David E. Newman‐Toker

16.7k citations

154 papers · 10.8k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Neurology top 0.01%
- Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
Family Practice top 0.05%
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills

Papers in

Family Practice 41
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills 41
Neurology 79
- Vestibular and auditory disorders 77
- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis 36

Co-authors: Yu‐Hsiang Hsieh Jorge C. Kattah Jonathan A. Edlow Alexandre Bisdorff Ali S. Saber Tehrani Michael von Brevern David Z. Wang Thomas Lempert
Journals: Diagnosis (21 papers)Neurology (13 papers)Academic Emergency Medicine (9 papers)Journal of Vestibular Research (9 papers)BMJ Quality & Safety (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Switzerland

In The Last Decade

David E. Newman‐Toker

145 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA 2023 · 76 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 BMJ Quality & Safety
2022 Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review
2015 Journal of Vestibular Research
2015 Journal of Vestibular Research
2012 Journal of Vestibular Research
2009 Journal of Vestibular Research
2009 Stroke

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All Works

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1	The International Classification of Vestibular Disorders: Achievements, challenges, and future directions Journal of Vestibular Research ·Diego Kaski, Alexander A. Tarnutzer, Yuri Agrawal, John P. Carey, Yoon‐Hee Cha, Scott D.Z. Eggers, Joseph M. Furman, Hyun Ah Kim, Ji‐Soo Kim, Thomas Lempert, José A. López‐Escámez, Måns Magnusson, David E. Newman‐Toker, Barry M. Seemungal, Jeffrey P. Staab, Michael Strupp, Raymond van de Berg, Michael von Brevern, Bryan K. Ward, Alexandre Bisdorff	2025	0
2	Virtual patient and feedback intervention to improve clinical reasoning for dizziness in the emergency department Academic Emergency Medicine ·Susrutha Kotwal, Shervin Badihian, Zheyu Wang, Sean Tackett, Eric Steinberg, Cory Clugston, Susan Peterson, David E. Newman‐Toker, Rodney Omron	2025	0
3	A Pilot Study of Smartphone Eye Tracking for Detection of Positional Nystagmus PubMed ·V.J. Phillips, Pouya B. Bastani, Héctor Rieiro, David Hale, Jorge Otero‐Millan, David S. Zee, David E. Newman‐Toker, Ali S. Saber Tehrani	2025	0
4	Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: A case report in which four wrongs made a right SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Lisa Young, Shervin Badihian, David S. Zee, David E. Newman‐Toker, Kevin A. Kerber, Anita Bhandari, Rajneesh Bhandari	2024	2
5	Self-Recording of Eye Movements in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Using a Smartphone Eye-Tracking App SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Pouya B. Bastani, Ali S. Saber Tehrani, Shervin Badihian, Héctor Rieiro, David P. W. Rastall, Nathan Farrell, Max Parker, Jorge Otero‐Millan, Ahmed Hassoon, David E. Newman‐Toker, Lora Clawson, Alpa Uchil, Kristen E. Riley, Steven R. Zeiler	2024	3
6	Computable phenotype for diagnostic error: developing the data schema for application of symptom-disease pair analysis of diagnostic error (SPADE) Diagnosis ·Ahmed Hassoon, Charles S.A. Ng, Harold P. Lehmann, Hetal Rupani, Susan Peterson, Michael A. Horberg, Ava L. Liberman, Adam L. Sharp, Michelle C. Johansen, Kathy McDonald, Jennifer Austin, David E. Newman‐Toker	2024	0
7	Guidelines for reasonable and appropriate care in the emergency department 3 (GRACE‐3): Acute dizziness and vertigo in the emergency department Academic Emergency Medicine ·Jonathan A. Edlow, Christopher R. Carpenter, Murtaza Akhter, Danya Khoujah, Evie G. Marcolini, William J. Meurer, David Morrill, James G. Naples, Robert Ohle, Rodney Omron, Sameer Sharif, Matt Siket, Suneel Upadhye, Lucas Oliveira J. e Silva, Etta Sundberg, Karen Tartt, Simone Vanni, David E. Newman‐Toker, Fernanda Bellolio	2023	63
8	Optimizing measurement of misdiagnosis-related harms using symptom-disease pair analysis of diagnostic error (SPADE): comparison groups to maximize SPADE validity Diagnosis ·Ava L. Liberman, Zheyu Wang, Yuxin Zhu, Ahmed Hassoon, Justin J. Choi, J. Matthew Austin, Michelle C. Johansen, David E. Newman‐Toker	2023	5
9	Antecedent treat-and-release diagnoses prior to sepsis hospitalization among adult emergency department patients: a look-back analysis employing insurance claims data using Symptom-Disease Pair Analysis of Diagnostic Error (SPADE) methodology Diagnosis ·Najlla Nassery, Michael A. Horberg, Kevin Rubenstein, Julia M. Certa, Eric Watson, Brinda Somasundaram, Ejaz A. Shamim, Jennifer Townsend, Panagis Galiatsatos, Samantha I. Pitts, Ahmed Hassoon, David E. Newman‐Toker	2021	8
