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ACS Fellow Since 1990

Don K. Nakayama, MD MBA FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - Surgical Critical Care
  • American Board of Surgery - Pediatric Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Amer Surg Assn
  • Amer Ped Surg Assn
  • Southeastern Surg Cong
  • Southern Surg Assn

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Clinic

Pediatric Surgery

1633 1st Ave.

Columbus, GA 31901

United States

Contact Information

Phone:706-223-5165
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Administrative Assistant
Name:Tualagi Tela
Email assistant

Biography

Professor of Surgery Senior Associate Dean, Columbus Campus, Mercer University School of Medicine Treasurer, American College of Surgeons Editor-in-Chief, The American Surgeon

Hospital Appointments

Piedmont Columbus Regional, main campus

Columbus, GA

Pediatric Surgeon

12/2022—Present

Academic Appointments

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA

Associate Professor

07/1986—07/1993

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

Professor

08/1993—06/2007

Mercer University School of Medicine

Macon, GA

Chairman

07/2007—08/2013

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Morgantown, WV

Chairman

09/2013—04/2015

Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Miami, FL

Adjunct Professor

05/2015—04/2018

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

Clinical Professor

05/2018—11/2022

Mercer University School of Medicine

Macon, GA

Professor

12/2022—Present