The University of South Alabama Department of Orthopaedic Surgery will host a retirement reception honoring Dr. Jorge Alonso, professor of orthopaedic surgery, on Sept. 29, 2014. The event will be held from 3-5 p.m. in the second floor cafeteria conference room at USA Medical Center. Dr. Alonso is retiring after approximately six years of service to the university and 35 years in orthopaedic surgery.
A retirement reception honoring USA Nurse Midwife Cynthia Messer will be held Sept. 30, 2014, from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Jubilee Room located in CWEB 1, directly behind USA Children's & Women's Hospital. Messer is retiring after more than 24 years of service, of which the last 11 years has been with the obstetrics and gynecology department as a nurse midwife.