1943
Dr. Newcom is born in Bastrop, Texas to Samuel George and Grethel Joy Newcom.
1961
Dr. Newcom graduates from Berkeley High School.
1965
Dr. Newcom graduates from the University of California Berkeley and Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.
1969
Dr. Newcom receives a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Southern California and becomes an intern with the U.S. Public Health Service in Staten Island, New York.
1970
Dr. Newcom becomes a resident at the University of Southern California.
1972
Dr. Newcom becomes a fellow of the University of California San Francisco.
1974
Dr. Newcom becomes an instructor of medicine at the University of Oregon and a medical oncologist and hematologist at Portland Clinic in Portland, Oregon.
1975
Dr. Newcom becomes an assistant professor and chief of the Medical Oncology Clinic at the University of California San Francisco.
1977
Dr. Newcom serves as editor of Supplemental 5 Blood.
1979
Dr. Newcom becomes an associate professor and head of medical oncology at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon.
1979
Dr. Newcom serves as editor of Hematologic Malignancies in the Adult.
1980
Dr. Newcom becomes a fellow of the American Cancer Society.
1984
Dr. Newcom becomes a professor of medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
1986
Dr. Newcom becomes a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
1995
Dr. Newcom becomes assistant editor of the American Journal of the Medical Sciences.
2000
Dr. Newcom becomes Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Emory University.
2000
Dr. Newcom serves as medical consultant and director of WellPoint (Anthem) Corporation for ten years.