Dr. Newcomer is an Assistant Professor of Anatomy within the School of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences within the School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Newcomer earned her PhD in Anatomy from The Ohio State University in 2020. Shortly after graduating, she joined the faculty within the Anatomy department at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. Within the School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Newcomer teaches anatomy for the first- and second-year dental students, as well as the dental graduate students. Additionally, she is the course director of HEWB 134 (Head & Neck Structure and Function) and DENT 513 (Anatomy of the Head & Neck). In addition to her teaching within the School of Dental Medicine, she also teaches anatomy courses within the MS in Applied Anatomy program and Physician Assistant program.
Publications
Flannery, M.M., Dorayappan, K.D.P., Calo, C.A., Kalmar, E.L., Tweedle, M.F., Suarez, A.A., Cohn, D.E. and Karuppaiyah, S. (2020), Development of a Targeted Ultrasound Microbubble for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer. Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, April 4-7, 2020. San Diego, CA (*Conference Canceled). The FASEB Journal, 34:1-1.
Flannery, M.M., Durham, E.L., Dorayappan, K.D.P., Kalmar, E.L., Lightfoot, M.D.S., Tweedle, M.F., Selvendiran, K. Identification of Tissue Factor as a Potential Biomarker for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer, American Association of Clinical Anatomists Annual Meeting, June 11-15, 2019. Tulsa, OK. Clinical Anatomy 33(2): E72.
Dorayappan KDP, Gardner ML, Hisey CL, Zingarelli RA, Smith BQ, Lightfoot MDS, Gogna R, Flannery MM, Hays J, Hansford DJ, Freitas MA, Yu L, Cohn DE, Selvendiran K. A Microfluidic Chip Enables Isolation of Exosomes and Establishment of Their Protein Profiles and Associated Signaling Pathways in Ovarian Cancer, Cancer Research; May 16th 2019. PMID:31097475
Melissa M. Quinn, PhD and Meghan M. Flannery, MS; Atlas of Human Anatomy; Bluedoor Publishing; 2019