200 E. Berry Street

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Suite 360

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Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Phone: (260) 449-7561  Fax: (260) 449-3010  www.allencountyhealth.com

Matthew Sutter, M.D., MBA, FACEP, is a physician with
more than 25 years of healthcare, public safety and
leadership experience in Northeast Indiana.
Dr. Sutter earned a B.S. in mathematics and computer
science from Purdue University in Fort Wayne in 1991, a
medical degree from Indiana University in 1997 and a
MBA from Indiana University in 2019. He completed his
residency in emergency medicine at Advocate Christ
Hospital in the Chicagoland area from 1997 to 2000
where he served as chief resident from 1999 to 2000.
Prior to becoming a physician, Dr. Sutter spent several years as a paramedic for Three
Rivers Ambulance Authority and was a firefighter for the St. Joseph Township Fire
Department. He was medical director for the Lutheran Air helicopter and Lutheran critical
care transport service from 2003 to 2018. He also served as medical director for TRAA
from 2001 to 2002 and currently serves as medical director for Allen County Airport
Emergency Medical Services and Aboite Township EMS, as well as medical director and
tactical physician as a special officer with the Fort Wayne Police Department Emergency
Services Team.
Dr. Sutter’s leadership experience also spans decades, including time as medical staff
leader at Lutheran Hospital from 2001 to 2017 and chief medical officer from 2016 to 2017
as well as medical director of the Lutheran Emergency Department from 2013 to 2016.
He is currently the director of medical affairs for Adams County Memorial Hospital and
practices as an emergency physician with Adams County Memorial and the Lutheran
Health Network.
Current memberships include board member for the Indiana state chapter of the
American College of Emergency Physicians, TRAA EMS Foundation member, and
cofounder of the Northeast Indiana Regional Protocols Group. He was awarded the
Meritorious Service Award by the Fort Wayne Police Department 2013 and 2009, the
Physician of the Year award from the Lutheran Hospital Emergency Department in 2006,
and Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society in 1997.