Michael Obeng

In 2018, Obeng made national headlines for successfully performing forehead reduction surgery. Obeng was covered extensively by Inside Edition, MSN and AOL. In 2019, Obeng again made headlines for successfully performing the once-controversial rib removal surgery on Justin Jedlica.

At age 20, Obeng immigrated to the United States with less than $200 to attend undergrad at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. Obeng would graduate magna cum laude with a B.S. in Chemistry and received his M.D. degree from the University of Texas Medical School. Obeng also received a fellowship to Harvard Medical School, specializing in hand, wrist and microneurovascular surgery. In 2016, Obeng gave the commencement address at his alma mater Midwestern State University.

In 2015, Obeng and his then wife Veronika, agreed to participate in the E! reality television series Second Wives Club. In 2016, Obeng filed a lawsuit towards E! and their parent company NBCUniversal seeking an injunction barring the network from airing the episodes that include him and his children.

In 2013, Obeng won the NAACP Humanitarian Award for his work with R.E.S.T.O.R.E alongside Vanessa Williams, Loretta Devine, and Maxine Anderson.

In 2008, Obeng started the non-profit R.E.S.T.O.R.E. This organization provides free reconstructive surgery and medical services to children and adults in African countries with disfiguring deformities from birth, accidents and diseases. R.E.S.T.O.R.E. has successfully completed over 500 surgeries since its inception. Obeng has donated more than $300,000 to this cause.

Michael K. Obeng (born 1973) is a Ghanaian plastic surgeon and television personality. Obeng currently practices in Beverly Hills, California and is affiliated with the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He is known for his appearances on the E! television network reality show "Second Wives Club" and for his work with former Baywatch star Donna D'Errico.

Obeng was born in Ghana in 1973. At age 15, he met medical professionals from Operation Smile, who helped a neighbor whose husband had thrown acid on her face by providing her with scar revision therapy. When asked about this experience, Obeng stated " That, coupled with the premature death of my mother and grandmother due to complications of decubitus ulcer, propelled me to seek a career as a physician and a plastic surgeon...".