Connie Baum Newman is an American endocrinologist and

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specializing in hypercholesterolemia and lipid disorders, women's rights, and access to reproductive healthcare. She is an adjunct professor of medicine at the

New York University Grossman School of Medicine NYU Grossman School of Medicine is a medical school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1841 and is one of two medical schools of the university, with the other being the Long Island School of ...

. Newman was president of the

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from 2019 to 2020.

Life

Connie Joy Baum was born to homemaker Ethel Stuhlbach and pediatrician Samuel Baum in

Passaic, New Jersey Passaic ( or ) is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city had a total population of 70,537, ranking as the 16th largest municipality in New Jersey and an increase of 656 from the 69,78 ...

. Her family is Jewish. Newman's three siblings are all physicians. In 1970, she graduated as the

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Passaic High School Passaic High School is a four-year community public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Passaic, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Passaic City School District. The school has ...

. Newman completed a B.A. in biology and Spanish from

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

in 1974 where she was a member of

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. On August 7, 1977, she married lawyer Jay Hartley Newman. Rabbi Leon Katz performed the ceremony in

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. Newman earned an M.D. from

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in 1978. At the

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, she conducted an internal medicine internship from 1978 to 1979 and a residency from 1979 to 1981. Newman was a fellow in endocrinology and diabetes at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons from 1981 to 1984 and a fellow in endocrinology in endocrinology at the

New York University Medical Center NYU Langone Health is an academic medical center located in New York City, New York, United States. The health system consists of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Long Island School of Medicine, both part of New York University (NYU), and m ...

from 1984 to 1985. Newman is an endocrinologist and physician-scientist specializing in hypercholesterolemia and lipid disorders, women's rights, and access to reproductive healthcare. Since September 2007, she has served as a consultant attending physician with the

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. Newman is also, since February 2016, an adjunct professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at the

. Newman was the president of the

from 2019 to 2020.

Selected works

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References

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