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Matthew Halfar, MD

Assistant Professor

Contact

mah11864@creighton.edu
School of Medicine
Family and Community Medicine
Family Medicine - Residency Program

Matthew Halfar, MD

Assistant Professor

Teaching Interests

  • Board Certified, American Board of Family Medicine

Research Focus

Currently investigating the reasons and risk factors for under-reporting of injury among high school athletes

Department

Family and Community Medicine

Position

Assistant Professor

Books

  • Family Medicine Principles and Practice Eighth Edition
    Matthew Halfar, 'Medical Problems During Pregnancy' Matthew Halfar; Family Medicine Principles and Practice, 8th Edition, Chapter 11, Vol 1 & 2 pp 149-162
    1 & 2, p. 149-162 2022

Articles

  • Family Medicine
    Medical Problems During Pregnancy; Family Medicine;  Halfar, M.,Book Chapter, April 27, 2020, accepted for publication  2020

Publications

  • Journal of Sports Medicine
    Dusty Marie Narducci, MD, George G. A. Pujalte, MD, Matthew Halfar, MD, McKennan Thurston, MD and Walter C. Taylor III, MD, Affiliation: Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida; “Reasons and Risk Factors for Under-Reporting of Injury Among College Athletes”; Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, Volume 27, Number 2, March 2017, pp 218-219, p. 218-219 2017

Presentations

  • Matthew Halfar, MD, Umair Khan, MBBS. Asthma. Department of Family Medicine Grand Rounds. Creighton University School of Medicine. September 18, 2020. Omaha, NE 2020
  • Kristy Brandon, PT, DPT, EdD, Matthew Halfar, MD, Thomas Guck, PhD, "Pain and Mental Illness: TheImportance of Interprofessional Collaboration"; 19th Annual Pain Management Conference, Friday March 13, 2020, Omaha, NE 2020
  • Matthew Halfar, MD, Sarah Renna, MD. PrEP'ing a Good Sexual History. Department of Family Medicine Grand Rounds. Creighton University School of Medicine. February 21, 2020. Omaha, NE 2020
  • 1. Matthew Halfar, MD, April Skanes, MD. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Department of Family Medicine Grand Rounds. Creighton University School of Medicine. April 12, 2019. Omaha, NE. 2019

Awards

  • Fellow
    American Academy of Family Physicians