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Dr. Matar completed his pediatric residency at the University of South Florida, while concurrently obtaining his Master of Business Administration. During residency, Dr. Matar achieved the Press Ganey/Tampa General Hospital Very Good Care Award.

Following residency, Dr. Matar practiced at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Emergency Center, where he headed the Urgent Care and sat as Chairman of the Urgent Care Committee. He also advised the Triage Committee and Development/Education Committee.

During his time at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Dr. Matar treated over 18,000 ER and Urgent Care patients, and performed over 3,000 procedures! 

Dr. Matar subsequently transitioned into General Pediatrics, serving the local pediatric population. This gives Dr. Matar the distinct advantage of having experienced the worlds of Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care and Outpatient Pediatrics.

Dr. Matar has served as Attending Physician for both Johns Hopkins and University of South Florida Pediatric Residents, as well as Clinical Preceptor for Nurse Practitioner students from USF and South University. 

Dr. Matar has given numerous lectures and has several publications to his name covering the fields of General Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Sports Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Dermatology.   

Dr. Matar serves as a Medical Consultant for the Florida Department of Health, and sits on the Medical Advisory Boards for PhykenTech Inc, an Orlando based tech firm integrating virtual reality into healthcare, and GaliDerm Inc, a Palm Beach based advanced medical skincare company.

Dr. Matar is a member of the American Telemedicine Assn.