About Us

A weight loss surgery resource center
that believes every patient has the
right to wellness and happiness.

Our Passion for Weight Loss Surgery

Weight loss surgery is our passion. Our vision is to be the most comprehensive weight loss surgery patient education center in the southeast, providing patients with continued education based on science, not fads. Our goal is to bring wellness and happiness to all patients.

Our mission is to cure the disease of obesity by providing accessible education and services to all overweight and obese individuals so that they may live a happier, healthier, and longer life.

Our Story

Live Healthy MD is a comprehensive weight loss surgery and medical weight loss program in Georgia specializing in the treatment of the obesity epidemic. We opened in 2011 in the beautiful garden city, Augusta, Georgia. Since opening, our team of surgeons have worked tirelessly to build the most advanced weight loss program in the southeastern United States. We are now affiliated with Doctors Specialists - Bariatrics and Surgical, allowing us to take our weight loss program to the next level.

At Live Healthy MD, patients come first. Therefore we are committed to creating an individualized and sustainable weight loss treatment plan for all patients. We recognize that weight loss is not easy, nor is it a quick fix. So our philosophy is to bring wellness to all patients, even if that means hand-holding for life—because at Live Healthy MD, once you are a patient, you are a patient for life!

Although weight loss surgery is our specialty, we offer a complete list of weight loss services, because every patient is different! We are also committed to providing accessible weight loss services to all individuals across Georgia and the southeast. Thus we have grown our weight loss surgery clinics across Georgia to include a satellite location in Dublin, Georgia. And we continue to expand because every patient deserves the chance to achieve wellness and happiness.

Core Values

Value of the Individual

We value every patient because we believe everyone has the right to wellness and happiness.

Compassionate State-of-the-Art Care

We are committed to continuously updating our program to provide compassionate, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art care.

Staff is our Most Important Resource

We understand that happy employees make for happy patients, so we value and greatly appreciate our staff.

Lifetime of Care

At Live Healthy MD, once you become a patient, you are a patient for life.

Our Surgeons

Dr. Mike Blaney

Dr. Mike Blaney is a board-certified surgeon with over 20 years of experience in general and bariatric surgery. He is the founding physician of Live Healthy MD which has since been acquired by HCA and now operates under the name Doctors Specialists – Bariatrics and Surgical. Dr. Blaney sees patients in Augusta and Dublin, Georgia.

Doctors Hospital of Augusta, GA

Fairview Park Hospital, Dublin, GA

Dr. Francisco Jacome

Dr. Francisco Jacome is a board-certified surgeon with over 15 years of experience in general and bariatric surgery. He was a partner of Live Healthy MD, which has since been acquired by HCA and now operates under the name Doctors Specialists – Bariatrics and Surgical. Dr. Jacome sees patients in Augusta and Dublin, Georgia.

Doctors Hospital of Augusta, GA

Fairview Park Hospital, Dublin, GA

A weight loss surgery resource center
that believes every patient has the
right to wellness and happiness.

About Us