Meet our Providers & How we can Help

Dr. Erin Mateer, is a board certified OBGYN passionate about women's health and practices.

She is an independent practitioner with privileges to care for patients as well deliver babies at Bravera Spring Hill Hospital in Hernando County, FL.

Her practice includes preventive care, obstetrics, and minimally invasive vaginal and gynecologic surgeries. Dr. Erin Mateer is an alumni of Virginia Commonwealth Medical School Dr. Mateer was a medical resident at Medstar Georgetown from 2013-2017. Additionally, she served the greater Washington, D.C. area, including Washington Hospital Center, which included a high volume program. During residency, she provided individualized care to a large number of high risk obstetric and gynecologic patients, including many underserved women, and she continues to do so to this day. Dr. Erin Mateer is also an alumni of George Washington University and Howard Law School.
Dr. Erin Mateer is happily married with three wonderful daughters, and family pets who all believe they also should be counted as children. She enjoys spending time with her family, trips to the beach, gardening and oil painting. 

Elizabeth Ballester is a ANCC certified Family Nurse Practitioner who was born and raised in South Shore, Massachusetts. She holds a Master’s in Science in Nursing from South University in Tampa. Prior to joining to our team, she worked as an Emergency Room Charge Nurse at Oak Hill Hospital and as a Staff Nurse at Pediatric Neuro-oncology at Boston Children’s Hospital. In 2010-2011 she spent time in Haiti working with Mercy Ships after an earthquake. She is passionate about women’s health and practices. She likes to relax at home with her three children and enjoys spending time in nature and by the ocean. Elizabeth is excited to join our team! 

Chelsea Honig is a AMCB Certified Nurse Midwife. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Mount Saint Mary College and a Master of Science in Nursing from Frontier Nursing University. She is a member of American College of Nurse Midwives. She was born and raised in Westchester New York. Prior to joining our team, she worked as a Labor and Delivery Nurse at New York Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital and Advent Health Tampa. 

Chelsea is dedicated to providing holistic and individualized care for women and their families. She enjoys getting to know her patients and helping women to achieve their goal of a satisfying birth experience. 

Outside of Obstetrics, Chelsea loves spending time with her family that consist of her husband Noah, and new son Brooks! She also has two Fur babies Hazel and Odin. 

Chelsea joined the Gaia family February 1, 2023. She blew us away with her knowledge and eagerness to assist on her very first day in the office! She has a true passion for women’s health and it shows with every patient she has encountered. Her compassion, knowledge and over all desire to improve women’s health care makes her a truly amazing and inspiring provider.