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Dr. McGinnis

LaMar S. McGinnis M.D., F.A.C.S.


Dr. McGinnis is a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia, and completed surgical residencies at the University of Texas Medical Center in Galveston, Texas, and  Bellevue Hospital in New York, New York.  Dr. McGinnis is board certified in general surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a past national president of the  American Cancer Society and has held numerous other leadership positions at the national and state levels. He is the current medical director for the Charles Eberhart Cancer Center. He is also a member of the DeKalb Medical Society, Medical Association of Georgia and the Georgia Surgical Society, among others. He has been in the private practice of general and oncologic surgery since 1963, and is on staff at DeKalb Medical Center. In September 2002, Dr. McGinnis retired from active clinical practice, but remains very active in his role at the American Cancer Society, and as medical director for the Eberhart Cancer Center.

In 1998, the Distinguished Service Award was presented to Dr. McGinnis by the American College of Surgeons, the most prestigious honor that can be bestowed on a Fellow in the College.  In 2001, he served as the Second Vice President for the American College of Surgeons.

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