Michelle Newkirk, DO

Member of Mammoth Hospital Medical Staff Since 2021

Specialties

Rheumatology

Board Certification

Internal Medicine

Rheumatology

Education

Rheumatology Fellowship

Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX

Internal Medicine Residency

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, TX

Internal Medicine Internship

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, TX

Doctor of Osteopathy Degree

Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA

Undergraduate Degree

Linfield University, Portland OR, BS in Health Sciences

Biography

Dr. Michelle Newkirk is a board certified rheumatologist. She is originally from Oregon but spent the majority of her childhood in Sonora, Mexico. She obtained her undergraduate degree at Linfield University and her medical degree from Western University of Health Sciences. She joined the U.S. Air Force and proceeded to complete her Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship training at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Newkirk remained in San Antonio as part of the rheumatology fellowship faculty before relocating to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2016, where she continues to work as their Chief of Rheumatology.

Dr. Newkirk specializes in vasculitis, inflammatory autoimmune myopathies, systemic lupus erythematosus, progressive systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis. She enjoys hiking, traveling, cooking, baking, and spending time with her husband and daughter.