Dr. David Leigh Newsom MD
Ophthalmologist
394 West Main Street Suite B14 Hendersonville Tennessee, 37075About
David Leigh Newsom, MD is an ophthalmologist with his own private practice in Hendersonville, Tennessee and is also affiliated with TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center. Holding over 25 years of experience, he specializes in ophthalmology, dry eyes and contact lenses. Dr. Newsom was educated at the University of Oklahoma prior to completing internships in the Henry Ford Health System and at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Additionally, he is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a past member of the Contact Lens Society of America.
Education and Training
MD at the University of Oklahoma
Board Certification
American Board of Ophthalmology
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gene-resolution analysis of DNA copy number variation using oligonucleotide expression microarrays.
- Innate and adaptive immune activation in the brain of MPS IIIB mouse model.
- Expression Profiling Using Affymetrix GeneChip Microarrays.
- Acute physical activity effects on cardiac gene expression.
- Fructose-asparagine is a primary nutrient during growth of Salmonella in the inflamed intestine.
- Churchill: an ultra-fast, deterministic, highly scalable and balanced parallelization strategy for the discovery of human genetic variation in clinical and population-scale genomics.
- Fusarium oxysporum endophthalmitis.
- Fusarium oxysporum endophthalmitis.
- Endophthalmitis: current approaches.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Public Speaking -
Internships
- Henry Ford Health System, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Professional Society Memberships
- Contact Lens Society of America- In Past
Articles and Publications
- Published Articles
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