Richard Matthay, MD
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Pulmonary)Cards
Appointments
Contact Info
Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
PO Box 208057, 300 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8057
United States
About
Titles
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Pulmonary)
Biography
Dr. Matthay graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1970 and trained in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) at University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver from 1970 – 1975. In 1975, he joined the faculty in the Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care section at Yale as an Assistant Professor. In 1979, he was appointed Associate Professor and in 1984, Professor of Medicine. In 1993, he was appointed the Boehringer Ingelheim Professor of Medicine. Dr Matthay was Associate Director of the Yale PCCM section from 1975 – 1988 and 1990 – 2010. From 1988-1990, he was Acting Chief of the PCCM Section and from 1990-1994, he was Associate Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine.
From 1975-2002, Dr. Matthay was Director of the training program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Yale and he is currently Ex-officio Director of this training program. He serves as an attending in the PCCM Fellows Winchester Chest Clinic and he also serves as a Yale New Haven Hospital inpatient attending.
Dr. Matthay is a senior member of the Yale Thoracic Oncology Program (TOP). Recently, he edited a book on lung cancer with a TOP program colleague, Dr. Lynn Tanoue (Clinics in Chest Medicine: Lung Cancer, 12/2011).
Appointments
Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
EmeritusPrimaryPulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Senior Research ScientistSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Center for Thoracic Cancers
- Internal Medicine
- Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
- Tuberculosis Program
- Winchester Center for Lung Disease
- Yale Cancer Center
Education & Training
- Fellow
- University of Colorado (1975)
- Resident
- University of Colorado Medical Center (1973)
- MD
- Tufts University (1970)
Board Certifications
Pulmonary Disease
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 1976
Internal Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 1973
Research
Overview
Dr. Matthay has continuing interest in the epidemiology and etiology of lung cancer. He and two colleagues (Drs. Lynn Tanoue and Charles Dela Cruz) have written a chapter on the epidemiology and etiology of lung cancer for the most recent edition of the Fishman Textbook, Pulmonary Diseases Diseases and Disorders (2015)
Dr Matthay serves on the editorial board of several medical journals, including Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Pulmonary Medicine.Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Lynn Tanoue, MD, MBA
Publications
2011
Lung Cancer: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Prevention
Dela Cruz CS, Tanoue LT, Matthay RA. Lung Cancer: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Prevention. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2011, 32: 605-644. PMID: 22054876, PMCID: PMC3864624, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2011.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and Concepts
2009
Role of Obesity in Cardiomyopathy and Pulmonary Hypertension
Dela Cruz CS, Matthay RA. Role of Obesity in Cardiomyopathy and Pulmonary Hypertension. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2009, 30: 509-523. PMID: 19700049, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2009.06.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and Concepts
2005
- Arroliga AC, Matthay MA, Matthay RA: Pulmonary thromboembolism and other pulmonary vascular diseases in Chest Medicine: Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. George RB, Light RW, Matthay MA, Matthay RA (eds), 5th Edition, Lippincott Williams & WilkinsPeer-Reviewed Original Research
Others
- Trow T, Matthay RA: Management of venous thromboembolism in the critically ill obese patient [in] Critical Care Management of the Obese Patient. Solh AE (ed), New York: Wiley-Blackwell, Chapter 13, pp 108-115, 2012.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
- Dela Cruz CS, Beuther DA, Matthay RA (Editors): Obesity and Respiratory Disease. A Clinics in Chest Medicine Monograph. 30:415-614, (September) 2009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
- George RB, Light RW, Matthay MA, Matthay RA (Eds): Chest Medicine: Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. 5th Edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins, 2005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
- Tanoue LT, Matthay RA (Editors): Lung Cancer. Clinics in Chest Medicine, Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
- Dela Cruz CS, Matthay RA: Lung Cancer (Chapter 17) [in] Oxford Handbook of Pulmonary Medicine, Brown KK, Lee-Chiong T, Chapman S., Robinson G, Stradling J and West S, (eds.) New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, pp 161-198.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
honor Boehringer Ingelheim Endowed Chair of Medice
Yale School of Medicine AwardYale University School of MedicineDetails06/30/2013, 01/01/1993United States
News & Links
News
- June 04, 2020
Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians recognized as CT Magazine Best Doctors
- June 03, 2019
Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians recognized as CT Magazine 'Best Doctors'
- April 13, 2018
Connecticut Magazine recognizes Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians as 'Best Doctors'
- June 16, 2004
New York Magazine Names 56 Yale Physicians Among the Region's Best Doctors
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Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
PO Box 208057, 300 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8057
United States