Matthew Cavaiola, NMD

Dr. Cavaiola is a licensed naturopathic medical doctor in the state of Arizona. He is licensed as a general family practitioner and specializes in Men's Health, Pain Management, Cardiovascular health, Cancer and Anti-Aging and Environmental Medicine.

Dr. Cavaiola’s primary areas of interest at East Valley Naturopathic Doctors are the natural treatment of men’s health issues and natural pain management. Dr. Cavaiola is passionate about using Bioidentical Testosterone Replacement Therapy to boost testosterone levels, which often decline with age, and to improve mood, motivation, focus, energy and libido. He also provides a naturopathic approach in performing Men's Wellness Exams and takes the time to address all of his patients’ concerns and provides guidance on specific health problems.

Dr. Cavaiola also focuses on both acute and chronic pain conditions like Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis, low back and knee pain and headaches. Many pain conditions respond very well to naturopathic treatments for pain including nutritional supplementation, acupuncture and prolotherapy.

Dr. Cavaiola utilizes a wide variety of laboratory tests, including specialized tests like IgG Food Intolerance Testing, Heavy Metal and other Enviormental Exposure tests and Neurotransmitter Testing, to determine the underlying cause of many disease and pain syndromes. He also utilizes specialized cardiovascular risk assessment tools like Lipoprotein Particle Profile (LPP+) and Carotid Intimal Media Thickness (CIMT) testing as part of East Valley Naturopathic Doctors’ Cardiovascular and Stroke Risk Assessment Program to determine risk of cardiovascular disease and the likelihood of experiencing a heart attack or stroke.

Dr. Cavaiola is pleased to join the East Valley Cancer Center where he will work with those with Cancer to support them as they go through the process of chemotherapy and radiation to help maximize their treatment response. Dr. Cavaiola has been trained in alternative treatments for Cancer including Vitamin C IV Therapy, Ozone Therapy, and Chelation Therapy.

Dr. Cavaiola is a graduate of Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona, where he completed more than 1100 hours of clinical training. Dr. Cavaiola has specifically devoted over 1000 additional hours of clinical and didactic training in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) while studying both at SCNM and at the Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture. Dr. Cavaiola also obtained a Masters of Science degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Delaware where his special interest was assessing body composition through the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). He also obtained a Bachelors of Arts degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Delaware.