Education

B.S. Biology, Ohio Northern University, 2007

M.D. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 2011

Master of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 2019

Residencies and Fellowships

Regional Healthcare Family Medicine Residency - Greenwood, S.C.

University of South Carolina Family Medicine Global Health Fellowship - Columbia, S.C.

Board Certifications

American Board of Family Medicine

Research Interests/Areas of Expertise

Research interests in global health, tropical medicine, and point of care ultrasound—specifically the use of point of care ultrasound in low-resource settings globally. Areas of expertise include global health, travel medicine, point of care ultrasound, procedures in family medicine, and hospital medicine.

Biography

After completing his residency in Family Medicine and working for several years as a hospitalist and rural ER physician, Matthew Haldeman came to USC for a Global Health Fellowship in 2017. Over the next 2.5 years, he was exposed to academic family medicine for the first time, and began considering faculty positions. Haldeman stayed at USC an extra 6 months to focus on point-of-care ultrasound training, then in early 2020, he relocated to Zambia in Africa to serve as the inaugural faculty and help start that country's first family medicine residency. Upon his return to the U.S. in mid-2022, Haldeman returned to USC as a faculty member. Currently, he is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and serve as the Assistant Program Director for the family medicine residency here. Haldeman has a passion for international travel as well as anything outdoors—hiking, backpacking, climbing, and gardening. He lives with his wife and their wonderful golden retriever, Bernie. 

Publications

Haldeman MS, Nolan M, Gass SJ, Heidt H. A two-pronged approach to critically analyze Strongyloides stercoralis infections among rural, impoverished South Carolina Residents. BMC Proc 18 (Suppl 8), 9 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-024-00292-3

Wachira J, Matheka DM, Masheti SA, Githemo GK, Shah S, Haldeman MS, Ramos M, and Bergman M (2023). A training program for obstetrics point-of-care ultrasound to 514 rural healthcare providers in Kenya. BMC Medical Education 23:922. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04886-x

Haldeman MS, Kunka E, Makasa M, Birkland B (2022).  Resident perception on the impact of point-of-care ultrasound in clinical care at a family medicine training program in Zambia.  The Ultrasound Journal 14: 18.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00273-7

Hall JW, Bouchard J, Bookstaver, PB, Haldeman MS, Kishimbo P, Mbwanji G, Mwakuyla I, et al. (2020).  The Mbeya Antimicrobial Stewardship Team:  Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship at a Zonal-Level in Southern Tanzania. Pharmacy 8(2): 107.  https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8020107

Haldeman MS, Nolan MS, Ng’habi KRN (2020). Human Hookworm Infection:  Is Effective Control Possible? Acta Tropica 201:105214.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105214

Haldeman MS, et al. (2019). Evaluation of Antimicrobial Utilization and Concordance to National Guidelines at a Tertiary Hospital in the Southern Highlands Zone of Tanzania. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 102(2):370-376.  https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0231