DAYTONA HERNIA CENTER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Class President - University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Job Titles:
- Certified General Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
David Ramshaw, MD, FACS is a Board Certified General Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Ramshaw is a native Floridian who graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine, and completed his surgical residency in Wilmington, North Carolina at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. He moved to Daytona Beach in 1996 where he began his practice in surgery with Surgical Associates of Volusia, now North Florida Surgeons, Volusia Division. He is an active faculty member for the FSU College of Medicine. He is comfortable and confident performing a broad variety of general surgical procedures of all the organs in the abdomen.
He has a special interest in caring for patients with breast cancer (participating in a multidisciplinary conference on a weekly basis), hernias of the abdominal wall (ventral, umbilical, incisional, inguinal, lumbar) and diaphragm (hiatal hernia), and patients who have reflux disease that would benefit from laparoscopic procedures including Nissen fundoplication and the LINX procedure. He takes special care of all of his patients, trying to take all the time each patient and their family needs to understand what is happening, what options there are to proceed with care, and creating a team environment to help facilitate the best possible outcome.
Job Titles:
- Certified General Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Joseph D. Bianchi, MD, FACS is a Board Certified General Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a graduate of the University Of Florida College Of Medicine and completed his surgical training in Roanoke, Virginia where he served as Chief Resident in his final year. He has been providing exceptional surgical care in Volusia County area since 1997. During that time, he has served in many leadership roles including, President of the Medical Staff, Chairman of the Credential Committee, and Trauma Medical Director. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Florida State University College of Medicine.
He has special interest and training in diseases of thyroid and parathyroid, as well as all aspects of skin cancer and breast cancer and disease. He has advanced laparoscopic surgical techniques in the treatment of all abdominal disease processes including gallbladder, hernias, colon and GERD.
Lars S. Nelson, MD graduated Cum Laude from the University of Florida with a Bachelor's of Science in Chemical Engineering in 2004. Following, he proceeded to St. George's University School of Medicine graduating with honors. He completed his general surgery residency at Orlando Health and went on to further specialize in a Bariatric, Metabolic, and Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship at Orlando Health.
Dr. Nelson specializes in both bariatric and general surgery using a minimally invasive approach. In select cases, he offers robotic surgery utilizing the Da-Vinci Surgical System. Bariatric procedures performed include sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, bilio-pancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, and laparoscopic gastric band. In addition to bariatric surgery, he performs diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures as well as a broad range of general surgical procedures of the abdomen, breast, colon, thyroid, and trauma surgery.
Job Titles:
- Medical Director
- Certified General Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Mark White, MD, FACS is a Board Certified General Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. White was born and raised in Ormond Beach where his father practiced Pediatric medicine. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. He then went on to earn his Doctor of Medicine from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and completed his 5-year surgical residency at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Dr. White returned to the Daytona Beach area in 2001 to begin his practice in surgery. His surgical interests include minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, diseases of the breast, hernia surgery, and anti-reflux surgery. He works with the Florida State University College of Medicine students as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery. He is also an instructor for the American College of Surgeons Advanced Trauma Life Support course. Outside of work he enjoys golf, surfing, and traveling with his friends and family all over the world.
Job Titles:
- Certified General Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Michael Fabian, MD, FACS is a Board Certified General Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1986, and completed his surgical residency in Tampa, Florida at the University of South Florida. He has been in practice in Daytona Beach since 1993 and was Chief of the Department of Surgery at Halifax Health from 2011 to 2013.
Dr. Fabian's practice expertise includes all aspects of general surgery, with a special interest in advanced breast cancer surgical techniques, biliary surgery, and advanced laparoscopic surgery.
Job Titles:
- Certified General Surgeon, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Dr. Tara Wilson is a board-certified General Surgeon, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons. Originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma her family travels took her to Colorado where she attended high school. After completing undergraduate studies in Biology and French at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California she was commissioned in the US Navy and attended the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for medical school. She is a Navy Veteran and her time in the service as a surgeon allowed her to serve in multiple international humanitarian crises to include the tsunami in Indonesia, anti-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden, and the earthquake in Haiti. With her interest in education she also served as the Assistant Program Director for the General Surgery Residency in Portsmouth, Virginia. After 16 years of military service, Dr. Wilson and her family returned to Oklahoma where she practiced for the last 8 years as a general surgeon.
She enjoys performing the full spectrum of general surgery including treatment of skin cancer, benign and malignant breast disease, gallbladder disease, intestinal and colorectal disorders including colorectal cancer, hemorrhoids, and all types of abdominal and inguinal hernias. Dr. Wilson has a special interest in minimally invasive techniques to include use of the laparoscopic/robotic instruments for abdominal procedures and hidden scar and nipple sparing techniques for the breast. She is committed to providing patient-centered surgical care that is personalized to the needs of each individual patient along with the highest quality.
She enjoys spending off time with her husband, children and 2 dogs and is looking forward to everything the local area has to offer.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Care Coordinator