Biography of Dr. Rebecca Carter; Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by N.O.V.A. July 2005



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Tulane Professor Emeritus Dr. Rebecca Carter Dies



Dr. Rebecca Davilene Carter, a professor emeritus of surgery at the Tulane

University School of Medicine, died Sunday of cancer at Tulane Medical 

Center. She was 64.



Dr. Carter was born in Alma, Ga., and lived in Metairie for the past 25 

years. She graduated from Valdosta State College in Valdosta, Ga., and the 

Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. She did her internship and residency 

at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Ga.



She taught at Tulane from 1970 to 1994, becoming an assistant professor in 

1974, associate professor in 1978 and professor in 1983. She also was an 

adjunct professor at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 

and director of the Surgical Oncology Research and Education Division of 

General Surgery at the School of Medicine.



Dr. Carter was a former chairwoman of the Surgery Committee at Charity 

Hospital, clinical director of surgical services at Charity's Surgery Center 

and chief of surgery at Lallie Kemp Hospital in Independence.



She was a former president of the American Association for Cancer Education,

chairwoman of the Louisiana Division of the American Cancer Society, 

president of the society's New Orleans chapter, co-principal investigator of 

the Southwest Oncology Group and member of the Physician Advisory Committee 

at Hospice New Orleans.



She was a longtime board member and former chairwoman of the Louisiana 

Cancer and Lung Trust Fund.



She was the co-author of "Tumors of Bone: A Programmed Instruction Text" and 

many articles and book chapters.



Survivors include her companion, Maxie Parker; a brother, Lindol Carter of

Oklahoma City; and a sister, Lynette Carter of Jacksonville, Fla.



A funeral will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral 

Home, 3827 Canal St. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Garden 

of Memories.





Source:  Times Picayune  02-18-1997