1. SHORT BIOGRAPHY
LaMar S. McGinnis, Jr., M.D., FACS
Dr. LaMar S. McGinnis Jr. is a Past President (60th
) of the American Cancer Society, Inc.
(94-95) and a Past President (90th
) of the American College of Surgeons (09-10). A resident of
Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. McGinnis is Adjunct Professor of Surgery at the Emory University School
of Medicine and former Medical Director of the Eberhart Cancer Center of the DeKalb Medical
Center. Dr. McGinnis presently serves as the Senior Medical Advisor/Research & Cancer Control
Science @ the American Cancer Society.
Dr. McGinnis has been active in national, state and local activities for the American
Cancer Society, including Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of
the Georgia Division of the American Cancer Society, and National President of ACS in 1994-
1995.
Dr. McGinnis has also served the American College of Surgeons in a variety of roles,
including a six-year term as governor (Chair, Chapter Activities, Surgical Practice in Hospitals,
HIV Infection and Nominating committees) and a ten-year term on the Commission on Cancer,
where he served as Chair, Field Liaison Committee; Chairman of the Executive Committee; and
vice chair of the Commission on Cancer. He was an American College of Surgeons’ Delegate to
the American Medical Association & Delegation Chair. (1994-2005), a Vice President of the
College (2000-2001); and is a member of the Health Policy Advisory Group. He was President
of the American College of Surgeons (2009-2010); Commissioner from the American College of
Surgeons on the Board of Commissioners of the Joint Commission; a member of the Board’s
Executive Committee and past Chair of the Governance Committee. He is also Chr. of the Board
of Joint Commission Resources/Joint Commission International, Inc.; member of the JCR
Executive Committee and Chair of the JCR Accreditation Committee. Dr. McGinnis is honorary
Professor of Surgery at the Peking Union Medical School (Beijing)
Dr. McGinnis has served as Chairman of the State of Georgia’s Governor’s Cancer
Advisory Committee.
Some of his professional society memberships include:
The American College of Surgeons - President (2009-10)
The American College of Surgeons - Vice-President (2000-01)
The American Surgical Association
The Southern Surgical Association - Vice President (2004-05)
The Society of Surgical Oncology
The Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons – President (1997-98)
The Eastern Surgical Society
The Midwest Surgical Assoc.(Hon.)
The Southeastern Surgical Congress
The American Medical Association
The Georgia Surgical Society
The Atlanta Surgical Society
Dr. McGinnis’ awards include:
The American College of Surgeons Distinguished Service Award
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2. Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
The National Division Award of the ACS
The Steven D. Vaughn Award of the Georgia Division of ACS
The Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Medical College of Georgia
The Physician’s Physician Award of the Medical College of Georgia
The Data-based Intervention Research Program National Award from the NCI
Julius McCurdy Citizenship Award
Honorary Fellow – Chinese Society of Surgeons
Honorary Professor of Surgery –Peking Union School of Medicine
Irvine C. Cutter Gold Medal – Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity
Dr. McGinnis’ lectures include:
Richard H. Smoot Memorial Lecturer
Medical College of Georgia Hooding Ceremony Lecture
Keynote Address – Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition
3rd
Annual William G. Whitaker Lecture - Georgia Surgical Society
First Gilbert H. Friedell Scholar in Cancer Control
Keynote Address 25th
Anniversary Kentucky Cancer Conference
Frederick W. Stubbs Memorial Lecturer- Surgical Section - National Medical
Association
Morehouse School of Medicine, 25th
Maynard Memorial Lecture
Robert M. Payne Memorial Lecturer -Eastern Virginia Medical School
William W. Coon Surgical Oncology Visiting Professorship- Univ. of Michigan
Heidelburg Cancer Center, 25th
Anniversary Lecturer
Guest lectures in Saudi Arabia, Japan, China, Australia, Thailand and
Great Britain
Midwest Surgical Association
Southwestern Surgical Association
Oregon/Washington Chapter American College of Surgeons
NC/SC Chapter American College of Surgeons
Hawaii Chapter American College of Surgeons
Michigan Chapter American College of Surgeons
Tennessee Chapter American College of Surgeons
Georgia Chapter American College of Surgeons
Louisiana Chapter American College of Surgeons
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Association of Surgical Technicians (AST)
American Academy of Ophthalmology - 2010 Parker Heath Lecture
13th
Annual History of Med. Symposium – Mercer/MCCG – keynote 2012
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