Credentials:

Completed Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship at Smith Plastic Surgery Institute, Las Vegas

Completed surgical residency and internship at University of Florida – Shands Jacksonville

Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity, and Alpha Lambda Delta Premedical Honor Society

B.S. in Biology with High Honors, University of Georgia

M.D., Mercer University School of Medicine, 2002

Board-Certified General Surgeon by the American Board of Surgery

Dr. Loucinda Dampier was born and raised in Moultrie, Georgia. Knowing from a young age that she wanted to become a surgeon, she left high school a year early to pursue her educational goals. While technically a high school senior, Dr. Dampier was also a freshman at the University of Georgia. In June 1995, she returned to Moultrie to graduate from high school as the Salutatorian of her class. The very next morning, she returned to the University of Georgia to complete her finals, entering her sophomore year of college.

Dr. Dampier graduated from the University of Georgia in March 1998. While awaiting the start of medical school, she worked at Colquitt Regional Medical Center as a nurse’s aide. She began medical school at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia, where she served as the MUSM Female Representative to the President’s Advisory Committee and was actively involved with Habitat for Humanity in Macon.

Upon graduating from medical school in 2002, Dr. Dampier began her residency in General Surgery at the University of Florida – Shands Jacksonville. There, she completed both her surgical internship and residency, gaining extensive experience in general, trauma, and vascular surgery. During her chief residency, she served as Co-Chair of the Shands-Jacksonville Resident Graduate Medical Executive Committee and was a member of the facility’s Graduate Medical Executive Committee. She also served for three years on the Shands-Jacksonville Performance Improvement Committee, where she learned valuable aspects of hospital administration and regulation.

Dr. Dampier completed her residency in June 2007 as a Board-Eligible General Surgeon. She passed the written surgical boards in August 2007 and the oral boards in January 2008, becoming board-certified in General Surgery by the American Board of Surgery in January 2008.