Biography
Sean M. O’Neill, MD, PhD is a faculty member in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Michigan Medicine. Born and raised in the Flint area, he received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Harvard College. He then obtained a Ph.D. in Policy Analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School and his M.D. from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed General Surgery residency at UCLA, followed by a fellowship in Advanced GI/MIS/Bariatric Surgery at Ohio State. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. O’Neill is a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), where he serves on the Patient Education Committee. He is also a member of the Americas Hernia Society (AHS), the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), and the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
Dr. O’Neill’s academic interests center around the delivery of health care services to improve population health, with a specific focus on organizational leadership and management. His Ph.D. dissertation at RAND focused on organizational drivers of success or failure in health care quality improvement interventions. He has studied the optimal delivery of surgical services in different settings, ranging from small, urban community hospitals to large regional integrated healthcare organizations. He has additionally published in the areas of medical education, hospice care, and continuous quality improvement.
More information on Dr. O'Neill's publications, research and grants can be found here.