Kelly Marie Newton
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
Critical care pulmonary and sleep physician with experience managing critically ill patients in academic and resource-poor settings. Provides ICU diagnosis, treatment, and management using evidence-based decision-making. Leads multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care planning and improve patient outcomes through clinical education.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Intensivist; Core Faculty Categorical Internal Medicine Residency Program
Dignity Health Medical Group
Las Vegas, NV
2025.08 - Current
- Supported continuity during DHMG contract acquisition and ongoing clinical operations.
- Functioned as core intensivist faculty for categorical internal medicine residency program.
- Expanded responsibilities from ECMO leadership into GME, with oversight of simulation-based education, resident advising, didactic teaching, bedside instruction, and program development.
- Coordinated patient care with healthcare team members.
- Partnered with hospital administration on policy development for intensivist services.
- Participated in daily multidisciplinary rounds with full healthcare team.
Intensivist; ECMO Medical Director; inaugural program
Sound Physicians; Dignity Medical Group
Henderson, NV
2024.08 - 2025.08
- Provided intensivist coverage.
- Completed ICU rounds and revised treatment plans with multidisciplinary teams.
- Supported ECMO program leadership.
- Assisted with development, implementation, and training for inaugural VV-ECMO program in full-time staff intensivist and ECMO leadership role.
- Supervised transfer decisions and coordinated continuity of care across hospital services.
- Monitored progress and educated chronically ill patients.
Per diem work as staff intensivist
Intensive Care Consortium; HCA Physician Group
Nashville, TN
2024.01 - 2024.08
- Per diem work as staff intensivist per description below
Staff intensivist
ANOVA Medical Associates
Gallatin, TN
2022.07 - 2024.08
- Supported cardiovascular intensive care coverage across mechanical circulatory support, cardiac critical care, neurocritical care, mixed medical/surgical unit, and VV ECMO referral cases.
- Directed intensive care treatment plans for critically ill patients at Anova Medical Associates.
- Collaborated with physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists to coordinate patient care.
- Assessed unstable patients and updated treatment plans during rapid clinical changes.
- Supervised bedside teams during emergency responses and critical patient transfers.
- Advised physicians on complex patient care decisions.
- Coordinated care with other members of healthcare team.
Staff intensivist
Intensive Care Consortium; HCA Physician Group
Nashville, TN
2018.01 - 2022.07
- Provided critical care support in cardiovascular intensive care, including mechanical circulatory support, cardiac critical care, neurocritical care, and mixed medical-surgical unit coverage.
- Helped build and launch ongoing VV ECMO program for large catchment area during COVID-19 pandemic.
- Served as Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, from 12/20-10/21, then Chair, Department of Medicine, from 10/21-7/22, and participated in Medical Executive Committee.
Physician
PSA; Pulmonary and Sleep Associates
Huntsville, AL
2015.06 - 2017.12
- Supported inpatient and outpatient pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine care in high-volume, high-acuity Level 1 trauma center.
- Provided didactic instruction and bedside teaching for nurse practitioner students, medical students, and family and internal medicine residents.
- Served on clinical faculty at Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine.
- Held assistant professor appointment in Department of Internal Medicine, Discipline of Critical Care Medicine, at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Instructor of Medicine; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Department of Medicine
National Jewish Health
Denver, CO
2014.07 - 2015.06
- Provided patient education using National Jewish Health teaching materials and care plans.
- Assisted intensivist coverage in closed units, outpatient pulmonary referral clinic, and inpatient pulmonary cross-coverage.
- Delivered bedside instruction and classroom teaching for residents and medical students.
- Built positive learning environment through open communication with students, parents, and colleagues.
- Supported patient education initiatives as core faculty for CPAP support group.
North Carolina Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate; Board of Directors member (volunteer); Assistant Chief (volunteer); Operations Captain (volunteer); Training Lieutenant (volunteer); Lieutenant (volunteer); Sergeant (volunteer); Daytime Operations Supervisor (employed)
Orange County Emergency Management
Hillsborough, NC
1995.10 - 2003.06
- Served as North Carolina Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate in paid and volunteer roles.
- Supported operations as assistant chief, operations captain, training lieutenant, lieutenant, sergeant, and daytime operations supervisor in volunteer and employed capacities.
- Served on board of directors.
- Delivered prehospital emergency care to diverse patient populations across prehospital emergency medicine system.
Research Assistant
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
2000.08 - 2003.05
- Supported Emergency Medicine research by gathering literature, developing competency instruments for educational tool review, scoring materials, entering data, collecting field observations, completing direct surveys, and assisting with article writing.
- Recruited study participants and scheduled research appointments.
- Supported Emergency Medicine residents with research requirement completion.
Neurodiagnostic Technician I
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
2002.11 - 2002.12
- Prepared patients and attached EEG electrodes and polysomnography equipment.
