FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 24, 2017
MAG HONORS SAVANNAH PLASTIC SURGEON FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
ATLANTA – Savannah plastic surgeon E. D. DeLoach, M.D., FACS, received the Physician’s Award for Community Service during a ceremony that took place in conjunction with the Medical Association of Georgia’s (MAG) 163rd House of Delegates meeting in Savannah on October 21. The MAG award recognizes physicians who demonstrate a love for the community outside the regular scope of practice.
Dr. DeLoach has been applauded for founding the ‘Health Care Heroes’ awards program, which is sponsored by the Georgia Medical Society (GMS). This honors individuals who improve health care in Savannah on an annual basis.
In his nomination letter, GMS President Joshua T. McKenzie, M.D., stressed that, “Dr. DeLoach is very dedicated to honoring our ‘Health Care Heroes’ for what they do to make Savannah a healthier community. He designed this program, and it has been a great success. And the entire health care community in Savannah consequently has a better, closer working relationship.”
Dr. DeLoach has participated in medical mission trips to the north-central mountains of Nicaragua – the poorest area of the second poorest country in the western hemisphere – that have been sponsored by John 3:16 Medical Ministries, Inc. since 2004. And in 2010, Dr. DeLoach and his wife, Cam DeLoach, formed a separate John 3:16 Ministries non-profit group to provide basic primary care and surgical services for the people who live in the region. The DeLoachs now go on two medical missions to Nicaragua each year.
It is also worth noting that Dr. DeLoach is one of the founders of the Growing Healthy Program in the Chatham County Public School system, an effort that teaches children how to live a healthier lifestyle. This program now covers 23 elementary schools in Chatham County, teaching thousands of children every year.
Dr. DeLoach has been in a number of leadership roles at MAG since 1980, including serving as its president in 2010-2011.
Dr. DeLoach has a medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.
The DeLoachs live in Savannah. They have three children and two grandchildren.
With nearly 8,000 members, MAG is the leading voice for physicians in Georgia. MAG is an advocate for physicians in every practice setting and specialty. MAG’s membership has increased for seven years in a row. Go to www.mag.org for additional information.
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