Dr. John McDonald is chair and associate professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the College of Community Health Sciences and a practicing physician at University Medical Center, which is operated by the College. He has served as the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship director for CCHS since 2008.
McDonald is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. After graduating from The University of Alabama with bachelor's and master’s degrees in accounting, he earned his medical degree from the UA School of Medicine. He completed residency training at the University of South Alabama in Mobile.
McDonald is also a certified public accountant (inactive) and is a member of the Alabama Society of CPAs.
McDonald co-authored “Management of Cervical Pregnancies for Family Medicine Obstetricians” in the Journal of Family Medicine Obstetrics in 2009.