Title(s):
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Appointment Phone:
410-955-9441
Primary Location:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Expertise:
Dizziness, Facial Pain, Neurology
Education and Experience
Training
- University of Pennsylvania Health System School of Medicine (Philadelphia PA)/ (1995)
Residencies
- Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston MA)/ Neurology (1999)
Fellowships
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston MA)/ Neuro / Ophthalmology (2000)
Certifications
- Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (2011)
Locations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
Hospital Main Entrance - Sheikh Zayed Tower
Baltimore, MD 21287
Appointment Phone: 410-955-9441
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224
Appointment Phone: 410-550-5624
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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 N. Caroline Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Appointment Phone: 410-955-9441
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Department / Division
- Neurology
Centers/Institutes
Bio
Biography
Dr. David Newman-Toker's clinical expertise is in disorders of the brainstem and cranial nerves, including visual loss, double vision, and dizziness. He also specializes in the evaluation and treatment of headaches and facial pain.
Dr. Newman-Toker's research focuses on recognition and prevention of diagnostic errors in frontline healthcare settings using informatics tools at the point of care. He is currently conducting a study on the misdiagnosis of dizzy patients in the Emergency Department. Research methods employed by his group include prospective cross-sectional,observational cohort, and case-control studies, as well as surveys and systematic literature reviews.
He holds joint appointments in Ophthalmology, Emergency Medicine, and Health Sciences Informatics, as well as in Epidemiology and Health Policy & Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Newman-Toker received his B.S. from Yale University and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. After completing his Neurology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he went on to complete fellowships in Neuro-ophthalmology at the Harvard University/Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary and in Neuro-otology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his doctoral training in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Newman-Toker's research focuses on recognition and prevention of diagnostic errors in frontline healthcare settings using informatics tools at the point of care. He is currently conducting a study on the misdiagnosis of dizzy patients in the Emergency Department. Research methods employed by his group include prospective cross-sectional,observational cohort, and case-control studies, as well as surveys and systematic literature reviews.
He holds joint appointments in Ophthalmology, Emergency Medicine, and Health Sciences Informatics, as well as in Epidemiology and Health Policy & Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Newman-Toker received his B.S. from Yale University and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. After completing his Neurology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he went on to complete fellowships in Neuro-ophthalmology at the Harvard University/Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary and in Neuro-otology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his doctoral training in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Expertise
- Dizziness
- Facial Pain
- Neurology
Research
Research Interests
- Misdiagnosis of dizzy patients in the Emergency Department
- Recognition and prevention of diagnostic errors in frontline healthcare settings using informatics tools at the point of care
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