Matthew Hitchcock

Dr. Matthew Hitchcock is a board certified family medicine physician at Hitchcock Family Medicine in Chattanooga. He grew up nearby in Dunlap, Tennessee, and went on to study at The McCallie School, Clemson University, and the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis.

After finishing medical school, Hitchcock was commissioned as an active duty officer in the United States Navy and completed his family medicine residency at the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton near San Diego. He later deployed twice on humanitarian missions to the South Pacific, earning the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his service. Hitchcock also served as a faculty physician for Camp Pendleton's Family Medicine Residency Program and as the hospital's Chief Medical Informatics Officer.

He and his wife Kathleen have three energetic children.