MEET BRENDA

Registered nurse Brenda Bal has been with Mercy Weight Management Center since the beginning, helping our program first open its doors. With 20 years of nursing experience, she not only manages our program and staff, she’s beloved by both our surgical and nonsurgical weight loss patients.

Brenda’s primary focus is caring for our bariatric surgery patients. You’ll find her seeing former, current and potential patients with Gregory Johnston, DO, during medical visits. Or you may find her answering patient questions by phone or email. Certified by the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), Brenda helps our bariatric patients prepare for surgery, assists them with recovery, and is always here to support them in their weight loss efforts after surgery, including long-term weight maintenance.*

SHE HELPS OUR BARIATRIC PATIENTS SUCCEED

As part of our holistic approach to care, Brenda works closely with our weight loss surgery patients to decrease medications for comorbidities, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, as their health improves. She also gives them the practical, individualized strategies and coaching they need to make successful behavioral changes after surgery-changes that will help them not only lose the weight, but keep it off for life.*

Brenda spent the first half of her 20-year career at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center and the other half working with our medically supervised weight loss patients here at Mercy Weight Management Center. She received her bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) from Lourdes University in Ohio, and became a registered nurse (RN) after completing her coursework at Mercy St. Vincent’s School of Nursing. She achieved her Certified Bariatric Nurse certification in 2014.

WHY DOES SHE BELIEVE IN MERCY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT CENTER?

"I enjoy sharing in the success of so many. I love seeing patients make positive changes in their lives. They become happier and healthier as their quality of life improves. My whole career has been spent with Mercy because I believe in the core values of Mercy and want to be a part of its mission to serve others."

*Each person’s weight loss challenges are different.There is no guarantee of results and vary for each individual.