D. Blaine Nease, MD FACS

Dr. Nease was born in Atlanta, GA and raised in southern Ohio. He earned his bachelor's degree and attended medical school at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He completed his residency at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, where he received extensive advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgical training. Dr. Nease is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. He has served on the Bariatric Review Committee of the Surgical Review Corporation, the first to set national standards for Centers of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery, as one of its founding members. Dr. Nease's interest in bariatric medicine stems from personal experience — growing up with a father who suffered the effects and challenges of being obese. After developing a successful bariatric surgical program in Ohio, Dr. Nease was recruited to southern California to develop a program in Orange County. Dr. Nease eventually returned to the Tri-State, his home area, where he currently helps lead the Bariatric Program for Vandalia Health at CAMC General Hospital in Charleston, WV