Background

Fontenelle, Larry Jules was born on January 2, 1938 in New Orleans. Son of Ernest Jules and Violet (Hingle) Fontenelle.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1962.

Career

Intern, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 1962-1963; resident in general surgery, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 1963-1967; fellow in thoracic surgery, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 1968-1970; resident in surgery, University Texas Medical School/Bexar County Hospital, San Antonio, 1970; chief surgical service, VA Medical Center, Biloxi, Mississippi, since 1981; acting chief staff, VA Medical Center, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1992-1993; program chairman general thoracic surgery fellowship, Keesler Medical Center and VA Medical Center, Biloxi, since 1984.

Achievements

• Larry Jules Fontenelle has been listed as a noteworthy Cardiothoracic surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President, Mercy Cross High School Board, Biloxi, 1983-1987, president Parent-Teachers Association, 1983. Served to colonel Medical Corps, United States Air Force, to 1981. Fellow American College of Surgeons.

Member Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Association Military Surgeons, Assn.Acad. Surgeons, National Association VA Physicians, Association VA Surgeons, Phi Kappa Theta (president 1957).

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, boating.

Connections

Married Brenda Porter, June 11, 1960. Children: Michele, Leslie, Renee, Rhett, Paulette, Chad, Laurence, Jarrod, Jason.

Father:

Ernest Jules Fontenelle

Mother:

Violet (Hingle) Fontenelle

Spouse:

Brenda Porter

child:

Chad Fontenelle

child:

Laurence Fontenelle

child:

Michele Fontenelle

child:

Rhett Fontenelle

child:

Jarrod Fontenelle

child:

Leslie Fontenelle

child:

Jason Fontenelle

child:

Paulette Fontenelle

child:

Renee Fontenelle