Program Director
Dr. Roberta I. H. Matern, MD, Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency – Payson and Assistant Professor, Clinical Scholar in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine, is a graduate of Mayo Medical School in Rochester, MN. She completed her residency in Family and Community Medicine at Maricopa Medical Center (now Valleywise) in Phoenix. She grew up the daughter of medical missionaries who served in Vietnam and Nepal and embraces the value of full-spectrum family medicine, which she practices and teaches.
Dr. Matern loves to practice prenatal and obstetrical care, office procedures, and inpatient care. She also finds satisfaction in patient education and community involvement. She has been involved in medical student and graduate medical education since completing her own residency and is dedicated to teaching the joys of full-spectrum family medicine. As the inaugural program director of the new rural Family Medicine Residency in Payson, AZ, she is excited to lead and shape the next generation of family physicians.