Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society
In Memoriam: Edward S. Connolly, MD 1934-2014
D. Luke Glancy, MD
The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society , neurosurgery, and the state of Louisiana lost a friend and leader with the death of Edward S. Connolly on 1 February 2014. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Dr. Connolly graduated from Stanford University and then received his medical degree from Creighton University School of Medicine. After completing his neurosurgical training at the University of California, San Francisco, he remained on the faculty there until 1972, when he came to New Orleans as chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Ochsner Clinic, a position he held until 1996. He remained at Ochsner as a senior consultant until his retirement in 2003. A superb and innovative surgeon, he was a kind and caring physician in every way. An excellent mentor, Dr. Connolly was a professor of neurosurgery at both the LSU and Tulane Medical Schools. He was a past president of the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons and of the Louisiana Neurosurgical Society. Dr. Connolly joined the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society in 2003. He was the ideal board member, always providing prompt and insightful reviews. Ed Connolly was a prince. He will be missed by many. The Journal sends its condolences to his wife Elise and their six children and nine grandchildren.
34 J La State Med Soc VOL 166 January/February 2014
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