Newton Kendig, MD

Dr. Newton E. Kendig was appointed Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington (GW) University in 2017 to spearhead a criminal justice health initiative for the university. He received his subspecialty training in infectious diseases from Johns Hopkins University and subsequently served as the Medical Director for the Federal Bureau of Prisons from 1999 to 2015. Dr. Kendig believes that addressing the health needs of justice-involved patients will help reduce healthcare disparities and result in healthier and safer communities. Furthermore, he believes the academic community can make valuable contributions toward this goal through educational programming, meaningful research, and healthcare delivery to justice-involved patients. “I am excited to forge new justice-health initiatives for GW students from online training, to public policy discussions, to clinical care opportunities managing incarcerated patients and those justice-involved patients under community supervision.”