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Gainesville doctor takes reins of state group
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Dr. Frank McDonald Jr., a Gainesville neurologist who is the 2017-18 president of the Medical Association of Georgia, hugs Gladys Wyant at a reception in Gainesville on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. - photo by David Barnes
A self-proclaimed “late bloomer” to the practice of neurology, Dr. Frank McDonald Jr. has made a steady but sure rapid climb in a statewide advocacy group for doctors. The chair of operations and the Management Board at the Longstreet Clinic in Gainesville is now embarking on a one-year stint as president of the 8,000-member Medical Association of Georgia.