Scott Douglas Newsome, D.O.

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  • Director, Stiff Person Syndrome Center
  • Professor of Neurology
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Expertise

CNS Autoimmune/Inflammatory Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurology, Neuromyelitis Optica, Optic Neuritis, Stiff Person Syndrome, Transverse Myelitis ...read more

Research Interests

Identifying and testing novel therapies and therapeutic strategies in multiple sclerosis and other neuroimmunological disorders ...read more

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Locations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)

Appointment Phone: 410-614-1522
1800 Orleans St.
Sheikh Zayed Tower
Baltimore, MD 21287
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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center)

Appointment Phone: 410-614-1522
601 N. Caroline St.
Baltimore, MD 21287
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Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station

10753 Falls Road
Pavilion II, Suite 115
Lutherville, MD 21093
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Background

Neurologist Scott Newsome specializes in the care of patients with neuroimmunological and neuroinflammatory disorders of the central nervous system. He works within the Division of Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infections at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and has special interest in evaluating and treating patients with multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica and stiff person syndrome. 

After completing fellowship training, Dr. Newsome joined the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis Centers, and he is the director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosciences Consultation and Infusion Center and the Stiff Person Syndrome Center. He is also director of the Johns Hopkins Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infectious Disease Fellowship Program and co-director of the Multiple Sclerosis Experimental Therapeutics Program. 

Dr. Newsome received his medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, with honors. During his neurology residency, he was awarded the Golden Apple Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, and later was chosen to be chief resident. He subsequently completed a fellowship in neuroimmunology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital with the support of a Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. 

Identifying and testing novel therapies and therapeutic strategies for multiple sclerosis and other neuroimmunological disorders is Dr. Newsome’s main research focus. Other research endeavors include validating the use of new quantitative clinical outcome measures and imaging techniques in multiple sclerosis and identifying risk factors of disease onset and severity, response to treatment and long-term outcomes in neuroimmunological disorders. 

An adviser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and a member of the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, Dr. Newsome has also served as president of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. 

 

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Titles

  • Director, Stiff Person Syndrome Center
  • Director, Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infectious Disease Fellowship
  • Director, Neurosciences Consultation and Infusion Center at Green Spring Station
  • Co-Director, Multiple Sclerosis Experimental Therapeutics Program
  • Member, Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence
  • Professor of Neurology

Departments / Divisions

Centers & Institutes

Education

Degrees

  • DO; New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (2004)

Residencies

  • Neurology; Albany Medical Center (2008)

Fellowships

  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2009)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Psychiatry And Neurology (Neurology) (2008)

Research & Publications

Research Summary

Dr. Newsome’s main research focuses on helping identify and test novel therapies and therapeutic strategies in multiple sclerosis and other neuroimmunological disorders. Other research endeavors include validating the use of new quantitative clinical outcome measures and imaging techniques in multiple sclerosis and identifying risk factors of disease onset and severity, response to treatment and long-term outcomes in neuroimmunological disorders. Dr. Newsome is involved in several clinical trials that focus on neuroimmunological disorders.

Clinical Trial Keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Acute optic neuritis

Activities & Honors

Honors

  • Howard Hughes Research Fellowship, 1998
  • Honors Graduate, University at Albany , 1999
  • Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship, 2001 - 2004
  • Psi Sigma Alpha Honor Society, NYCOM, 2004
  • Golden Apple Outstanding Resident Teaching Award , 2005
  • MASTER Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Fellowship Program, 2006
  • Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Treatment Training Program, 2006 - 2006
  • NeuroRehab Residency Practicum Program, 2006 - 2006
  • Scholarship Program, Consortium of MS Centers, 2007
  • Chief Neurology Resident, Albany Medical Center, 2007 - 2008
  • Resident Scholarship, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, 2008 - 2008
  • Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2008 - 2010
  • Nominee: Excellence in Service and Professionalism, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2015 - 2015
  • Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2016
  • Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2016
  • Multiple Sclerosis Certified Specialist (MSCS), Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, 2016
  • Fellow (FAAN), American Academy of Neurology, 2016
  • Osler Preceptor in Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2017
  • American Neurological Associates Poster Award Winner, 2020
  • Consortium of MS Centers Annual Meeting Best in Research Award Winner

Professional Activities

  • President, National Undergraduate Fellows Association, 2002 - 2004
  • Clinical Advisory Committee, National MS Society, 2012 - 2016
  • Co-Chair, Consensus Conference Committee of the Consortium of MS Centers, 2013 - 2014
  • Committee Member, Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), Efficacy of Sustained Release Oral Dalfampridine in Transverse Myelitis, 2013
  • Chair, Consensus Conference Committee of the Consortium of MS Centers, 2014 - 2017
  • Committee Member, Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers' task force, 2014
  • Chair, DSMB, Bevacizumab in Neuromyelitis Optica, 2014 - 2017
  • Panel Member, MS Clinical Specialist Certification Item Review, CMSC, 2014
  • Chair, Framework of Care in MS, CMSC, 2014
  • Committee Member, Benefit-Risk Study Workgroup, National MS Society, 2015 - 2016
  • Committee Member: Depression in MS Workgroup, National MS Society, 2015 - 2016
  • Committee Member: Clinical Training Fellowship Grant Review Committee, National MS Society, 2015
  • Abstract Review Committee Member, CMSC Annual Meeting, 2015
  • Coordinating Investigator, ATTAIN Phase 3b Clinical Trial, 2016 - 2016
  • Poster and Platform Presentation Judge, CMSC Annual Meeting, 2016
  • Abstract Review Committee Member: MS and CNS Inflammatory Disease, AAN Annual Meeting, 2016
  • Biospecimen Allocation Sub-Committee Member, Multiple Sclerosis Partners Advancing Technology and Healthcare Solutions (MS PATHS), 2017
  • Treasurer, Consortium of MS Centers, 2017
  • Treasurer, Foundation of the Consortium of MS Centers, 2017
  • Clinical Adjudication Committee Member, Effect of MD1003 in progressive multiple sclerosis: a randomized, double-blinded placebo controlled study, 2018

Videos & Media

Lectures and Presentations

  • Prescription for Healthcare Lean
    Workshop, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (01/01/2014)
    Johns Hopkins Medicine

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

New Center for Stiff Person Syndrome NeuroLogic  (Winter 2018)

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