“The goal of the physician is to find health. Anyone can find disease.”
A.T. Still, MD
Welcome!
This is a place meant mainly for Dr. Newton to organize her professional information in an easily accessible format. As she progresses through her career, she wanted a place to keep important information available to anyone. This will tell the story of her studies and dedication to medicine.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 2024 – 2027 | Internal Medicine Residency UAMS/Washington Regional Internal Medicine Residency, Fayetteville, AR |
| 2020 – 2024 | Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Smith, AR |
| 2015 – 2019 | Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry/Chemistry, Chemistry Honors, magna cum laude John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR |
Professional Experience
| 2024 – now | Resident Physician Washington Regional Medical Center, Fayetteville, AR |
| 2019 – 2020 | Medical Records Coordinator Northwest Arkansas Neurosurgery Clinic, Johnson, AR |
| 2018 – 2019 | Chemistry Teacher’s Assistant & Cell Biology Class Tutor Natural Science Department, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR |
| 2017-2019 | Academic Learning Coach Student Support Services, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR |
| 2016-2019 | Private Personal Tutor for local high school students Siloam Springs, AR |
| 2016 | Administrative Assistant New Life Ranch, Colcord, OK |
| 2016 – 2018 | Physical Therapy Technician Holly Street Physical Therapy, Siloam Springs, AR |
Teaching Experience
| 2022, 2023 | Presenter – Clinical Correlate Session: An Update on 2 Cases of Acute Hepatic Porphyria Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Smith, AR |
| 2021 | Assistant presenter – Clinical Correlate Session: 2 Cases of Acute Hepatic Porphyria Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Smith, AR |
| 2021 | Table trainer – Introduction to Osteopathic Principles & Practice Workshop Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Smith, AR |
| 2015-2017 | Student Educator – Siloam Springs Middle School with JBU Education Department, Siloam Springs, AR |
Academic Awards
| 2019 | Chemistry in Head, Heart & Hand Honors |
| 2019 | Pre-Health Professions Program Graduate |
Scholarly Activity
| 2024 | Evaluating the Ability of AI-Language Models to Develop Answer Scores for Script Concordance Tests (SCT) abstract to be presented at Innovations in Healthcare Education Research Conference |
| 2019 | Isolation & Characterization of Fractions from P. cuspidatum poster presented at John Brown University’s Celebration of Academic Excellence |
| 2019 | Selected B Vitamins Raise the Concentration of NAD+ in NIH-3T3+pAcGFP1-Mito Cells poster presented at John Brown University’s Celebration of Academic Excellence |
Rotations Completed in Medical School
| Apr 2024 | Medical Curriculum Development – a cooperative experience with Dr. Susan Newton at John Brown University and Dr. Lance Bridges at Alice Walton School of Medicine Participated in faculty meetings, planning committees, curriculum committees and safety analyses. Provided the student’s perspective in feedback to faculty developing a new medical school and pre-medical undergraduate courses. |
| Mar 2024 | Dermatology – with Dr. Cheryl Hull |
| Feb 2024 | Emergency Medicine – with Dr. Rob Guinn |
| Jan 2024 | Radiology – Self-guided |
| Dec 2023 | Ophthalmology – with Dr. Michael Waggoner |
| Nov 2023 | Internal Medicine Clinic – with Dr. Carolyn Reeves |
| Oct 2023 | Internal Medicine Residency Sub-Internship – OMECO Tahlequah |
| Sept 2023 | Endocrinology – with Dr. C. Rachel Kilpatrick |
| Aug 2023 | Nephrology – with Dr. Shamsul Alam |
| Jul 2023 | Hospitalist (WRMC) – with Dr. Dustin Temple |
| June 2023 | Family Medicine – Rural Clinic – with Dr. Travis Embry |
| May 2023 | Family Medicine – Rural Traditionalist – OCH with Dr. Kenneth M. Poemoceah |
| Apr 2023 | General Surgery – with Dr. Patrick Shiefelbein Participated in out-patient clinic & assisted in procedures including cholecystectomy, below-knee amputation, Nissen, hernia repair, total thyroidectomy, I&D of pilonidal cysts and other abscesses, and hemorrhoidectomy |
| Mar 2023 | In-patient Psychiatry – with Dr. Shafa Rahman |
| Feb 2023 | Infectious Disease – with Dr. Dan Young |
| Jan 2023 | Obstetrics & Gynecology – with Dr. |
| Dec 2022 | Pediatric Clinic – with Dr. Julie Tate |
| Nov 2022 | Interventional Cardiology – with Dr. Shawn Senter Assisted in 50 heart catheterizations, and multiple TEEs as well as observed Walkman device placements, and participated in both in-patient & out-patient management |
| Oct 2022 | Internal Medicine Clinic – with Dr. James Baker. |
| Sept 2022 | Lifestyle Medicine – Self-guided Completed the Reversing Type 2 Diabetes, Core Competencies and Food as Medicine courses provided by ACLM. |
| Aug 2022 | Hospitalist (NWMC-Bentonville) – with Dr. Sudheer Koyagura |
| Jul 2022 | Advanced Osteopathic Principles & Practice – Self-guided |
Volunteer Activity
| 2023 – now | Ministry Leader – Young Adults Ministry Sager Creek Community Church, Siloam Springs, AR |
| 2022 | Student Care Provider – Skin Cancer Screening Clinic Good Samaritan Clinic, Fort Smith, AR |
| 2021 – 2022 | Secretary – Rural Medicine Interest group Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Smith, AR |
