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Mary Newport, MD, Neonat/Perinatology, Brooksville, FL

MaryNewportMD

Neonat/Perinatology Brooksville, FL

Board Certified Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Mary Newport practiced neonatology for 30 years in Tampa Bay area of Florida, then hospice for three years. She received degrees from Xavier University and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and trained at Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati and Medical University Hospital, Charleston, SC. She was caregiver for her husband Steve Newport who had early-onset Alzheimer's disease for 15 years. She has written four books and is an international speaker on ketones as an alternative fuel for the brain and Alzheimer's prevention through changes in diet and other lifestyle risk factors.

Education & Training

  • Medical University of South Carolina
    Medical University of South CarolinaResidency, Pediatrics, 1980 - 1981
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1978 - 1980
  • University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
    University of Cincinnati College of MedicineClass of 1978
  • Xavier University
    Xavier UniversityB.A., Magna cum Laude, 1974

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1983 - 2025
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2003 - 2025
  • SC State Medical License
    SC State Medical License 1980 - 1984
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 1979 - 1982
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A New Way to Produce Hyperketonemia.  
    MT Newport, TB VanItallie, MT King, Y Kashiwaya, RL Veech, Alzheimer's and Dementia, 1/11/2015
  • How to Grow a Healthy Baby with a Healthy Brain  
    Newport, MT, Annual Health Fair, 10/1/2008
  • Ivory Tower’ Fellowship Statement Challenged. (Letter to the Editor)  
    Mary T. Newport, Pediatrics, 9/1/1991
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Case Study: Dietary Intervention using coconut oil to produce mild ketosis in early onset Alzheimer’s Disease
    Newport, MT, International Symposium on Dietary Interventions for Epilepsy and Other Neurologic Disorders, Edinburgh, Scotland, 10/5/2010
  • Caregiver reports following dietary intervention with medium chain fatty acids in 60 persons with dementia
    Newport, MT, International Symposium on Dietary Interventions for Epilepsy and Other Neurologic Disorders, Edinburgh, Scotland, 10/5/2010
  • Caregiver reports following dietary intervention with medium chain fatty acids in 47 persons with dementia
    Newport, MT, Alzheimer’s Disease International Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 3/12/2010

Lectures

  • “Ketones and MCTs for Alzheimer’s and other Neurologic Disorders.” Speaker for Dr. Shär Medical Nutrition MCT Symposium 
    Frankfurt, Germany - 5/20/2016
  • “Ketones as alternative fuel for the brain in Alzheimer’s and other diorders.” Speaker for the 1st Annual Conference on Nutritional Ketosis, University of South Florida 
    Tampa, FL - 1/28/2016
  • “Ketones as alternative fuel for the brain in Alzheimer’s and other diorders.” Speaker for the 3rd International Conference for Integrative Medicine 
    Fulda, Germany - 11/28/2015
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Other

  • Coconut Oil for Alzheimer’s Disease. (Local Talks and Local/Regional Radio Interviews) 

    Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties of FL, Jul 2008-present - 1/1/2013
  • What If There Was a Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease and No One Knew? 

    7/22/2008
  • Emergency Deliveries. (Letter to the Editor) 
    Mary T. Newport, Parents Magazine
    2/1/1987

Press Mentions

  • SG University to Test VCO Efficacy as Possible Antiviral Agent vs. Coronavirus
    SG University to Test VCO Efficacy as Possible Antiviral Agent vs. CoronavirusFebruary 24th, 2020
  • Study: Coco Oil May Prevent Spread of Viruses
    Study: Coco Oil May Prevent Spread of VirusesFebruary 17th, 2020
  • Search for Coronavirus Buster Leading to Coconut Tree
    Search for Coronavirus Buster Leading to Coconut TreeFebruary 7th, 2020
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