Dr. Finks is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan.  Dr. Finks attended college at Harvard University and medical school at the University of California, Irvine.  He completed a General Surgery residency at the University of Cincinnati and went on to complete a 2-year research and clinical fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.  Dr. Finks’ clinical interests are in minimally invasive general and bariatric surgery and he served as the director of the Adult Bariatric Surgery Program at the University of Michigan from 2011 until 2014.  His research focus is on improving surgical outcomes in bariatric surgery through collaborative quality improvement.  Dr. Finks has served on the Executive and Publication Committees of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (MBSC) since 2007 and now serves as the co-director of the MBSC.