Growing up I always knew that I had a calling to help people in some magnitude. I started my nursing career as a certified nurses aide (CNA) as a necessity to support myself while going to college. Through this process, I quickly recognized my passion for nursing. I have spent the last decade of my nursing career working with the... Read More about Veronica Phillips, APRN-FNP

The single most important event in my life that made medicine my passion was an experience I had shortly after enlisting in the armed forces at age 17. I was trained as a young airman to draw blood in an Air Force hospital. On my first day, I was called to the emergency room “STAT” to draw blood on a... Read More about Fernando B. Bonanni, Jr., MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS

Jennifer began her career in healthcare in 1999 and has been with the Blessing Health System since 2012.  “I went into healthcare to help others and consider it a privilege to do so,” she said. She has been a lifelong resident of Pleasant Hill and currently resides in rural Pike County with her husband, Todd, and 2 sons. “I enjoy... Read More about Jennifer Holcomb, APRN-FNP

Our specialists provide education, support and care for a range of diabetes-related conditions and complications.

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Becoming a nurse, requires a passion for caring and a genuine concern for the well-being of others. Over time, skills and knowledge develop and leadership roles may be sought after, but the true passion for caring remains. This is why I became a nurse and now a nurse practitioner.

As I have built my practice, developing a good rapport with my patients has been one of my priorities. I like to relate to my patients as individual people and not just as ‘medical cases’, a transparent and sincere commitment is the foundation of my relationship with them. A number of patients come to me because I have treated a... Read More about Nanjappa Somanna, MD

I believe that a healthy patient-physician relationship is built on trust. Patients need to know that I have their best interest in mind at all times. I need to know that a patient will do their part in becoming well. A key component of that trust is allowing patients to be involved in their own care. Medicine is not a... Read More about Elise Scoggin, DO

Blessing Physician Services, established in 2005 as part of the Blessing Health System, is a multi specialty practice group.

At Blessing’s Bariatric Institute, we are proud to provide a comprehensive surgical bariatric program with high quality outcomes.