History, Medicine and Leadership with Dr. Kurt Newman

In this episode of Replay the Rewind, host Kate Evans sits down with Dr. Kurt Newman, pediatric surgeon and former president and CEO of Children’s National Hospital, to explore how a love of history shaped his path into medicine and his approach to leadership. Drawing on his early academic training in history and politics, Dr. Newman shares how biographies of past leaders, campus activism during the Vietnam era, and a formative job in a hospital redirected his ambition from public policy to hands‑on patient care.