Ronald A. Freeman, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Board certified plastic surgeon (May 1976)

Dr. Freeman attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, and received his B.S. in pre-med in 1961. He continued his medical training at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia, and earned his M.D. degree in 1965. After attending medical school, Dr. Freeman completed an internship at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in Augusta, Georgia, in 1966, and went on to complete a general surgery residency at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1969.

After spending time in the U.S. Air Force Academy as a general surgeon from 1969 to 1970 and as a Republic of Viet Nam commander and advisor team surgeon from 1970 to 1971, Dr. Freeman pursued a plastic surgery residency at St. Louis University from 1971 until 1973. Upon completion of his plastic surgery residency, he went into private practice with Plastic Surgery Associates of Macon, P.C., and has been a plastic surgeon with the practice since 1973.

Professional Affiliations

• County Medical Society, vice president, 1985
  
• Medical Association of Georgia
  
• Southern Bibb Medical Association
  
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  
• Southeastern Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
  
• Georgia Society of Plastic Surgeons
  
• American College of Surgeons, fellow
  
• American Society of Aesthetic Surgery
  
• Hygeia/Coliseum Same Day Surgery, president and board chairman, 1985-1988
  
• Physician’s Diagnostic Center, president and board chairman, 1987-1989
  
• American Medical Association, Physician’s Recognition Award, 1976-present
  
• Mercer University School of Medicine, clinical professor of plastic surgery

Hospital Privileges

• Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia, chief of staff, 1983-1984
  
• Macon North Side Hospital, Macon, Georgia
  
• Coliseum Medical Center, Macon, Georgia