Dr. Monica Newton, DO
Not yet claimedFamily medicine doctor · Physician (DO)
Gainesville, GA
Monica Newton is a family medicine doctor in Gainesville, Georgia. She helped start the family medicine residency program at Northeast Georgia Medical Center and has led the state academy of family physicians.
About Dr. Monica Newton, DO
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Monica Newton is an osteopathic family medicine physician who practices with Northeast Georgia Physicians Group in Gainesville, Georgia. Her office is at 950 S. Enota Dr. NE, and she is affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville and Braselton.
Along with seeing patients, she is a medical educator. She was named the founding program director of the NGMC Family Medicine Residency in 2019, a program described in 2025 as having 36 residents. Before that, she spent 11 years as an associate professor with the UAB Selma Family Medicine Residency Program. She earned her osteopathic medical degree at Midwestern University's Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed family medicine residency and a Master of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Her peers in organized medicine have given her leadership roles and awards. She was appointed to the American Academy of Family Physicians' national Commission on Education in 2020, received the Georgia Family Medicine Educator of the Year award in 2021, and was announced as president of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians in November 2025.
Federal CMS Open Payments records list $1,030.61 in industry payments to her across 40 records from 2021 to 2025, with the largest amounts from Actelion, Novartis, Medtronic, AbbVie and Abbott. Payments like these are common and legal, and this is a small total.
- Board-certified family physician
- She is listed as a board-certified family medicine physician and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP). doximity.com
- Residency program director
- She was named founding program director of the Northeast Georgia Medical Center Family Medicine Residency in 2019; the program was described in 2025 as home to 36 residents. ngmcgme.org
- Medical training
- She attended Auburn University, then Midwestern University's Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed family medicine residency plus an MPH in international health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. providers.ngpg.org
- State society president
- In November 2025 she was announced as president of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians. She had earlier served as vice speaker of the Georgia AFP Congress of Delegates. nghs.com
- National AAFP commission
- She was appointed to the American Academy of Family Physicians' national Commission on Education in 2020. ngmcgme.org
- Teaching award
- The Georgia Academy of Family Physicians named her Georgia Family Medicine Educator of the Year in 2021. nghs.com
- Community health work
- Earlier in her career she founded a free clinic known as 'Family Doc in a bus' with Alabama Department of Public Health and FEMA grant funding, and she was elected to the Selma City Council. ngmcgme.org
- Industry payments reported
- CMS Open Payments lists $1,030.61 in industry payments across 40 records from 2021 to 2025, with the largest from Actelion ($151.66), Novartis ($109.37) and Medtronic ($103.75). openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
Worth knowing
- One online directory (Healthline FindCare) lists her medical school as Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, which conflicts with her employer bio and Doximity profile, both of which list Midwestern University's Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. care.healthline.com
- No peer-reviewed publications or clinical guideline committee authorship were found in the searches performed. doximity.com
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$1,031
40 payments
| 2021 | $120 |
| 2022 | $400 |
| 2023 | $187 |
| 2024 | $245 |
| 2025 | $78 |
Top payers
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$152
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation$109
- Medtronic, Inc.$104
- ABBVIE INC.$98
- Abbott Laboratories$67
Payment types
- Food and Beverage$1,031
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
Sources: providers.ngpg.org · ngmcgme.org · ngmcgme.org · doximity.com · ngmcgme.org · ngmcgme.org · nghs.com · nghs.com. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
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Practice location
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
950a S. Enota Drive
Gainesville, GA 30501
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