Specialties
Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery, Medical Weight Loss, Laparoscopic Surgery, Duodenal Switch, Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Band, Gastric Balloon (Orbera), Tobacco Cessation, Thyroid Evaluation, Nutrition Counseling, Behavioral Counseling, Addiction Counseling, Exercise Programs, Fat Melting Cosmetic Procedures, Vanquish ME BTL, Body Contouring/Sculpting
History
Established in 2011.
Live Healthy MD opened in 2011 in Augusta, Georgia in cooperation with Trinity Bariatric Center and Doctor's Hospital Healthy Living Center. The goal of Live Healthy MD is to provide the most advanced and comprehensive medical and surgical treatments to obesity within the region. The physicians and staff at Live Healthy MD are committed to the special needs of patients suffering from the disease of obesity. We offer a complete list of services for all patients who are interested in improving their health. Within the last five years, we have expanded our program to become more accessible to patients throughout Georgia. Aside from Augusta, we are currently practicing in Dublin, Georgia as well as Macon, Georgia.
Meet the Business Owner: Mike B.
Dr. Michael Blaney is a surgical weight loss physician and founder of Live Healthy MD. Dr. Blaney moved to Augusta, Georgia in 2003 where he joined Midtown Surgical Specialists as a General Surgeon. After push from his partners, Dr. Blaney decided to open up a Bariatric and Weight Loss Clinic, today known as Live Healthy MD. Since 2011, Dr. Blaney has focused his efforts on giving patients' their lives back through bariatric surgery. He has special interests in advanced laparoscopy, endoscopy, bariatric surgery, reflux disease and foregut disease. Dr. Blaney is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and is an active member and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Currently, Dr. Blaney is the medical director of the Trinity Bariatric and Weight loss Center.