/2022