Curriculum Vitae

Dr.  Aaron C. MacDonald

 

 

Office Address:

109 Montgomery Dr.                    3 St. Francis Drive Ste 330

Anderson, SC 29601                    Greenville, SC 29621

(864) 224-5700                            864) 220-4263

 

Education:

College:                        Georgia Institute of Technology

                                    Atlanta, Georgia

                                    1983-1987

                                    Bachelor of Science

                                    Applied Biology

 

Medical School:             Medical College of Georgia

                                    Augusta, Georgia

                                    1987-1991

 

Internship:                     General Surgery

                                    Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics

                                    1991-1992

 

Residency:                    Neurosurgery

                                    Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics

                                    1992-1997

                                    Written Board Examination; Passed March 1995

 

Certification:

Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, May 2001

 

Special Qualifications:

KTP-YAG Laser

Neuroendoscopy

Spinal Instrumentation

 

Honors and Organizations:

Alpha Omega Alpha

Junior Fellow-American College of Surgeons

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

MCG Internal Residency Review Committee

Phi Kappa Phi

Georgia Tech Department of Biology Award

Beta Beta Beta-Biological Honor Society

National Honor Society

Beta Club

  

Publications:

  1. Pedicle Screw Instrumentation for Unstable Thoracolumbar Fractures.  J. Southern Orthopedic Association, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 165-173; Stoval, Goodrich, MacDonald, Bolm.
  2. Short-Term Plasticity in Primary Somatosensory Cortex of the Rat.  Federation of American Society for Expl. Biol: Vol. 9 , No. 3, p 93.  March 1995.  MacDonald, Doetsch, et al.
  3. Short-Term Plasticity in Primary Somatosensory Cortex of the Rat: Rapid Changes in Magnitudes and Latencies of Neuronal Responses Following Digit Denervation.  Experimental Brain Research 112:505-512 (1996) Doetch, Harrison, MacDonald, Litaker.

 

Presentations:

      Georgia Neurosurgical Society:

1.       Case Report: Fibrosarcoma after GBM without intervening XRT.  Atlanta, GA, 1994,

2.       10 Year Review Thoracolumbar Instrumentation.  Sea Island, GA, 1994.

3.       RU-486 Protocol for Meningiomas.  Sea Island, GA, 1995.

4.       10 Year Review Upper Thoracic Fractures.  Sea Island, GA, 1997.

 

      University Hospital Tumor Conference:

1.       Assessment of Malignant Behavior in “Benign” Meningiomas using Flow Cytometry. 1995

 

      Experimental Biology ’95:

1.       Neuronal Plasticity, Atlanta, Georgia

 

      American EEG Society:

1.          Neuronal Plasticity, Washington D.C.  1995.

 

      Basic Science Research:

1.        Neuronal Plasticity in Somatosensory Cortex of the Rat.

 

      Other Research:

1.       Review of Cost Efficiency of INPATIENT Myelography at the Veterans Administration, Augusta, GA

2.       Establish Outpatient Myelography VAMC, 1996

3.       MCG Primary Investigator for ECOG Multicenter, Double-Blind Trial for RU-486.

4.       Establish MCG Neuro-Oncology Clinic