10	Real-world virtual patient simulation to improve diagnostic performance through deliberate practice: a prospective quasi-experimental study Diagnosis ·Susrutha Kotwal, Mehdi Fanai, Wei Fu, Zheyu Wang, Anand K. Bery, Rodney Omron, Nana Tevzadze, Daniel R. Gold, Brian T. Garibaldi, Scott M. Wright, David E. Newman‐Toker	2021	9
11	Rate of sepsis hospitalizations after misdiagnosis in adult emergency department patients: a look-forward analysis with administrative claims data using Symptom-Disease Pair Analysis of Diagnostic Error (SPADE) methodology in an integrated health system Diagnosis ·Michael A. Horberg, Najlla Nassery, Kevin Rubenstein, Julia M. Certa, Ejaz A. Shamim, Richard E. Rothman, Zheyu Wang, Ahmed Hassoon, Jennifer Townsend, Panagis Galiatsatos, Samantha I. Pitts, David E. Newman‐Toker	2021	7
12	Stroke hospitalization after misdiagnosis of “benign dizziness” is lower in specialty care than general practice: a population-based cohort analysis of missed stroke using SPADE methods Diagnosis ·Tzu-Pu Chang, Anand K. Bery, Zheyu Wang, Krisztian Sebestyen, Yu-Hung Ko, Ava L. Liberman, David E. Newman‐Toker	2021	10
13	Rate of diagnostic errors and serious misdiagnosis-related harms for major vascular events, infections, and cancers: toward a national incidence estimate using the “Big Three” Diagnosis ·David E. Newman‐Toker, Zheyu Wang, Yuxin Zhu, Najlla Nassery, Ali S. Saber Tehrani, Adam C. Schaffer, C. Winnie Yu‐Moe, Gwendolyn Clemens, Mehdi Fanai, Dana Siegal	2020	91
14	Breakdowns in the initial patient-provider encounter are a frequent source of diagnostic error among ischemic stroke cases included in a large medical malpractice claims database Diagnosis ·Ava L. Liberman, Jillian Skillings, Penny Greenberg, David E. Newman‐Toker, Dana Siegal	2019	6
15	Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: The “Big Three” – vascular events, infections, and cancers Diagnosis ·David E. Newman‐Toker, Adam C. Schaffer, C. Winnie Yu‐Moe, Najlla Nassery, Ali S. Saber Tehrani, Gwendolyn Clemens, Zheyu Wang, Yuxin Zhu, Mehdi Fanai, Dana Siegal	2019	104
16	Vértigo posicional paroxístico benigno: criterios diagnósticos. Documento de consenso del Comité para la Clasificación de los Trastornos Vestibulares de la Bárány Society Acta Otorrinolaringológica Española ·Michael von Brevern, Pierre Bertholon, Thomas Brandt, Terry D. Fife, Takao Imai, Daniele Nuti, David E. Newman‐Toker	2017	64
17	Diagnosis is a team sport – partnering with allied health professionals to reduce diagnostic errors Diagnosis ·Dana B. Thomas, David E. Newman‐Toker	2016	23
18	Missed diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department: variation by patient and facility characteristics Diagnosis ·Ernest Moy, Marguerite L Barrett, Rosanna M. Coffey, Anika L Hines, David E. Newman‐Toker	2014	52
19	Diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of autopsy studies BMJ Quality & Safety ·Bradford D. Winters, Jason W. Custer, Samuel M. Galvagno, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Shruti G. Kapoor, Hee Won Lee, Victoria Goode, Karen A. Robinson, Atul Nakhasi, Peter J. Pronovost, David E. Newman‐Toker	2012	184
20	HINTS to Diagnose Stroke in the Acute Vestibular Syndrome Stroke ·Jorge C. Kattah, Arun Talkad, David Z. Wang, Yu‐Hsiang Hsieh, David E. Newman‐Toker Hit paper breakdown →	2009	704

About David E. Newman‐Toker

David E. Newman‐Toker is a scholar working on Family Practice, Neurology, Sensory Systems, Pharmacy and Neurology, having authored 154 papers that have together received 10.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Vestibular and auditory disorders (77 papers), Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (41 papers), Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (36 papers), Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders (35 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (20 papers), Healthcare cost, quality, practices (18 papers), Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (18 papers) and Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (7.4k citations), Family Practice (1.3k citations), Sensory Systems (2.7k citations), Ophthalmology (2.2k citations) and Neurology (2.7k citations). David E. Newman‐Toker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Yu‐Hsiang Hsieh, Jorge C. Kattah, Jonathan A. Edlow, Alexandre Bisdorff, Ali S. Saber Tehrani, Michael von Brevern, David Z. Wang, Thomas Lempert, David S. Zee and John P. Carey. Their work appears in journals such as Diagnosis, Neurology, Academic Emergency Medicine, Journal of Vestibular Research and BMJ Quality & Safety.

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