Dr. Jonathan Newsome is an emergency medicine physician who works at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. He is currently an academic fellow of hospital administration and operations through the UTHealth Department of Emergency Medicine, and is pursuing his Master's degree in business administration at Rice University. Jonathan grew up in Cypress, Texas, attended University of St. Thomas and University of Texas McGovern Medical School in Houston. As a medical student, he rotated at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, a county hospital under Harris Health. His experiences at LBJ and at Memorial Hermann led him to specialize in emergency medicine and he continued to train at these hospitals for residency. As a life-long Houstonian, he hopes to impact change across Houston by addressing healthcare disparities in and outside of the emergency room.