SophinaLynnCalderonMDFAAFP(she/her)

Summary

• Dr. Sophina Manheimer Calderon is Diné (Navajo) from Tuba City, Arizona and is a graduate of Dartmouth College. She obtained her medical degree at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She completed her residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY. She trained as a family physician with an emphasis in women’s health and global health. Dr. Calderon is the Chief Medical Officer for the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Health System. She previously served as Chief of the Medical Staff at Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC) on the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona. She was the HIV officer for TCRHCC providing subspecialized HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention for adults and adolescents on the Western Navajo Nation. Over the pandemic, she has assisted the Epi Response Team at TCRHCC with their COVID-19 response to the pandemic. Her focus was on community education and outreach. With a commitment to global health, Dr. Calderon also serves on medical brigades to Honduras with her University of Rochester Family Medicine Residency Program. Previously a resident physician participant, she now supervises family medicine residents on a mission to improve the health and welfare of a southwest rural community of Honduras called San Jose San Marcos de la Sierra. The program teaches its resident physicians the skills necessary to help other communities improve their health, a skill that Dr. Calderon is grateful to bring back to indigenous communities in the U.S.. Dr. Calderon received the 2017 Humanitarian Award from the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry which recognizes dedication to providing medical care to the underprivileged and underserved. She recently received the 2021 Gabe Zimmerman Public Service Award as a Community Builder from the Center for the Future of Arizona. She was also named the 2021 Exceptional Rural Health Professional of the Year by the Arizona Rural Health Association.