Gerald Lowrimore is remembered by many of us as a soft-spoken, hardworking “southern gentleman” who served a cardiology fellowship at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and Texas Heart Institute from 1983 to 1985. A Bachelor of Science graduate in Pharmacy in 1968, and a PhD graduate in Pharmacology in 1977, Gerald received his MD in 1979, all from the University of Mississippi. Following internship at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and residency in internal medicine at the Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Gerald began his cardiology fellowship in 1983. His diligence, integrity, dedication to the care of patients, and persistence in the completion of every project—hallmarks of his training years—were the guiding principles of his subsequent 15 years of practice. After his fellowship, Gerald returned to his native Mississippi and practiced in both Hattiesburg, where he was the first to introduce coronary balloon angioplasty, and in Laurel, his birthplace. His service to thousands of patients in south Mississippi was delivered not only by a skilled and knowledgeable physician, but by a compassionate and caring friend. It is ironic that the disease he sought to ameliorate in so many patients, acute coronary disease, suddenly and unexpectedly stole his life earlier this year on 4 May. He was 53.
As Gerald's associates and teachers at the Texas Heart Institute, we extend our heartfelt sympathy and condolences to his wife, Sylvia, and to their children, Marlin O'Neal, Jason, and Dana.