Harrison Wade Barnes, Jr. was born 1/2 mile away from Georgia Tech at Crawford Long/Emory Hospital in 1948. After attending Atlanta Public Schools he attended Georgia Tech where he received a BS in Applied Biology in 1971. He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia with an MD degree in 1975. He completed his residency in Ob-Gyn at the University of Florida Health Science Center/Jacksonville in 1978. He started a private practice in Jacksonville in 1978 which is now known as North Florida Ob-Gyn Associates and employs 63 doctors and over 500 employees. She currently serves as the Chairman of the Department of Ob-Gyn at Baptist Medical Center, the areas largest hospital. He also is a Courtsey Clinical Associate Professor of the University of Florida School of Medicine, Department of Ob-Gyn. He recently stopped delivering babies after delivering 9016 babies during his professional career. He continues to do gynecology and gynecologic surgery.