Dr. Matthew Campbell - Future 15 Winner

Dr. Matthew Campbell, a general surgeon at HFM General & Vascular Surgery/Holy Family Memorial Hospital, will tell you most of his achievements center around patient care.

The majority of his time and effort is spent caring for individuals with conditions or diseases that require surgery including cancers (primarily breast, colon, lung and skin) and urgent conditions (like appendicitis, bowel obstructions, gallstones and trauma) where patients find themselves in considerable physical and emotional distress.

“The patients for whom I am able to care throughout this process are truly my greatest accomplishment,” said Campbell.

He received his medical education at the Ohio State University with subsequent surgical training at Mount Carmel Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Campbell serves as chairman of Holy Family’s Institutional Review Board, as the physician liaison to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Cancer, and as a member of Holy Family Memorial’s Operating Room Governance Committee.

He also has participated in a number of international surgical missions projects, most recently to Ethiopia (twice), Bolivia and Myanmar. Prior to coming to Manitowoc, he also had served in the Philippines, Rwanda, Outer Mongolia, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Thailand and Myanmar. He currently has projects planned in Bolivia and Zambia. Most of this work has been via World Medical Mission or with Medical Ministry International.

Campbell is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha (national medical honor society), an associate member of the American College of Surgeons and is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He also is a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.

He is active at Faith Evangelical Free Church where he teaches a weekly Bible study, helps to coordinate small-group ministries and serves on the Impact Global Missions Committee. Dr. Campbell also has volunteered as a physician at the Touched Twice community outreach event and has helped his Bible study group to bring meals to Hope House.

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Much of his “hobby time” is spent with his family or in the service activities noted above. He has been happily married for almost 11 years to Wendy, and they have two daughters, Emma 7 and Tessa 5. “I spend much of my time with them, though they have become used to the unpredictable schedule of a surgeon,” Campbell said.

His interests in camping, landscape photography and road bicycling have taken a back seat in recent years, but he participates in them when time allows.

Campbell’s future goals are “to continue to establish my practice in the community such that Manitowoc can continue to be our long-term home. I hope to continue regular service on international missions projects and to start taking other local health care workers along with me.”

Story by The Herald-Times Reporter