Dr. Newman’s Curriculum Vitae

Training

Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, DC
Clinical Instructor/Breast Fellow, Department of Plastic Surgery
July 2006-June 2007

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

Medical College of Virginia Campus
Richmond, Virginia
Resident, Division of Plastic Surgery
July 2003-June 2006

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

Medical College of Virginia Campus
Richmond, Virginia
Resident, Department of Surgery
July 2000-June 2003

Education

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
MD, with Honors, 1996-2000

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
BS, Biology cum laude, 1992-1996

AWARDS

Patient’s Choice Award, 2010-present
Compassionate Doctor Award, 2010-present
Super Doctors Rising Stars 2013 List
UCLA Plastic Surgery Clinical Faculty Teaching Award, 2013
Theogaraj Award, 2006 (for highest inservice exam score)
Resident Medical Student Teaching Award, 2004
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1999
Merit Award, 1997
Golden Key National Honors Society, 1994
Phi Eta Sigma, 1993

Licensure

Virginia, 0101232282, 2002-present
District of Columbia, MD036077, 2006-present
California, A96118, 2006-present

Research Funding

Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF) Research Grant

Georgetown University Hospital
Department of Plastic Surgery
Application submitted March 2007

NIH Summer Research Fellowship

University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Department of Otolaryngology
June-August 1997

NIH Student Summer Research Stipend

National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Neurological Diseases and Stroke
Lab of Molecular Biology
July-September 1995

NIH Student Summer Research Stipend

National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Neurological Diseases and Stroke
Lab of Molecular Biology
June-August 1994

Publications

Spear SL, Newman MK. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Chapter 48: Mastopexy with and without Augmentation. London: Elsevier, 2009.

Spear SL, Dayan JH, Bogue D, Clemens MW, Newman MK, Teitelbaum S, Maxwell GP. The “neosubpectoral” pocket for the correction of symmastia. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2009 Sep;124(3):695-703.

Spear SL, Newman MK, Bedford MS, Schwartz JS, Cohen M. A retrospective analysis of outcomes using three common methods for immediate breast reconstruction. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2008 Aug;122(2):340-7.

Newman MK, Zemmel NJ, Bandak AZ, Kaplan BJ. Primary breast lymphoma in a patient with silicone breast implants: a case report and review of the literature. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery. 2008 (61):822-825.

Spear SL, Newman MK. Discussion of: Fat grafting to the breast revisited: safety and efficacy. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2007 Mar;119(3):786-787.

Clark JM, Jewett BS, Brinson G, Newman MK, Balfour SR, Prazma J, Pillsbury HC. An animal model for the study of genetic predisposition in the pathogenesis of middle ear inflammation. Laryngoscope. 2000 Sep;110(9):1511-5.

Newman MK. A survey of why physicians do not volunteer at a community-sponsored free health clinic. North Carolina Medical Journal. 1999 Jul-Aug; 60(4): 193-7.

Presentations

Newman MK, Plastic Surgery: The Art of Restoring Form and Function. Manhattan Beach Rotary Club Meeting. Manhattan Beach, CA. April 2011.

Newman MK, Advances in Laceration Repair. Wound Closure Workshop. Long Beach, CA. February, 2011.

Newman MK, Advances in breast reconstruction. Torrance Memorial Medical Center Breast Reconstruction Mentoring Program. Torrance, CA. January 2011.

Newman MK, Advances in breast reconstruction. California Society of Medical Assistants Annual Meeting. Santa Ana, CA. April 2008.

Newman MK, Facial anatomy and facial fillers. Peer to Peer Evening Workshop. Santa Monica, CA. March 2008.

Newman MK, Facial anatomy and facial fillers. South Bay Aesthetic Nurses. Torrance, CA. February 2008.

Newman MK, Advances in breast reconstruction. Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses. Torrance, CA. October 2007.

Newman MK, Zemmel NJ, Bandak AZ, Kaplan BJ. Primary breast lymphoma in a patient with silicone breast implants: a case report and review of the literature. Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference, March 2006.

Newman MK, Clark M, Brinson G, Prazma J, Pillsbury HC. Genetic predisposition to otitis media with effusion in three strains of rat. University of North Carolina School of Medicine Student Research Day, February 1998. Poster presentation.

Newman MK, The link between HIV and other STDs: A suggestion for recruitment and testing among minority heterosexuals at high risk. University of North Carolina School of Medicine Student Research Day, February 1997. Poster presentation.