Dr. Gary Williamson is a native of Athens, Georgia. Following graduation from Athens High School in 1965, he entered the University of Georgia, graduating in 1969. He then attended the Medical College of Georgia, receiving his M.D. in 1973. While a student at MCG, he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. While in medical school, he joined the U.S. Army. Upon graduation from MCG, he was transferred to William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas where he did a straight surgery internship followed by a general surgery residency from 1973 to 1978. He served as Chief of General Surgery at Lyster Army Hospital at Fort Rucker, Alabama. In 1978 he was board certified by the American Board of Surgery. In 1979 he returned to El Paso to do his residency in plastic surgery and was assigned to Dwight David Eisenhower Medical Center as Chief of Plastic in 1981. In 1982 he became a diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. In 1984 he entered private practice in Augusta, Georgia where he maintains privileges at University Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital and Doctors Hospital. He has been both Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery at St Joseph Hospital. He is now in his 23rd year of private practice.

Dr. Williamson and his wife, Ann, have been married 38 years and are the proud parents of son Jeff and daughter Laura, and the proud grandparents of Olivia and Margot Packard.