Matthew M Nelson DO MPH, MA, FAAFP, DABFM, DABOM (He/Him)

Summary

• Dr. Matthew Nelson, DO, is a Family Medicine specialist located in Ganado, AZ, with subspecialties in Obstetrics, Health and Culture, Indigenous Health, Obesity Medicine and Nutrition, and Rural Health. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP) and is board certified in both family medicine (ABFM) and obesity medicine (ABOM). He completed an Obstetrics (surgical and high risk) fellowship at Saint Joseph Hospital, and a Family Medicine residency at St Mary's Hospital and Medical Center. He holds a DO degree from A.T. Still University, an MA in Medical Anthropology from the University of New Mexico, and an MPH in Community Health. Currently, he serves as the Director of Women’s Health and Obstetrics at Navajo Health Foundation - Sage Memorial Hospital and holds positions at Lechee Clinic, University of Arizona College of Medicine, and Page Banner Hospital. His experience includes labor and delivery, newborn care, hormone therapy, infertility evaluation, contraception, public health, hospitalist medicine, and women's health among others. Dr. Nelson has published several articles in journals in addition to book chapters and has received multiple regional and national awards, including a recent Faculty Teaching Award from the University of Arizona from his work with students.