- Explained testing steps to patients and answered comfort questions.
- Troubleshot hardware and software problems during testing sessions quickly and effectively.
- Monitored patients in real time and provided needed therapeutic support, including CPAP titration.
- Scored PSG studies and organized results for physician review.
Education
Sleep Medicine Fellowship -
National Jewish Health/University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado06.2014
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship -
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC06.2013
UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
University of Massachusetts
Worcester, MA06.2010
Resident/Fellow Course -
New England Journal of Medicine
Boston, MA05.2010
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine -
University of Pikeville- Kentucky School of Osteopathic Medicine
Pikeville, Kentucky05.2007
Post-baccalaureate -
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina08.2002
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina08.2001
Skills
- ECMO and MCS management
- Critical care ultrasonography
- ICU ventilator management
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Residency education
- Cardiovascular critical care
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Palliative and end-of-life care
- Airway management
Affiliations
- Sigma Sigma Phi
- American Thoracic Society
- American College of Chest Physicians
- Society for Critical Care Medicine
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
Honors And Awards
- Care Champion; Huntsville Hospital Foundation, 01/01/17, Huntsville, AL
- Nominated; Most outstanding inpatient clinician; National Jewish Health, 01/01/14, Denver, CO
- The Paul R. Wilner MD Award: The outstanding fellow in the department of medicine; Georgetown University Hospital Department of Medicine, Washington, DC
- Outstanding Clinical Vignette for Fellow, First Place: Department of Medicine Research; Georgetown University Hospital, 05/02/13, Washington, DC
- Outstanding Clinical Vignette for Fellow: First Place Department of Medicine Research; Georgetown University Hospital, 05/03/12, Washington, DC
- Most Outstanding Senior Resident: Milford Regional Hospital
- Inducted Sigma Sigma Phi, Osteopathic Academic Honor Fraternity, 04/01/05
- Best New Resident Research: Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 01/01/02
Grants
Georgetown University Hospital Department of Medicine Fellow Research Award, The incidence of sleep disordered breathing in cerebrovascular accidents and intracranial hemorrhage in patients admitted to the neurosciences intensive care unit., 06/01/12, Washington, DC
Invited Presentations
- Empowering Your Health, Invited Lecturer, 09/01/25, 05/01/26, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (UNLV), Las Vegas, NV
- Practical Strategies for Optimizing IPF Care in Community Pulmonology Practice; A Clinician-Patient Conversation, Invited, 10/01/19, New Orleans, LA
- Sleep Deprivation, 09/01/17, University of Pikeville-KYCOM, Pikeville, KY
- Palliative Care and Sleep, 10/01/16, Huntsville Hospital Palliative Care Symposia, Huntsville, AL
- Basic Management of Ventilators in the ICU, 04/01/16, University of Alabama Huntsville, CRNP Masters Class, Huntsville, AL
- Sleep Deprivation, Keynote speaker, 10/17/15, Alabama Sleep Medicine Continuing Education Conference, Huntsville, AL
- A good night’s sleep for a good day’s breath, Keynote speaker, 10/01/15, Denver, CO
- Hypersomnia, 05/01/15, Exempla Saint Joseph Family Medicine Lecture Series
- Pregnancy in the ICU, 03/01/15, Swedish Medical Center Critical Care Lecture series
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, 01/01/15, Exempla Saint Joseph Family Medicine Lecture Series
- Lung Disease and Sleep Disorders (CPAP support group), 12/01/14, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
- Neurotransmitters and Sleep, 10/01/14, Sleep Fellow Lecture Series
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, 09/01/14, Exempla Saint Joseph Internal Medicine Lecture Series
- A Review of neurotransmitters, 06/01/14, Sleep Fellow lecture series
- Restless legs syndrome presenting as chronic pelvic pain, 06/01/14, Sleep Fellow Case Series
- Sleep Deprivation (CPAP support group), 04/01/14, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
- Sleep Deprivation (Chapeau Day-American Legion), 04/01/14, Chapeau Day-American Legion
- Oxygen protocol review (Sleep Technologist Education meeting), 01/01/14, Sleep Technologist Education meeting
- Morbidity and Mortality Conference: presenter (Sleep Grand Rounds), Presenter, 11/19/13, National Jewish Health Sleep Grand Rounds, Denver, CO
- Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (Sleep technologist education), 09/13/13, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
- Fecal Microbiota Transplant (Fellows lecture series; Georgetown University Pulmonary/Critical Care lecture series), 05/01/13, Washington, DC
