Richard A. Matthay, M.D.

Boehringer Ingelheim Professor and Associate Director Director, Fellowship Program

Educational Background

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, CO.
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Criticial Care Medicine, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, CO.

Clinical Interests

Lung cancer, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease including sarcoidosis and idiopathic pulmoanary fibrosis, pulmonary manifestations of the collagen vascular diseases, bronchiectasis, pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary artery hypertension.

Research Interests

1. Lung cancer -- epidemiology, etiology, imaging techniques for diagnosis and staging, and immunotherapy
2. Heart lung interaction -- cor pulmonale and pulmonary thromboembolism
3. Therapy for asthma and COPD

Representative Publications

Wiedemann HP, Matthay RA: Cor pulmonale in Heart Disease. A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 5th Edition. Braunwald E. (ed). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1996, pp 1604-1625

Murin S, Marelich GP, Arroliga AC, Matthay RA: Hereditary thrombophilia and venous thromboembolism. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 158:1369-73, 1998

Lee-Chiong TL, Jr, Matthay RA (Guest Editors): Cor pulmonale and heart-lung interactions. Seminars in Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 24(3):231-330, (June) 2003

Arroliga AC, Matthay RA: Bronchoscopy and needle biopsy techniques for diagnosing lung cancer. Clinics in Chest Medicine 23:137-158, (March) 2002

Raj R, Murin S, Matthay RA, et al: Systemic lupus erythematosus in the intensive care unit. Critical Care Clinics 18 (4):781-803, (October) 2002

George RB, Light RW, Matthay MA, Matthay RA (Eds): Chest Medicine: Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. 4 th Edition, Philadelphia : Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins, 2000.

Contact

Campus Address
Department of Internal Medicine
P.O. Box 208057
New Haven, CT 06520-8057

E-mail
richard.matthay@yale.edu

Phone
203-785-4196

Fax
203-785-3634

Appointments
203-785-4196