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Ronald A. Freeman, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Board certified plastic surgeon
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
- Coliseum Northside Hospital, Macon, Georgia
- Coliseum Medical Center, Macon, Georgia
Joshua R. Groves, M.D.
Dr. Groves grew up in Thomasville, Georgia and graduated with honors from Thomasville High school in 1992. He then attended Berry College in Rome, Georgia for his undergraduate training. He graduated with honors with a B.S. in chemistry in 1996. He then attended Mercer University School of Medicine and graduated with an M.D. in 2001.
After medical school, his internship and general surgery residency was completed in 2006 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. He then trained at the University of Tennessee in Memphis in a burn fellowship from 2006 to 2007. He stayed at the University of Tennessee in Memphis to complete his training in plastic surgery in 2009 until which time he joined Dr. Freeman and Plastic Surgery Associates of Macon in July, 2009.
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- American College of Surgeons
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Bibb County Medical Association
- Christian Medical Association
- Medical Association of Georgia
Hospital Privileges
- Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia, 1983-1984
- Coliseum Northside Hospital, Macon, Georgia
- Coliseum Medical Center, Macon, Georgia
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