Dr. Nesi is board certified in Ophthalmology and is a Fellow of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS), which indicates that he has special training and expertise in the subspecialty of ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery. He served as Chief of Oculoplastic Surgery at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak and is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. He also holds a faculty appointment as an Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Following his residency at the Kresge Eye Institute in Detroit, Dr. Nesi completed his fellowship training at prestigious Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in New York where he worked under Dr. Byron Smith who pioneered the field of Oculoplastic Surgery. Dr. Nesi is interested in all aspects of plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery of the eyelids, tear ducts and orbit. Dr. Nesi is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.).
In addition to his practice, Dr. Nesi is the founder and Chairman of the Alliance for Vision Research, a Michigan 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is “to restore, preserve, and improve vision.” Over the past decade, the organization’s major fundraising event the ‘A Night for Sight’ charity wine auction has raised over $1 million to support local vision researchers and organizations supporting the visually impaired and their families, with a special emphasis on organizations working with visually impaired children.