{"id":87710,"date":"2025-05-09T16:22:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T21:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=87710"},"modified":"2025-05-09T18:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T23:09:06","slug":"nephrologist-dr-tom-oelsner-passes-away-memorial-set-for-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/nephrologist-dr-tom-oelsner-passes-away-memorial-set-for-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Nephrologist Dr. Tom Oelsner passes away; memorial set for Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TOM OELSNER, M.D., a pioneer in nephrology at Touro Infirmary, died peacefully at his Metairie home on May 3, 2025. He was 88 years old.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_87711\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Oelsner_Tom.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87711\" class=\"wp-image-87711 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Oelsner_Tom-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Oelsner_Tom-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Oelsner_Tom-350x350.jpg 350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87711\" class=\"wp-image-87711 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Oelsner_Tom-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Oelsner_Tom-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Oelsner_Tom-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-87711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DR. TOM OELSNER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Born in Breslau, Germany in 1937, Tom\u2019s parents and sister eescaped with him to England in 1939. Six years later, the family found its way to New Orleans, where Tom lived a fulfilling life ever since.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated from Tulane Medical School as a member of the AOA Medical Honor Society and spent his entire career at Touro Infirmary, where he became a pioneer in nephrology. He helped develop and improve early dialysis treatments and contributed to major advancements in dialysis care and technology. He would often say \u201cThere wasn\u2019t a day in my life, that I didn\u2019t enjoy the challenges of the practice of medicine.\u201d He specifically appreciated his lifelong relationships with his patients. In 2017, he was honored with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/jts-honors-dr-thomas-oelsner-at-mardi-gras-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judah Touro Society Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His life revolved around family, passionate hobbies, and keen interests in new technologies. He was an early computer enthusiast and was an avid photographer for his entire life. He expressed himself through his lens, capturing unique black and white photographs that solidified him as a master of his craft.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Oelsner combined his photographic talent with art by combining images he took with camera and superimposing them onto slates, which could be mounted on walls or displayed on tops of tables or cabinets. He was one of several Jewish artists who participated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/ccjn-jewish-art-and-jewish-artists-event-set-for-dec-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Jewish Art and Jewish Artists&#8221;<\/a> event at Congregation Beth Israel on Dec. 1, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Other profound interests he enjoyed were traveling, sailing, dining, and traveling by motorhome. He particularly loved red wine and chocolate and his favorite all time saying was \u201ceat dessert first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Oelsner is survived by his wife of 67 years, Marilynn Loeb Oelsner, his children Gary Oelsner (Lisa), Lauren Oelsner Greenberg (David), and David Oelsner (Michelle), his nine grandchildren and his two great grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Family and friends are invited to attend the Celebration of Life tomorrow, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in the Event Center at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home beginning at 2:00pm until 4:00pm with celebratory tributes at 3:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, if you wish to make a donation, please consider the Amyloidosis Foundation, Jewish Children\u2019s Regional Service, or a charity of your choice.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Nephrologist%20Dr.%20Tom%20Oelsner%20passes%20away%3B%20memorial%20set%20for%20Saturday\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1],"tags":[9035,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87716,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87710\/revisions\/87716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}