Dr. Nicole Fearing is a highly respected, board-certified bariatric and general surgeon at Bariatric and Metabolic Specialists in Overland Park, KS and North Kansas City, MO. Dr. Fearing is a leader in field and serves as Medical Director of the Bariatric Program at Menorah Medical Center, Fellowship Director of the Bariatric Fellowship and serves as core faculty for the General Surgery Residency Program. She is a trusted leader among her peers and previously served as President of Medical Staff at Menorah Medical Center. She grew up in North Dakota, where she attended the University of North Dakota Medical School, graduating in 1998. She completed her surgical residency at the University of Kansas – Wichita in 2003 and went on to complete a fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery at the University of Texas – Houston in 2004 under the direction of Philip Leggett, MD.