Faculty & Staff at TUC
Vanessa Newman
College: COM
Department: OMM
Title: Assistant Professor
E-Mail: vanessa.newman2@tu.edu
Office: Administration & Faculty 1, Rm. 223
Vanessa Newman, DO is a CA licensed medical physician and assistant professor who
specializes in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
(OMM/NMM). She earned her medical degree at Touro University College of Osteopathic
medicine in California and went on to complete a three-year residency program in OMM/NMM
at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, NY where she served as chief resident in her
final year. As chief resident at the onset of the COVID surge in NYC, she had the
honor and challenge of leading her department through unprecedented times for our
healthcare system, treating COVID patients using osteopathic manipulative medicine
in one of the hardest hit cities in the world. Dr. Newman has experience treating patients from every age group including babies
beginning hours after birth, growing children, pregnant women, adults and those transitioning
at the end of their lives, for a wide range of developmental, neurologic, rheumatologic,
gastrointestinal, respiratory, orthopedic, infectious disease, and musculoskeletal
issues. She loves meeting patients wherever they are on their healing journey and
supporting the intelligence of their bodies in achieving more optimal health.
Dr. Newman grew up in the Washington DC area before attending Colorado College where
she majored in neuroscience while competing as a NCAA Division I soccer player. A
career-ending knee injury provided Dr. Newman with a personal understanding of the
potency of hands-on healing and what she would later discover to be osteopathic principles
regarding health and healing. Prior to beginning osteopathic medical school Dr. Newman
conducted neurophysiology research at NYU before living in Guatemala while completing
USC Keck school of medicine’s language and cultural immersion program. She focused
her personal studies during that time on maternal and fetal health, and traditional
Mayan healing practices in the region, which aligned with her developing osteopathic
framework.
Dr. Newman loves to share her passion for osteopathic medicine with her students at
TUCOM- CA, and beyond. When she is not teaching, learning or seeing patients, Dr.
Newman enjoys spending time in nature, running, rock climbing, practicing yoga, contact
improvisation dance, singing, skiing and nutritious cooking.
Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine 2017
Colorado College 2010
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