Dr. Carlin is a Professor of Surgery at Wayne State University and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Michigan State University COM.  He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Wayne State University and also completed his General Surgery residency and attended medical school at Wayne State University where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha and graduated with High Distinction. During residency Dr. Carlin completed a NIH research fellowship in Surgery and Biochemistry. He spent five years at the Detroit Medical Center before joining Henry Ford Health in 2003 and was appointed Division Head of General Surgery in 2011. Dr. Carlin established the bariatric surgery program at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in 2016 and is their Medical Director of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.  He is also the Associate General Surgery Program Director at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital.  Dr. Carlin has been Executive Committee Chair of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (MBSC) since 2014 and now serves as the Director of MBSC.​