Smith, Margaret E.
Lee, Jay S.
Bonham, Aaron
Varban, Oliver A.
Finks, Jonathan F.
Carlin, Arthur M.
Ghaferi, Amir A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (DK108740-02, CA009672-23)
Article History
Received: 14 April 2018
Accepted: 15 October 2018
First Online: 23 October 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Oliver Varban and Dr. Jonathan Finks receive salary support from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as the Associate Directors of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative. Dr. Arthur Carlin receives an honorarium from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as chair of the Executive Committee of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative. Dr. Ghaferi receives salary support from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as the Director of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative. Dr. Margaret Smith, Dr. Jay Lee and Aaron Bonham have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.