Dr. Matthew Calkins
Medical Director. Dr. Calkins connects family medicine, obesity medicine, urgent care, and metabolic-health research with practical, evidence-informed patient care.
Credentials, training & affiliations
Board certification, medical training, current clinical practice, and professional leadership.
Family Medicine
ABFM Board Certified
Obesity Medicine
Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine
University of Florida
BS, Physics · MD, 2019
Wake Forest
Family Medicine residency
Atrium Health One Health
Current clinical practice · Family Medicine and Urgent Care
SMHP
Advocacy Committee Chair
About Dr. Calkins
Clinical training and practice
Dr. Calkins earned an undergraduate degree in physics and his medical degree from the University of Florida, then completed Family Medicine residency training at Wake Forest. Alongside his Toward Health leadership, he practices Family Medicine and urgent care with Atrium Health One Health.
Metabolic health in daily care
His clinical work brings nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, and medication decisions into one practical strategy. He focuses on helping patients understand the cardiometabolic patterns behind weight, blood sugar, blood pressure, and long-term risk.
Research, education, and advocacy
Dr. Calkins contributes to research and clinician education involving therapeutic carbohydrate reduction, food-related behavior, cardiovascular risk, and metabolic disease. He also serves as Advocacy Committee Chair for the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners.
Selected research by Dr. Calkins
Peer-reviewed work connected to metabolic health, nutrition, and clinical outcomes.
Therapeutic carbohydrate reduction and metabolic health research
→Ezetimibe response during ketogenic nutrition
→One-year outcomes and medication-cost changes in Toward Health care
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