Author: Doug Newton

Dr. Doug Newton is a psychiatrist and chief medical officer at SonderMind, where his clinical team works to redesign mental and behavioral healthcare through increased access, utilization and outcomes. Newton leads the clinical team in its efforts to recruit and support SonderMind providers who deliver high-quality care and equip those clinicians with tools and research to further improve care delivery, including an ongoing research partnership with the University of Denver to assess SonderMind’s care and outcomes. Prior to joining SonderMind, Newton served as national senior medical director at UnitedHealth Group and held several senior leadership roles at Kaiser Permanente and Colorado Permanente Medical Group (CPMG). He holds a B.S. and an M.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as a master’s in public health from Yale, and completed residency training in adult psychiatry at Dartmouth and a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at University of Wisconsin-Madison.