After completing his surgery residency at USA in 1995, the Huntsville, Ala., native moved to Mississippi and started a private practice in general surgery and emergency medicine. He then completed a plastic surgery residency program at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia before joining Tulane’s medical school faculty in 1998.
Dr. Newsome worked his way to assistant dean for graduate medical education at Tulane and served as the chief of the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Newsome was described as a surgeon who always had a strong passion for healing patients, specifically patients wounded in car accidents and physical assaults, as well as those stricken with skin cancer.
Memorial donations can be made in Dr. Newsome’s honor to the USA department of surgery’s John W. Donald Award Fund – an award honoring the senior medical student who excels in the surgical clerkship and expresses and interest in academic medicine. Donations can be mailed to the Medical Development & Alumni Relations, University of South Alabama, Technology & Research Park III, Suite 2150, Mobile, AL 36688.
