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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
ACS Fellow Since 1997

Michael Joseph Garren, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Am Soc for Metabolic & Bariatric Surg
  • Soc of Am Gast End Surgs

Additional Information

Gender

Male

General Surgery

4602 Eastpark Blvd

UW Health at The American Center

Madison, WI 53718

United States

Contact Information

Biography

Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health. Director - UW Health Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program. Past President - Wisconsin Surgical Society

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

  • gastroplasty
  • laparoscopic gastric bypass
  • roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • abdominal pain
  • adhesion removal
  • anti-reflux procedures
  • appendectomy
  • feeding tubes
  • fundoplication
  • fundoplication - laparoscopic
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • peptic ulcer disease
  • peritonitis
  • splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • biliary tract disease
  • cholecystectomy
  • gallstone disease
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver biopsy
  • pancreatic cysts

Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia
  • component separation
  • epigastric hernia
  • femoral hernia
  • inguinal hernia
  • laparoscopic hernia repair
  • paraesophageal hernia
  • umbilical hernia
  • ventral hernia

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • component separation
  • epidermal cyst
  • nevi
  • skin and soft tissue infections
  • wound infections

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

  • anal abscess
  • anal fissure
  • anal fistula
  • hemorrhoid problems
  • rectal bleeding

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • anal abscess
  • biopsy of tumors
  • colectomy
  • colon surgery
  • colonic polyps
  • colostomy
  • Crohn's disease
  • diverticular disease
  • esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  • gastrointestinal bleeding
  • gastrointestinal cancer
  • hemorrhoidectomy
  • ileostomy
  • intussusception
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • Meckel's diverticulum
  • stomach cancer

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • laparoscopic surgery

Hospital Appointments

Meriter Hosp.

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

University of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

UW Health at The American Center

Madison, WI

Director

Academic Appointments

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Madison, WI

Clinical Professor