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Dr. Monteiro Awarded Prestigious Teaching Honor

Author: Matthew Monteiro, M.D.
Clinic: White Bear Clinic

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Family Health Services Minnesota(FHSM) is proud to announce that Matthew C. Monteiro, M.D., a practicing family physician at FHSM's White Bear office(Bellaire Ave.) is among a select group of physicians honored by the AmericanAcademy of Family Physicians Foundation for his commitment to education in the field of family medicine. Selected from a nationwide pool of candidates, Dr. Monteiro received the 2010 Pfizer Teacher Development Award based on his scholastic achievement, leadership qualities and dedication to family medicine.

Dr. Monteiro has a full-time family medicine practice at FHSM at the White Bear Lake office on Bellaire Avenue and is currently a part-time instructor at the University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. Dr. Monteiro earned his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota – St John’s Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program.

The Pfizer Teacher Development Awards spotlights the best of the medical profession: new physicians who give of themselves to teach, mentor, and inspire residents and students. Tomorrow’s family doctors and their patients will be better because of Dr. Monteiro's efforts.

About the Pfizer Teacher Development Awards

 The Pfizer Teacher Development Awards Program recognizes outstanding, community- based family physicians who combine clinical practice with part- time teaching of family medicine. Each nomination is reviewed and scored by a panel appointed by the AAFP Foundation. The award provides funding for each recipient to attend an activity of choice to further their professional development and teaching skills. This program is supported by a grant from Pfizer Inc. For more information, including eligibility criteria and list of recipients, please visit www.aafpfoundation.org/ptda

About the AAFP Foundation

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Foundation serves as the philanthropic arm of the AAFP. Its primary goal is to enhance health care delivered to the American people by developing and providing philanthropic resources for the promotion and support of family medicine. For more information or to support the work of the AAFP Foundation, please visit www.aafpfoundation.org