Matthew Obinna Nwaneri, MD, MBA,
is an active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, American Medical Association, and American Association for Cancer Research. His clinical work focuses on leadership issues in medicine, breast cancer care, improving cancer care access for rural Iowans and underserved populations, especially rural oncology practice – having worked in Faribault, Minnesota; Mount Pleasant, Muscatine, Fairfield, and Fort Madison, Iowa. His wide range of experiences and expertise helps him to relate to all patients who are faced with a cancer diagnosis and talk to patients and their families in a way that helps them to understand their illness and explore viable treatment options.
Dr. Nwaneri is board certified in medical oncology and board eligible in internal medicine and hematology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a 1989 graduate of the University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria, and completed his pre-registration one-year internship at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital; Internal Medicine Residency at Abbott Northwestern Hospital – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; and his fellowship in Hematology, Oncology, and Bone and Marrow Transplantation at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. He recently received an Executive Masters in Business Administration from the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa – May 2019.
In April 2021, Dr. Nwaneri was appointed to the medical director position at the June E. Nylen Cancer Center in Sioux City, Iowa, and moved from the University of Iowa Health Care (where he was for 5 years). In his current role as president of the Iowa Oncology Society, one of his long-term goals and expectations is to work on robust genetic counseling services to improve cancer care and outcomes in all patients with cancer.