Charles Leatherbury Newman,M.D., F.A.C.S. was also born in Birmingham and grew up in Gadsden. He attended the University of Alabama School of Medicine and completed his surgical residency at Georgia Baptist Medical Center in 1995. Dr. Newman has instructed other surgeons on laparoscopic surgery techniques at various international conferences around the world. Overseas instructional tours included 4 weeks in Russia and a week in Italy. He has also published several articles on surgical subjects. Dr. Newman is on the Board of Directors for East Alabama Emergency Medical Services Incorporated and also Chairman of East Alabama Regional Trauma Advisory Council. He has served as Chief of Surgery at both Riverview Regional and Gadsden Regional Medical Centers.
Paul J. Nordness, M.D. comes to us from our sister hospital from Brandon, MS. His vast experience includes postings at practices throughout the South including Grandview Medical Center and academic postings at William Carey University & Merit Health. Many varied publications and presentations of Dr. Nordness's cover colon cancer and laparoscopic & vascular surgeries . He has been in practice at The Surgery Clinic, LLC since January 2, 2018.
Charles L. Newman, MD, FACS Paul J. Nordness, MD
