Elizabeth Newman, MD, has joined the Palliative Medicine Clinic at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, which supports the medical, emotional, social, spiritual and comfort needs of patients dealing with a serious and challenging illness.
Newman has been practicing family medicine for 34 years and palliative care for three years. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is board-certified in family medicine, hospice and palliative medicine.
Newman began her work in palliative care after recognizing that it was much needed within the patient population she served.
“Working as a family physician, my patients were aging and I found myself increasingly reaching out to a local palliative care physician for guidance in helping my patients and their families,” she said. “Their advice and support was wonderful, and I realized that palliative medicine was so helpful. So I decided to take a sabbatical and undertake a one-year fellowship to get the training I needed to become a certified hospice and palliative medicine physician.”