Graduate Education – Space Life Sciences
Faculty
 Shawn David Newlands, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S.
   

Title and Position

Harry Carothers Wiess Professor and Chairman

Department of Otolaryngology

Address

University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-0521
Telephone:        (409) 772 2716 or (409) 772 4907
FAX:                (409) 772 1715

Education

  • 2000-2002 M.B.A.
    University of Texas
    Austin, TX

  • 1991-1995 Resident Physician
    Department of Otolaryngology
    University of Washington School of Medicine
    1959 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, WA

  • 1990-1991 Internship
    Department of General Surgery
    Virginia Mason Medical Center
    925 Seneca, Seattle, WA

  • M.D.
    Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
    University of Texas, Medical Branch
    Galveston, TX

  • M.A. (Chemistry)
    University of California - Santa Barbara
    Goleta, CA

  • B.A.  (Biochemistry)
    University of California - Santa Barbara
    Goleta, CA

  • Student
    University of California - Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA

Academic Positions

  • Harry Carothers Wiess Professor and Chairman
    Department of Otolaryngology
    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
    February 1, 2004 - present

  • Professor
    Department of Otolaryngology
    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
    January 1, 2004 – January 31, 2004

  • Chairman
    Department of Otolaryngology
    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
    October 1, 2003 – present

  • Associate Professor (with tenure)
    Department of Otolaryngology
    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
    September 1, 2002 – December 31, 2003

  • Assistant Professor (on tenure track)
    Department of Otolaryngology
    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
    August 16, 1999 – August 31, 2002

  • Neuroscience Graduate Program Faculty
    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
    January 2000 – present

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology) and Neurology  (tenure track)
    University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
    July 1, 1996 – August 6, 1999

  • Clinical Instructor of Otolaryngology– Non-Tenure track
    University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
    Seattle Veterans' Affairs Hospital, South Columbian Way
    July 1, 1995 - July 3, 1996

Clinical Positions

  • Staff Otolaryngology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
    August 16, 1999 - present

  • Staff Surgery/Otolaryngology, University of Mississippi Medical Center,
    (University Hospitals and Clinics), Jackson, MS
    July 1, 1996 – August 6, 1999

  • Consultant Surgery/Otolaryngology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Jackson, MS - September 20, 1996 – August 6, 1999

  • Staff Surgery/Otolaryngology, Seattle Veterans' Affairs Hospital
    South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA –
    July 1, 1995 - July 3, 1996

Research Activities

My primary research interest is in the physiology of the vestibular system, particularly in recovery from injuries to the inner ear.  Anatomic, behavioral, and physiologic methods are used to investigate mechanisms of recovery that may lead to medical intervention. These vestibular deficient models tell us about the adaptation of organisms to altered orientation signals in the inner ear, as is found in microgravity.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications (in chronological order)

  1. Newlands SD, Dara S, Kaufman GD. Relationship of Static and Dynamic Mechanisms in Vestibuloocular Reflex Compensation. Laryngoscope 115: 191-204, 2005.

  2. Stewart CM, Newlands SD, Perachio AA. Spike detection, characterization, and discrimination using feature analysis software written in LabVIEW. Comput. Methods Programs Biomed. 76: 239-251, 2004.

  3. Kevetter GA, Leonard RB, Newlands SD, Perachio AA. Central distribution of vestibular afferents that innervate the lateral or anterior semicircular canal in the mongolian gerbil. J. Vest. Res. 14: 1-15, 2004.

  4. Newlands SD, Vrabec JT, Purcell IM, Stewart CM, Zimmerman B, Perachio AA. Central projections of the saccular and utricular nerves in the macaque. J. Comp. Neurol. 466: 31-47, 2003.

  5. Purcell IM, Newlands SD, Perachio AA. Responses of gerbil utricular afferents to translational motion. Exp. Brain Res. 152: 317-322, 2003.

  6. Newlands SD, Perachio AA. Central projections of the vestibular nerve: a review and single fiber study in the Mongolian gerbil. Brain Res. Bull. 60: 475-495, 2003.

  7. Newlands SD, Purcell IM, Kevetter GA, Perachio AA. Central projections of the utricular nerve in the gerbil. J. Comp. Neurol. 452: 11-23, 2002.

  8. Angelaki DE, Newlands SD, Dickman JD. Inactivation of semicircular canals causes adaptive increases in otolith-driven tilt responses.  J. Neurophysiol. 87: 1635-1640, 2002.

  9. Newlands SD, Hesse SE, Haque A, Angelaki DE. Head unrestrained gaze shifts after unilateral labyrinthectomy. Exp. Brain Res. 140: 25-33, 2001.

  10. Angelaki DE, Newlands SD, Dickman JD.  Primate translational vestibulo-ocular reflexes. IV. Changes after unilateral labyrinthectomy. J. Neurophysiol. 83: 3005-3018, 2000.

  11. Dye F, Frank T, Newlands SD, Dickman JD.  Regional development of hair cell regeneration in the pigeon utricle following intraotic administration of streptomycin. Hearing Res. 133: 17-26; 1999.

  12. Newlands SD, Ling L, Phillips JO, Siebold C, Duckert L, Fuchs AF. Short and long term consequences of canal plugging on gaze shifts in the rhesus monkey. I. Effects on Gaze Stabilization. J. Neurophysiol. 81: 2119-2130, 1999.

  13. Frank T, Dye F, Newlands SD, Dickman JD. Hair cell regeneration in the pigeon utricle. Laryngoscope 109: 356-361, 1999.

  14. Angelaki DE, McHenry MQ, Dickman JD, Newlands SD, Hess BJM. Computation of inertial motion: Neural strategies to resolve ambiguous sensory information. J. Neurosci. 19: 316-327, 1999.

  15. Angelaki DE, McHenry MQ, Newlands SD, Dickman JD. Functional organization of primate translational vestibulo-ocular reflexes and effects of unilateral labyrinthectomy. Ann. New York Acad. of Sci. 1999: 871, 136-147.

  16. Newlands SD, Perachio AA.  Effect of T2 spinal transection of compensation of horizontal canal related activity in the medial vestibular nucleus following unilateral labyrinth ablation in the decerebrate gerbil.  Brain Res. 541: 129-133, 1991.

  17. Newlands SD, Perachio AA.  Compensation of horizontal canal related activity in the medial vestibular nucleus following unilateral labyrinth ablation in the decerebrate gerbil I.  Type I neurons.  Exp. Brain Res. 82: 359-372, 1990.

  18. Newlands SD, Perachio AA.  Compensation of horizontal canal related activity in the medial vestibular nucleus following unilateral labyrinth ablation in the decerebrate gerbil II.  Type II neurons.  Exp. Brain Res. 82: 372-383, 1990.

  19. Newlands SD, Kevetter GA, Perachio AA.  A quantitative study of the vestibular commissures in the gerbil.  Brain Res. 487: 152-157, 1989.