Debra Newman, PA-C, MPAS, MPH

Clinical / Research Interests: Debra R. Newman, PA-C, MSPAS, MPH is the Medical Provider for Adult Drug and Mental Health Treatment Courts in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and provides training and technical assistance for the New Mexico Department of Therapeutic Justice. She was formerly the Medical Provider for the Santa Fe County DWI Court. Debra was a 2017-2018 recipient of the PA Foundation/NIDA-CTN Mentored Outreach Award in Treatment Dissemination: “Utilizing Psychiatric PA’s in Drug/Treatment Courts.” Debra has worked in residential treatment, outpatient addiction medicine, outpatient adult psychiatry, and chronic pain management for more than a dozen years. Her passion for addiction medicine began with her association with Project ECHO 15 years ago while employed at a large FQHC in northern NM, a region historically plagued with the highest per capita heroin death rate in the nation. Debra has helped develop the ASAM Moving Beyond the Barriers of Treating Opioid Use Disorders Course, and the ASAM/NADCP (National Association of Drug Court Professionals) Integrating Addiction Medicine with Treatment Courts Course. She is a regular presenter for ASAM, the PCSS-Xchange, a PCSS mentor, and is currently a Co-Editor for ASAM Weekly.