Celeste Newby, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Office Address
Tulane University School of Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics 1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-16 New Orleans, LA 70112
School of Medicine
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Education & Affiliations

PhD, Molecular Microbiology, Washington University, 2007
MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, 2012
Internal Medicine Residency, Tulane University School of Medicine, 2015

Biography

Dr. Celeste Newby is an academic hospitalist in the Deming Department of Internal Medicine with primary clinical responsibilities at University Medical Center. She has interests in Health Policy and Advocacy at the local, state, and national levels. She is the faculty advisor for the Pathway to Distinction in Advocacy for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. She is active with several medical societies for health policy work. She is a member of the Health Policy Clinical Practice subcommittee with the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), Chair of the Health and Public Policy commitee for the Louisiana Chapter of American College of Physicians (ACP), and a member of the Council on Legislation for the Louisiana State Medical Society (LSMS). 

Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1VALOoBOL_35a/bibliography/public/

National Workshop Presentations 

Newby, C, Johnson, L, Vom Eigen, K L, Reynolds, P, Henry, TL. Is Diversity and Inclusion the unfinished civil rights movements in medicine? Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. 2022. Orlando, Fl. 

Newby, C, Syed, Q, Henry, TL. Why Gerrymandering Matters to your patients: Tools for Remapping your Districts. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. 2022. Orlando, Fl. 

Newby C, Johnson L. Combatting Systemic Racism in the Healthcare System: Practical Actions you can take today. Society of General Internal Medicine annual meeting (virtual) April 2021.  

Reynolds P, Henry T, Bracey J, Newby C, Johnson L, Von Eigen K. Structural Racism in Health Care-A Health Policy Perspective. Society of General Internal Medicine annual meeting (virtual) April 2021. 

Kolod E, Newby C, Hua J, Shi M. Housing is healthcare. Society of General Internal Medicine annual meeting (virtual) April 2021.