Michael A. Matthay, MD
Michael A. Matthay, MD is a Professor of Medicine and
Anesthesia at the University of California at San Francisco and a Senior
Associate at the Cardiovascular Research Institute. He is Director of the
Critical Care Medicine Training in the Department of Medicine and
Associate Director of the Intensive Care Unit. He received his AB from
Harvard University in 1969 and his MD from the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine in 1973. Dr. Matthay received clinical training in
Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado from 1973-76 and in
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine from the University of California at
San Francisco from 1977-78. He also received research training from the
Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, University of Colorado in 1976 and
the Cardiovascular Research Institute from 1978-79. He is a former
Chairman of the Respiration Section of the American Physiological Society
and he served as a member (1995-2000) and chair (1998-2000) of the NIH
Lung Biology and Pathology study section. He received an American Thoracic
Society award for Scientific Achievement in 2002. He is a member of the
American Association of Physicians.
Research Interests: Dr. Matthay’s basic research
is focused on active ion, solute, water, and protein transport mechanisms
across the alveolar epithelium that account for the resolution of pulmonary
edema. He has also studied the function of the alveolar epithelium under
conditions of acute lung injury. The studies are carried out with both in
vivo and in vitro models. Dr. Matthay’s clinical research is focused on the
mechanisms that account for the pathogenesis and resolution of clinical
acute lung injury and pulmonary edema. His laboratory has approximately 8
fellows with a mixture of PhD and MD fellows with weekly research
conferences that include both basic and clinical research topics.
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