Newton E. Kendig
Clinical Professor of Medicine
George Washington University
Dr. Newton E. Kendig is a national leader in correctional health care with over 25 years of experience managing incarcerated patients in U.S. state and federal prisons. He served as Medical Director of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services from 1991 through 1996. He later became a Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) assigned to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) where he served as Chief of Infectious Diseases, Medical Director, and ultimately Assistant Director in charge of the Health Services Division from 2006 to 2015. During his federal career, Dr. Kendig managed a health care system for over 200,000 federal inmates in over 100 institutions, including six Joint Commission-accredited prison-hospitals.
Dr. Kendig has authored numerous Clinical Practice Guidelines that have helped define the standard of care for correctional medicine in the United States. He chaired American Correctional Association (ACA) committees that developed accreditation standards for health care in prisons and jails. He is a current board member of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. In 2017, Dr. Kendig was appointed Clinical Professor of Medicine at GW to spearhead criminal justice health programs for the university. His initiatives include integration of criminal justice health care into the GW medical school curriculum, launching the nation’s first graduate degree program in Correctional Health Care Administration, advancing national correctional health care policies through collective stakeholder engagement, and providing expert technical assistance to health care providers and administrators in U.S. jails and prison.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
George Washington University
Dr. Newton E. Kendig is a national leader in correctional health care with over 25 years of experience managing incarcerated patients in U.S. state and federal prisons. He served as Medical Director of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services from 1991 through 1996. He later became a Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) assigned to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) where he served as Chief of Infectious Diseases, Medical Director, and ultimately Assistant Director in charge of the Health Services Division from 2006 to 2015. During his federal career, Dr. Kendig managed a health care system for over 200,000 federal inmates in over 100 institutions, including six Joint Commission-accredited prison-hospitals.
Dr. Kendig has authored numerous Clinical Practice Guidelines that have helped define the standard of care for correctional medicine in the United States. He chaired American Correctional Association (ACA) committees that developed accreditation standards for health care in prisons and jails. He is a current board member of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. In 2017, Dr. Kendig was appointed Clinical Professor of Medicine at GW to spearhead criminal justice health programs for the university. His initiatives include integration of criminal justice health care into the GW medical school curriculum, launching the nation’s first graduate degree program in Correctional Health Care Administration, advancing national correctional health care policies through collective stakeholder engagement, and providing expert technical assistance to health care providers and administrators in U.S. jails and prison.
