Why "Second Mountain"?
The name comes from a concept David Brooks wrote about: after climbing the first mountain of career success and personal achievement, many people find a second mountain, one focused on service, commitment, and deeper purpose.
For Dr. Matulis, home-based primary care is that second mountain. It's medicine the way it used to be practiced, and the way it should still be practiced for patients across the Oxford Hills region who can't easily leave home.
For the patients we serve, this is often their second mountain too: a chapter of life focused on what matters most. Health, dignity, and time with family.
What Longitudinal Care Means
Longitudinal care means we're not here for a single visit. Dr. Matulis becomes your ongoing primary care physician, the doctor who knows your history, understands your goals, and sees you regularly over months and years.
This isn't urgent care at home. It's a relationship.
How Home-Based Care Is Different
| Traditional Office Medicine | Second Mountain |
|---|---|
| 10-15 minute appointments | 45-60 minute home visits |
| You travel to the office | We come to you |
| May see different providers | Same doctor, every visit |
| Reactive: come in when sick | Proactive: regular visits to prevent problems |
| Limited view of home environment | Full picture: medications, safety, living situation |
About Dr. Matulis
After years caring for older adults in traditional internal medicine settings, Dr. Matulis recognized that many patients need something different: more time, deeper relationships, and a physician who truly knows them. That recognition led to the creation of Second Mountain Internal Medicine, P.C.
Career Timeline
Vice Chair, Quality & Innovation
Faculty Leader, Mayo Clinic Quality Academy
Credentials & Experience
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Outside the Clinic
Dr. Matulis is glad to be back in Maine. He lives in Hebron with his wife Katie, daughter Mary Ann, and son Frankie, along with a dog named Sweetie and two cats, Flora and Spencer. Most of his time outside medicine is spent outdoors: hiking local trails, fly-fishing Maine waters, and tending a Christmas-tree farm. He lives and works in the same community his patients call home.
