Robert G. Newman

Robert G. Newman (October 26, 1937 – August 1, 2018) was an American physician, health manager and philanthropist. He was a pioneering advocate for the use of methadone as a substitute for heroin.

Early life and education Robert Gabriel Newman was born in The Hague, Netherlands. His parents, as German Jews, were on the escape from Nazi Germany at the time. but was not successful with this. 1994 Norman E. Zinberg Memorial Lecture Award for Achievement in the Field of Medicine (awarded by Cambridge Hospital and Harvard Medical School) 1996 David E. Rogers Award (awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) 2006 The International Rolleston Award (awarded by NGO Harm Reduction International); for an exceptional contribution to harm reduction by drug addiction 2014 Order of the Rising Sun (awarded by the Japanese government), for the exceptional promotion of medical academical exchange between Japan and the USA