Surgical Associates of Columbus, P.C.

Joseph C. Macdonald, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Macdonald joined Surgical Associates of Columbus in 1995.  He received his undergraduate degree from Oregon State College and then attended the University of Oregon Medical School where he earned his MD in 1961.  After completing a rotating internship at Highland-Alameda County Hospital in Oakland, California, Dr. Macdonald did his general surgery residency at William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso, Texas.  As an active duty Army officer, Dr. Macdonald held the Chief of Surgery position at various military hospitals during his career.  He served as the Director of the General Surgery Residency Program at Madigan Army Hospital in Tacoma, Washington for several years.  Dr. Macdonald came to the Columbus area in 1980 when he was appointed the Chief of the Department of Surgery at Martin Army Hospital on Fort Benning.  After serving in that capacity for ten years, Dr. Macdonald retired from active duty and entered private practice as the Chief of Surgery and the Director of Trauma Services for The Medical Center (a position he still fills).  Dr Macdonald was our sixth surgeon when he joined our practice in 1995.

Dr. Macdonald is certified by the American Board of Surgery.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.  He is a member of the Association of Military Surgeons  as well as the Georgia Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons.  He is certified by the American College of Surgeons as both a provider and an instructor in Advanced Trauma Life Support.  He is on the medical staff of The Medical Center, St. Francis and Doctor's Hospital.

Surgical Associates of Columbus, PC
920 18th Street
Columbus, GA  31901
(706) 649-6600