| 2021 | Assistant Organizer – COVID Vaccination & Health Screening Clinic with Rural Medicine & Surgery Interest Groups of Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| 2021 | Student Care Provider – Still Clinic Good Samaritan Clinic, Fort Smith, AR |
| 2021 | Student Care Provider – Sports Physicals Clinic Kimmons Junior High School & Southside High School, Fort Smith, AR & Van Buren First Assembly of God, Van Buren, AR |
| 2021 | Student Care Provider – Health Screening Station for Fort Smith Symphony ArcBest Performance Center, Fort Smith, AR |
| 2018-2019 | Vocalist – choral vocalist on worship team at local church Siloam Springs, AR |
| 2017 | Food Preparer – Mu Kappa Goat Roast John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR |
| 2015 | Painter – JBU Day of Service for local church Siloam Springs, AR |
Research
Posters
Graduate Research
Helping the Vampires Among Us: A Case Report on Using OMT in Management of Acute Hepatic Porphyria
While this genetic disease is difficult to manage, a few patients with Acute Hepatic Porphyria have found relief of their chronic musculoskeletal complaints with Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy.
Undergraduate Research
Isolation and Characterization of Fractions Extracted from P. cuspidatum
While Japanese Knotweed is considered a weed by many, some have reported medicinal compounds in the plant.
Selected B Vitamins Raise the Concentrations of NAD+ in NIH-3T3 Cells
In order to determine whether increased media levels of niacinamide, thiamin or pyridoxine would be correlated be increased intracellular concentrations of NAD+ or NADP, NIH-3T3 cells were cultured & assayed.
More About Me
What is your background?
By way of clearing the confusion that may arise from the varied geography of my CV, I am the wife of a native Arkansasan, and I grew up as the daughter of missionaries from Oregon serving in East Africa. I earned my high school diploma from a boarding school in Kenya and chose a small school in Northwest Arkansas for my bachelor’s degree.
Growing up, I wanted to be a teacher because I knew I was passionate about both understanding and helping people understand how things work. That passion has never left, but as I completed my teacher’s ed coursework I realized it was more specific than that. I wanted to work one-on-one with people who wanted not only to understand but to apply knowledge of biological science to their lives. And, as I learned with time, I wanted to listen to the stories these same people have to tell and to be able to take actions that would truly help them. It wasn’t until I met a pediatrician who listened as a friend to my aspirations that I learned that what I wanted was to become the first physician in my family’s history.
What kinds of things do you like to do for fun?
I love my family and spend a lot of my free time with them. My husband’s family has a hobby farm which always has projects going, whether it’s replacing fences, caring for goats, working horses or rebuilding chicken coups. My husband and I have a cat and a dog and a lot of plants. We hand-make most of the gifts we give out at birthdays and Christmas-time out of leather, wood, fabric or food. When the weather is nice, we love going for hikes, riding our bikes and training our horses and dogs.
Besides home and family life, we spend a lot of time with our local church, Sager Creek Community Church, serving in choir, community groups and the young adult ministry.
What is your ‘philosophy of medicine’?
I chose to go to an osteopathic medical school because I resonated with the osteopathic philosophy. I truly believe that the body is a unit of physical, emotional and spiritual components, that structure and function are interrelated, and that the body is capable of self-regulation and self-healing. In light of this, I think that each patient should be considered holistically and medical decisions should be made on an individualized basis and founded upon the best clinical research available.
Prevention by mitigating lifestyle risk factors is first. I intend to discuss lifestyle factors including diet, exercise, sleep and stress levels whenever I can. After disease has occurred, if there are lifestyle modifications which have shown significant efficacy in treatment, I am all about trying that first. Application of modern science truths to the healing arts has dramatically advanced the options for medical therapy we have available today. While we have so many conservative options for prevention and management of diseases which are invaluable, I am still grateful for the advances of modern surgery when necessary.
What are your career goals?
I have found through clinical rotations that I enjoy all branches of medicine specifically because I enjoy being able to help patients with any complaint, working as a consultant for their self-management of their health. I want to practice primary care both in the hospital and out-patient clinics, perhaps as a hospitalist first and then moving to a private practice clinic. Perhaps I will find a balance of doing both. I am so very excited to be serving the people of Northwest Arkansas, and I am planning to continue serving here indefinitely. My dream is to build my own practice that is designed to serve this unique area.