Michelle Newton, NP

Michelle believes no two patients heal the same way — great care starts with knowing the person, not just the chart.

Michelle Newton is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with more than 20 years of experience caring for patients across emergency medicine, urgent care, family practice, and functional medicine. She earned both of her nursing degrees from Baylor University, completing her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2006.

Michelle spent 15 years as an emergency department nurse practitioner with major Texas hospital systems and still picks up ER shifts in Houston, giving her a sharp eye for the complications that weight and diabetes can hide — and for catching them early. In her family practice and functional medicine work, and as the founder of two practices devoted to weight management and hormone and metabolic health, she has helped patients lose weight, reverse course on type 2 diabetes, and restore their energy through care that treats root causes, not just symptoms. Patients know her as a provider who listens first, explains clearly, and builds a plan around each person's body, history, and goals — then walks beside them while they reach those goals.

Michelle contributes to her profession continuously, not only at the bedside. She authored a chapter in Mosby's Emergency Medical Reference (Elsevier), published on the nurse practitioner profession in Advanced Healthcare Publications (2009), and wrote "MTHFR and the Domino Effect" for MTHFR Doctors (2017) — and she continues to write, teach, and develop educational resources that help other clinicians and students grow. She is a distinguished member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and an active member of several national advanced-practice organizations.

Outside of work, Michelle's greatest delight is being mom to her four amazing children — hiking, camping, and exploring the world beside them.