- Occupational lung disease (Fellows lecture series; Georgetown University Pulmonary/Critical Care lecture series), 04/01/13, Washington, DC
- A case of bronchiectasis in an otherwise healthy 34 year old man (Case presentation), 02/01/13, District of Columbia Thoracic Society, Washington, DC
- Polymyositis and Interstitial lung disease: a case series, Co-presenter, 05/01/12, Pulmonary/Rheumatology Grand Rounds, Washington, DC
- Pregnancy in the ICU; Fellows lecture series; Georgetown University Pulmonary/Critical Care lecture series, 04/01/12, Washington, DC
- When is tissue not the issue? A case of azygos vein aneurysm presenting as a mediastinal mass (Case presentation), 09/01/11, District of Columbia Thoracic Society, Washington, DC
- Hypercapnic respiratory failure presenting after carbon dioxide angiography (Case presentation), 03/01/11, District of Columbia Thoracic Society, Washington, DC
Publications
- Newton K, A Benign Alternative? Chest October 2011 140:4 Meeting Abstracts 7A; doi:10.1378/chest.1118790, 10/01/11
- Januchowski R, Newton K, Akin A. Modified family medicine curricula for training osteopathic medical students. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Memphis TN January 2007, 01/01/07, Memphis
- Shin et al. Pulmonary artery size as a predictor of pulmonary hypertension and outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respiratory Medicine 2014 Nov; 108 (11): 1626-1632, 11/01/14
- Newton K, Malik V, Lee-Chiong T. Sleep and Breathing. Clinics in Chest Medicine 2014 Sep; 35 (3): 451-456, 09/01/14
- Newton K, KiaNoury D. Incidental azygos vein aneurysm masquerading as mediastinal mass. CHEST. 2012; 142(4_MeetingAbstracts):979A. doi:10.1378/chest.1388336, 10/01/12
- Kogan D, Newton K, Pineda E, Evans A, Guo H, Sidawy M, Cohen P, Anderson E, Reichner C. Trastuzumab induced mediastinal lymphadenopathy mimicking sarcoidosis. CHEST 2012; 142(4_MeetingAbstracts):1037A. doi:10.1378/chest.1386625, 10/01/12
- Guerrero J, Stine J, Crowther C, Newton K, Vinayak A. A Case of Fulminant Hepatic Failure and Chronic Lower Extremity Edema. Chest October 2011 140:4 Meeting Abstracts 138A; doi:10.1378/chest.1120093, 10/01/11
- Hobgood C, Harward D, Newton K, Davis W. The educational intervention “GRIEV_ING” improves death notification skills of residents. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2005 Apr; 12 (4): 296-301, 04/01/05
- Motyka TM, Winslow JE, Newton K, Brice JH. Method for determining automatic external defibrillator need at mass gatherings. Resuscitation. 2005 Jun; 65 (3): 309-14, 06/01/05
Board Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care, 2013, 2025, current, 01/01/13, 12/31/25
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, 2012, 2022, current, 01/01/12, 12/31/22
- American Board of Internal Medicine, 2010, 2021, current, 01/01/10, 12/31/21
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine, 2015, current, 10/01/15
Medical Licensure
- State of Tennessee, 3354-inactive
- State of Colorado, DR0052394 -inactive
- State of Florida, 15203 -inactive
- State of Nebraska, COPS052-inactive
- State of Nevada/IMLCC, DO 2375: CL 0421- active
- State of Georgia, 80462- inactive
- State of Alabama, DO 1467 non-renewed
- District of Columbia, DO034318 - non-renewed
- Commonwealth of Virginia, 0102202635 - non-renewed
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 242623 - non-renewed
Timeline
Intensivist; Core Faculty Categorical Internal Medicine Residency Program
Dignity Health Medical Group
2025.08 - Current
Intensivist; ECMO Medical Director; inaugural program
Sound Physicians; Dignity Medical Group
2024.08 - 2025.08
Per diem work as staff intensivist
Intensive Care Consortium; HCA Physician Group
2024.01 - 2024.08
Staff intensivist
ANOVA Medical Associates
2022.07 - 2024.08
Staff intensivist
Intensive Care Consortium; HCA Physician Group
2018.01 - 2022.07
Physician
PSA; Pulmonary and Sleep Associates
2015.06 - 2017.12
Instructor of Medicine; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Department of Medicine
National Jewish Health
2014.07 - 2015.06
Neurodiagnostic Technician I
Duke University Medical Center
2002.11 - 2002.12
Research Assistant
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2000.08 - 2003.05
North Carolina Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate; Board of Directors member (volunteer); Assistant Chief (volunteer); Operations Captain (volunteer); Training Lieutenant (volunteer); Lieutenant (volunteer); Sergeant (volunteer); Daytime Operations Supervisor (employed)
Orange County Emergency Management
1995.10 - 2003.06
Sleep Medicine Fellowship -
National Jewish Health/University of Colorado
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship -
Georgetown University Hospital
UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
University of Massachusetts
Resident/Fellow Course -
New England Journal of Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine -
University of Pikeville- Kentucky School of Osteopathic Medicine
Post-baccalaureate -
North Carolina State University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill