Hannah Matthews, MD
Hannah Matthews, MD
Specialties
- Internal Medicine
- Primary Care
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
[MUSIC PLAYING] I'm Hannah Matthews. I'm one of the general internists in the primary care group, so that means I see my own patients in my primary care clinic. I also supervise and teach the residents and medical students, and then I also spent some time on the inpatient medicine wards as well.
I chose to become a physician because I was always interested in health care and health sciences, but I wanted to find a way to incorporate that interest with actually spending most of my time talking to people and having that one-on-one connection with people and building relationships. And I think that, especially in primary care, being a physician really is a perfect blend of those, where I get to stay up-to-date on the latest health care research and kind of be that bridge for my patients, while also spending that time with them for the majority of my day.
I chose UChicago actually a while ago because I've done all my training here. I think the thing that drew me to UChicago was the mission and that it is a very high-level research institution. It's kind of a pioneer, trying to move health care forward, while also always thinking about the community that we're based in and really centering the community in that work. And to me, that felt like a really perfect blend of the things that I was looking for.
My philosophy of care is that I want to be the first contact for patients. So I want to be able to take patients from all different backgrounds, whether they've had no contact with health care, whether they've been spending years trying to navigate the health care system, and be the person who can make it all make sense for them and be able to look at the big picture, whether they have a lot of complicated things or they're new to us.
I think a lot of times, people can get a little stuck in the weeds when there's a lot of complex medical care going on. And for me, I like to be able to look at the big picture for people and help them put that into a cohesive whole and make sure we're not missing things, and then also be able to advocate for my patients and see if they need specialty care and be the person who helps them navigate the health care system. Because I know, even for us as physicians, it can be challenging and complex. So being able to help them through that process is really rewarding for me.
In my training, I was always focused on primary care, so I was able to do some extra types of training. I spent some time in dermatology offices. I spent some time in joint injection clinics and in different primary care practices in the community. So I was able to get a broader scope of what primary care looks like and incorporate that into my own practice. And then I've also been able to be here at UChicago now for a while and continue to build my relationship with the UChicago community, the people who work here, the people in the community that we serve with the health care. And I'm continuing forward with that, which has been really exciting.
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Specialties
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Internship
- University of Chicago Medical Center
Residency
- The University of Chicago Medical Center
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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