Travis Ryan Newberry, MD

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 2013 - Fellowship - Advanced Head and Neck Oncology - The University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2012 - Residency - Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; San Antonio
  • 2007 - M.D. - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Houston, TX
  • 2000 - BA Biochemistry - Florida State University; Tallahassee, FL

  Training

  • 2017 - Otolaryngology Residency Program Director - San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX
  • 2017 - Transitional Year Internship Associate Program Director - San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX
  • 2015 - Officer in Charge of Clinical Operations - Otolaryngology Clinic, San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX,
  • 2015 - Assistant Chief – Otolaryngology Service - San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX
  • 2015 - Assistant Program Director for Undergraduate Medical Education for the San Antonio Military Medical Center Otolaryngology Program - San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX
  • 2014 - Theater Otolaryngologist, Craig Joint Theater Hospital - Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan
  • 2013 - Assistant Professor in Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Section - Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX
  • 2013 - Clinical Instructor - Head and Neck Oncology, Department of Otolaryngology - The University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC

  Highlights

  Undergraduate: Distinguished Graduate – USAF AFROTC Field Training
  Medical:   AOA
  Military:

  • Meritorious Service Medal with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Air Force Commendation Medal with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
  • National Defense Service Medal
  • NATO Medal
  • Distinguished Graduate – Airfield Operations Flight Officer School
  • Distinguished Graduate – Air Traffic Control School
  • Commanders Award for Leadership – Air Traffic Control School

• Service

  Service to the Profession

  PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

  • Member, Texas Association of Otolaryngology
  • Member, Alpha Omega Alpha
  • Member, American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
  • Member, San Antonio Society of Otolaryngology
  • Member, Texas Medical Association
  • Member, Bexar County Medical Association

  National

  • Past President – Society of Military Otolaryngology
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology Trauma Committee
  • Joint Program Committee 8/Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Programmatic Panel

  STATE COMMITTEES:

  • Past President – Texas Association of Otolaryngology

  Community

  • Professionalism Committee – 2021 - Present
  • Chair, Transitions in Care Committee – 2016-2017
  • Military Readiness Subcommittee – 2018 - 2021
  • Otolaryngology Residency Program Evaluation Committee
  • Otolaryngology Residency Clinical Competency Committee
  • Functional Training Manager for Otolaryngology

  Global

  MILITARY SERVICE:

  • 2000 - 2001 - Airfield Operations Flight Officer Course , Laughlin Air Force Base, TX
  • 2001 - 2003 - Deputy Flight Commander, Airfield Operations Flight, Aviano Air Base, Italy
  • 2007 - 2012 - Otolaryngology Resident, Air Force Institute of Technology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX
  • 2012 - 2013 - Head and Neck Oncology Fellow, Air Force Institute of Technology, The University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2013 - Present - Staff Surgeon, Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Section, Department of Otolaryngology, San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX
  • Apr 2014-Oct 2014 – Theater Otolaryngologist, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan

  Military Training Courses:

  •   AFROTC Field Training – 1994 (Distinguished Graduate)
  •   USAF Air Traffic Control Officer’s Training Course – 2000 (Distinguished Graduate)
  •   Airfield Operations Flight Officer Course – 2000-2001 (Distinguished Graduate)

• Publications

  1. Adams JK, Malka RE, Marinelli JP, Esquivel CR, Newberry TR, Spear SA, Erbele ID.  The Case Against Stapedectomy as a Core Competency for General Practice: A Study of Care Patterns in the Department of Defense.  Otol Neurotol. 2022 Oct 1;43(9):1011-1015.
  2. Malka RE, Marinelli JP, Newberry TR, Carlson ML, Bowe SN. Asynchronous learning among otolaryngology residents in the United States. Am J Otolaryngol. 2022 Sep-Oct;43(5):103575.
  3. Walters BK, Garrett SL, Aden JK, Newberry TR, Mckinlay AJ. Patient Compliance With Surveillance of Thyroid Nodules Classified as Atypia of Undetermined Significance. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2022 Jul 1:34894221111097. 
  4. Ward M, Newberry T, Bevans SE.“Ready or Not? A Comparison of In-Theater and Stateside Trauma Exposure among Military Otolaryngologists.”American Association for the Surgery of Trauma for the 80th Annual Meeting of AAST & Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery, Atlanta, GA.Sep 2021
  5. Walters BK, Garrett SL, Aden JK, Williams GM, Butler-Garcia SL, Newberry TR, Mckinlay AJ. Diagnostic Lobectomy for Bethesda III Thyroid Nodules: Pathological Outcomes and Risk Factors for Malignancy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2021 Sep;130(9):1064-1068.
  6. Pingree CS, Newberry TR, McMains KC, Holt GR. Medical Ethics in Austere Environments.  HEC Forum. 2020 Dec;32(4):345-356.
  7. Forbes JA, Laughlin I, Newberry S, Ryhn M, Pasley J, Newberry T. Stratification of risk to the surgical team in removal of small arms ammunition implanted in the craniofacial region: case report. J Neurosurg. 2016 Sep;125(3):661-6.
  8. Newberry TR, Kaufmann CR, Miller FR. Review of accessory parotid gland tumors: pathologic incidence and surgical management. American Journal of Otolaryngology, 2014 Jan-Feb;35(1): 48-52
  9. Newberry TR, Matrka LL, Simpson CB. Oropharyngeal Variant of Spasmodic Dysphonia: A report of two cases. Presented at Combined Otolaryngology Sections Meeting, April 2012
  10. Cohn EE, Newberry TR, Rodriguez KD, Sasaki-Adams DM, Zanation AM. Management of Invasive Fungal Sinusitis with Intracranial Extension. Submitted for Publication.  Presented at 23rd Annual Meeting North American Skull Base Society