Kudos and congratulations to Dr. Mary M. Newman, who was recognized as the 2020–2021 Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Teacher by the American College of Physicians. This prestigious national award honors individuals for outstanding, sustained voluntary service in the education of medical students and residents. As a recipient of this award Dr. Newman “demonstrated outstanding teaching prowess, displayed exemplary characteristics of care and concern for individual patients at the bedside, and served as a role model and mentor.”

Dr. Newman has taught hundreds of students and residents during her career, participating as faculty in the Basic Medical Clerkship, the Longitudinal Ambulatory clerkship, and others. In learner evaluations she is consistently top ranked for knowledge, diagnostic insights, and clinical management skills. She is a member of the Thayer firm, and is highly sought after as a teaching attending. In addition to her work with Hopkins students, she has worked broadly with learners across the state and nation during her work with the American College of Physicians. During her term as the Governor of the Maryland ACP, she collaborated with student members to start the highly competitive Health Policy Externship for students and residents at the ACP Washington Office. She continues to provide Hopkins learners the important and unusual perspectives of a physician who has dedicated years to professional service, political advocacy, and improving the practice of primary care.

Dr. Newman maintains an important role in educating the community of practicing physicians in addition to her roles in undergraduate and graduate medical education. She lectures nationally on women’s health, primary care, and chronic care management. She is a doctor’s doctor, and cares for the families of many Hopkins faculty as well as the families of other physicians. Very importantly, she has helped to shape the professional practice of medicine at a national level, through her work in numerous professional committees and taskforces over the years. In addition to her active medical practice, she is President of Park Medical Associates, and she serves as a member of the Part-time Faculty Advisory Committee and the Johns Hopkins Green Spring Board of Governors. In addition to her work in the ACP, she is a longstanding member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, the Maryland Governor's Council, and numerous professional organizations. She has served tirelessly on numerous panels and committees to improve the practice of medicine. As an educator, Dr. Newman been instrumental in ensuring that our residents and students receive the clinical knowledge that will make them caring and insightful physicians.

Please join us in congratulating Mary on this well-deserved honor!

Find out additional information about the Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Teacher Award, including past winners, as well as the full list of recipients of 2020–2021 American College of Physicians awards and masterships.