In Dr. Newsome's obit, Mr. Gabriel is the first non-family survivor listed. From the Times-Picayune:
NEWSOME R. Edward Newsome, MD, graduated from The University of Alabama at Huntsville in 1985 where he was on the Deans List and graduated Magna
Laude. He received his medical degree from the University of South Alabama in Mobile in 1990. He completed a full general surgery residency at the University of South Alabama. Then opened a private practice in general surgery and emergency medicine in Mississippi. Dr. Newsome completed a plastic surgery residency at Temple University in Philadelphia earning certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Newsome joined the Tulane medical school faculty in 1998 as an assistant professor of plastic surgery and working both in Charity Hospital and Tulane University Hospital teaching residents and maintaining a busy clinical practice with an emphasis on trauma reconstruction and skin cancer reconstruction. Dr. Newsome became program director for the Tulane University Medical School Plastic Surgery Residency program in 2001, working tirelessly to recertify the program in 2003. The residency underwent significant changes during Hurricane Katrina relocating to Houston, where Dr. Newsome stabilized the residency program. He traveled to multiple locations to make sure the residents were being trained appropriately. Upon the return to New Orleans, Dr. Newsome became chief of plastic surgery and later became Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education at Tulane. During this very busy time, he continued to promote resident education, authored numerous publications contributing to reconstructive surgery field and collaborating on stem cell research, all the while maintaining a busy clinical practice. Dr. Newsome's skills as an organizer and leader within the Tulane Department of Surgery division of plastic surgery are well known, and it has been his unique ability to organize and sort out the voluminous and exhausting requirements needed to maintain a viable and thriving plastic surgery residency. He will be remembered both for his dedication to residents, student education, and his ability to organize and lead within the plastic surgery community at Tulane. Dr. Newsome is survived by his parents, Dr. & Mrs. R.E. Newsome, Sr., two sisters, a niece and nephew, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends, Gerald Gabriel, Becky and Joe Jaeger, Dr. David Jansen and doctors and staff of both Tulane and LSU Medical Centers. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the visitation from Jacob Schoen and Son Funeral Home, 3827 Canal St. on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 from 6:30 pm until 9:00 pm. Interment will be private. Tharp Sontheimer-Tharp in charge of arrangements. Info call 504-835-2341. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made to Plastic Reconstruction Research Fund at Tulane University, 1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-22, New Orleans, LA 70112.
