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LAMAR S. MCGINNIS, JR., MD, FACS, INSTALLED AS
90TH PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
CHICAGO—LaMar S. McGinnis, Jr., MD, FACS, a general and oncologic surgeon from Atlanta, GA, was installed as the 90th President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) last night during Convocation ceremonies that preceded the official opening of the College’s 95th annual Clinical Congress in Chicago, IL. Dr. McGinnis is a senior medical consultant and advisor for the National American Cancer Society and a clinical professor of surgery at Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
A 1954 graduate of the Medical College of Georgia (MCG), Dr. McGinnis was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society in 1953. As an MCG alum, he received the MCG Physician’s Physician Award in 1982 and its Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1988. He completed an internship at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada (1954-1955) and undertook a general surgery residency at University of Texas Medical Center, Galveston (1955-1956 and 1957-1959) and Bellvue Hospital Center, New York, NY (1956-1957). He became a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery in 1960. From 1959 to 1963, he served in the US Air Force as chief of professional services and surgical services at the Plattsburg Air Force Base (SAC) in the state of New York.
Dr. McGinnis has been a senior medical consultant and advisor for the department of research and cancer control science of the American Cancer Society, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, since 1997. He has spent his entire surgical career in the Atlanta area, serving as a general and oncologic surgeon at Dekalb Surgical Associates, Decatur (1963-2005), medical director of Eberhart Cancer Center/Dekalb Medical Center, Decatur (1991-2000), and chief-of-staff at Dekalb Medical Center (1972-1974). Additionally, he has received hospital appointments at Grady Memorial Hospital, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Northside Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Decatur Hospital, and Atlanta VA Hospital. He has also held academic appointments as clinical instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, and was appointed clinical professor of surgery at Emory University School of Medicine in 1994.
A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1962, Dr. McGinnis has been an active leader and participant in the College for over four decades. As President-Elect, he served on the Board of Regents Finance, Honors, and Member Services Liaison Committees from 2008 to 2009. He is also a member of the Public Profile and Communications Steering Committee (2008-present).
He served on the College’s Board of Governors as a Governor-at-Large (1985-1991), and as Chair of the Governors committees on Chapter Activities (1987-1988), Surgical Practice in Hospitals (1989-1991), Surgical Infections and Environmental Risks (1989-1991), and the Nominating Committee (1990-1991). He also served as a member (1994-1995) and Vice-Chair of the Nominating Committee of Fellows and Vice-Chair of the Health Policy Steering Committee (2001-2008). Furthermore, Dr. McGinnis has been a member of the Organization Committee of the Board of Regents (2001-2003) and a member of the Current Procedural Terminology/Relative Work Value Committee (1992-1995) and the Committee on Development (1988-1995).
From 2000 to 2001, he was Second Vice-President of the College and served on the Board of Regents Communications Committee that year. In 1998, Dr. McGinnis was awarded the ACS Distinguished Service Award, the College’s highest honor. He is a Life Member of the Fellows Leadership Society.
Additionally, Dr. McGinnis was actively involved with the College’s Commission on Cancer (CoC) for many years. He served as Chair of the Cancer Liaison Committee (1983-1985) and the Education Committee (1987-1990), and as Vice-Chair (1985-1986) and Chair (1983-1985) of the CoC Executive Committee. Dr. McGinnis was a senior member of the CoC from 1987 to 1990, was an ex-officio member from 2001 to 2009, and also served as Georgia State Chair for the CoC’s Cancer Liaison Program (1978-1983). He was Secretary (1980-1985) and President (1986-1987) of the College’s Georgia Chapter, and since 1987 has served on the chapter’s Board of Directors.
In addition to his service to the College, Dr. McGinnis has been an active leader and member of several national surgical and medical organizations, including serving in numerous capacities within the American Cancer Society since 1983. Among his activities with the society, Dr. McGinnis has served as chair for many committees, and as the organization’s vice-president (1993-1994) and president (1994-1995).
Dr. McGinnis has also been actively involved with the American Medical Association (AMA). He was treasurer (2000-2003) and secretary (2003-2004) of the AMA Surgical Caucus and was an alternate delegate (1992-1994), delegate (1994-2006), and chair (1994-2006) of the ACS delegation to the AMA. He has been one of the College’s commissioners to The Joint Commission since 2005 and is vice-chair of the Joint Commission Resources Board. In addition, Dr. McGinnis was first vice-president of the Southern Surgical Association (2004-2005), president of the Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons (1997-1998), and president (1986-1987) and secretary (1991-2001) of the Georgia Surgical Society.
He is also a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Eastern Surgical Society, Society of Surgical Oncology, and Southeastern Surgical Congress. Additionally, he is a member of the Atlanta Surgical Society, Clinical Oncology Association of Atlanta, Georgia Society of Clinical Oncology, the Atlanta Medical History Society, the Gridiron Secret Society, and is an honorary member of the Midwest Surgical Association. From 1988 to 1990, Dr. McGinnis chaired the Governor of Georgia's Cancer Advisory Committee.
Throughout his distinguished career, Dr. McGinnis has shown a commitment to the dissemination of surgical and oncologic knowledge and to improving the quality of surgical care. Many of his articles and clinical studies have been published in medical periodicals and in surgery and cancer journals, including CANCER and the Journal of Surgical Oncology.
Dr. McGinnis currently resides in Atlanta with his wife Julia. They have two sons, L. Scott and Christopher, and two daughters, Susan and Katherine.
The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and to improve the care of the surgical patient. The College is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery. Its achievements have significantly influenced the course of scientific surgery in America and have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has more than 75,000 members and it is the largest organization of surgeons in the world.
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