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Dr. Peter Matos, D.O., MPH
Physician, double board-certified in Preventive Medicine. Founder of Pomoni.
- Preventive Medicine, double board-certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, and Public Health & General Preventive Medicine (2011)
- Fellow, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (FACOEM, 2012)
- Fellow, American College of Preventive Medicine (FACPM, 2013)
- Certified Independent Medical Examiner (ABIME), Medical Review Officer (MROCC) and FMCSA Certified Medical Examiner
- Active medical licenses in 25 US jurisdictions, with no state medical board actions. Verify on FSMB DocInfo →
- National Provider Identifier 1699824623. View in the NPI Registry →
- About 20 years in medicine (D.O. 2006) and 15 years board-certified
Education
- 2009–10Residency, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Uniformed Services University (USUHS)
- 2007–09Residency, General Preventive Medicine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
- 2008MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- 2006–07Transitional internship, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- 2006D.O., Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
- 1998MS, Microbiology & Immunology, Illinois Institute of Technology
- 1995BS/BA, Biology and Anthropology, George Washington University
Experience
- 2015–nowFounder and CEO, Traekos Health, Bettendorf, Iowa: independent medical exams, expert medical review, occupational and wellness telemedicine
- 2011–nowAdjunct Faculty, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He teaches OEM residents and started the USUHS resident rotation at Joint Munitions Command.
- 2010–14Major, US Army. Command Surgeon, Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island Arsenal: chief medical advisor to the Commanding General, overseeing occupational health clinics and medical surveillance at 15 installations serving about 18,000 employees
- 2020–26Corporate Medical Advisor, International SOS
- 2013–15Medical Director, Occupational Medicine & Urgent Care, Medical Associates of Clinton
- 2010–14Medical Director, Concentra
Publications
His peer-reviewed research is in occupational, preventive and military medicine. None of it is about olive polyphenols. All papers on Google Scholar →
- Mallon TM, Matos PG, Monks WS, Mirza RA, Bodeau DT. Explosives and Propellants. Chapter 28 in: Occupational Health and the Service Member. Textbooks of Military Medicine. Borden Institute, Office of The Surgeon General; 2019. ISBN 9780160949616. GPO
- McLeod DSA, Bedno SA, Cooper DS, Hutfless SM, Ippolito S, Jordan SJ, Matos PG, et al. Pre-existing thyroid autoimmunity and risk of papillary thyroid cancer: a nested case-control study of US active-duty personnel. J Clin Oncol. 2022. PMID 35417260
- Pettit R, Peng B, Yu P, Matos PG, Greninger AL, McCashin J, Amos CI. Optimized workplace risk mitigation measures for SARS-CoV-2 in 2022. Sci Rep. 2023. PMID 36797293
- Peng B, Zhou W, Pettit RW, Yu P, Matos PG, Greninger AL, McCashin J, Amos CI. Reducing COVID-19 quarantine with SARS-CoV-2 testing: a simulation study. BMJ Open. 2021. PMID 34272225
- McLeod DSA, Caturegli P, Cooper DS, Matos PG, Hutfless S. Variation in rates of autoimmune thyroid disease by race/ethnicity in US military personnel. JAMA. 2014;311(15):1563–1565. PMID 24737370
- Guaraldi F, Landek-Salgado MA, Hutfless S, Samoni F, Talor MV, Matos PG, Salvatori R, Rose NR, Caturegli P. Pituitary antibodies in women with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: prevalence in diagnostic and prediagnostic sera. Thyroid. 2012. PMID 22468943
- Hutfless S, Matos P, Talor MV, Caturegli P, Rose NR. Significance of prediagnostic thyroid antibodies in women with autoimmune thyroid disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011. PMID 21715532
- Shah AA, Schripsema JH, Imtiaz MT, Sigar IM, Kasimos J, Matos PG, Inouye S, Ramsey KH. Histopathologic changes related to fibrotic oviduct occlusion after genital tract infection of mice with Chlamydia muridarum. Sex Transm Dis. 2005;32(1):49–56.
Speaking and writing
- Oct 2026Byline: “The Tactical Plate: Nutrition for Firefighters,” CRACKYL
- Mar 2026Expert source on Mediterranean foods and polyphenols, GB News
- Nov 2025Podcast guest, The Synthesis of Wellness, episode 201: phenolic compounds and extra virgin olive oil (listen)
- Jun 2023Invited talk, World Olive Center for Health, Olympia Health & Nutrition Awards, Athens: “The Mediterranean Diet in Tactical Environments” (video; listed under his Greek name, Dr. Panagiotis Markantonatos)
- 2021Speaker, NECOEM Nyla Medlock Symposium
- 2020Featured speaker, BBVA USA virtual leadership roundtable on pandemic health guidance
Memberships: ACOEM (Fellow), ACPM (Fellow), HIMSS, AMIA. More coverage on the press page.
“We’d rather earn a customer for life than win a numbers game that misleads the person taking our product.”
In his practice, Dr. Matos saw that patients who moved toward a Mediterranean-style diet, with more extra virgin olive oil, often did better at their follow-up visits. That observation was about diet, not any one product, and it is what led him to olive polyphenols.
“I take 2 capsules of Phenolia Daily every day, the serving on the label, and have for about two years. The main thing I’ve noticed is better recovery after training. That’s my own experience, not a study result.”
What “medically reviewed” means here
Dr. Matos gives final approval on every article. He checks each health statement against the study it cites: who was studied, the dose, how long it ran, and whether the result was measured or only suggested. Then he grades the evidence from A to D. If a claim goes further than its study, it is rewritten or removed.
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Verified olive polyphenols - from a single Greek grove, proven batch by batch. Prove it, then sell it.
O-Liv LLC, doing business as Pomoni · Bettendorf, Iowa