Kurt Newman is president and CEO of Children’s National Health System, serving in that role since September 2011. He is also a professor of surgery and pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine. Newman has been an integral part of Children’s National for 30 years, beginning as a surgeon in 1984 and becoming surgeon in chief and senior vice president in 2003. He was instrumental in creating the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National, made possible through a $150 million gift aimed at making surgery for children minimally invasive and pain free. Newman is a board member of the Children’s Hospital Association. (Festival Underwriter Presenter)

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