Alonzo Nelson Diodené

Background

Diodené, Alonzo Nelson was born on July 10, 1941 in New Orleans. Son of Alonzo Nelson and Gladys Marie (Knoll) Diodené.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1963; Doctor of Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1967.

Career

Intern, Charity Hospital Louisiana, New Orleans, 1967-1968; presplty. training, resident general surgery, Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, 1968-1969; resident in orthopaedic surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1969-1972; hand surgery fellow, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1976-1977; assistant chief orthopaedic surgery, Martin Army Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1972-1975; chief orthopaedic surgery, Martin Army Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1975-1976; assistant chairman orthopaedics, chief hand surgery, Doctor of Divinity Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia, 1977-1980; private practice, New Orleans, 1980-1994; private practice, Plaquemine, since 1994; commissioned First lieutenant, United States Army, 1969; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1985; commander 114th EVAC Hospital, United States Army Reserve, 1984-1988; commander 4010th, United States Army Reserve Hospital, since 1991; with, Operation Desert Storm, 1990-1991; department chairman orthopaedic surgery, Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, 1993-1994; chief orthopaedic surgery service, River West Medical Center, Plaquemine, Louisiana, since 1994. Associate professor orthopaedics Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, since 1989, assistant professor, 1982-1989. Orthopaedic surgeon Medical Center Plaguemiro, Louisiana, since 1994, Ortho Svc.

Columbia Medical Center, Baton Rouge, 1996. Staff ortho service Department Surgery VA Medical Center, Louisiana, since 1991.

Achievements

• Alonzo Nelson Diodené has been listed as a noteworthy Orthopedic surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Medical Association, American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Fracture Association, Society Military Orthopaedic Surgeons, Orleans Parish Medical Society (associate, chairman Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Committee 1991-1994), Greater New Orleans Orthopaedic Society, Louisiana State Medical Society (chairman Liaison Committee with Health Care Providers), Southern Medical Association, Louisiana Orthopaedic Association, Iberville Parish Medical Society (president since 1995), Southern Orthopaedic Association, Mid-American Orthopaedic Association, American Academy Neurolog. and Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery, North American Spine Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Alpha Epsilon Delta.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, photography.

Connections

Married Jeanelle Jude Bourgeois, June 15, 1963. Children: Paula Jeanelle McCaskell, Alonzo NelsonIII.

Father:

Alonzo Nelson Diodené

Mother:

Gladys Marie (Knoll) Diodené

Spouse:

Jeanelle Jude Bourgeois

child:

Alonzo NelsonIII Diodené

child:

Paula Jeanelle McCaskell Diodené