Dr Blair-West is a Life Fellow of the Obesity Prevention & Treatment Society and is their media spokesperson.  In 2006 he was invited to present on the clinical management of obesity at the International Congress on Obesity held in Sydney. This year he has been asked to provide the keynote address at the Innovations in the Prevention and Management of Obesity conference in Melbourne in May. Trained as a medical doctor, specialising in Psychiatry, he has worked as a psychotherapist for 20 years. He works with both inpatients and outpatients, individually as well as in groups. His presentations are renowned (& reliably rated on feedback) for his comprehensive command of his subject which is paralleled by his engaging, energetic & often humorous delivery.

He is author of the book Weight Loss for Food Lovers: Understanding the Psychology & Sabotage of Weight Loss, written to give his clientele a headstart in making sense of the psychology of weight loss in lay terms.  He has also  been invited to share his work at the Dietitians' Association of Australia, the Queensland Premier’s Obesity Summit – even the Melbourne Writers Festival.

In a previous life he completed a three year tenure as a part-time Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland. He has published in peak international journals and presented at international conferences on health care delivery and suicide in depression.