Curriculum Vitae     



DatesInstitution, Position

From:     6/2011  Downtown Baltimore Family care
To:         PresentMedical Director


From:      6/2003                     Family Medicine of Gaithersburg
To:1/2011           Medical Director / CEO
                                                 Board Certified in Family Medicine, 2003 - 2010

From:     2/2005                      Montgomery County Medical Reserve Corp Volunteer
To:         1/2011


From:     2/2006                      Clinical Preceptor, University of Maryland, School of Advanced Nursing
To:       12/2007


From:     2/2004                      Montgomery County Medical Society, Member
To:       12/2007


From:   11/2000                      University of Connecticut's Affiliate, Middlesex Health System
To:       11/2002                      Residency in Family Medicine, PGY II & PGY III


From:     7/1999                      University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
To:         7/2000                      Internship in Family Medicine, PGY I


From:     7/1995                      State University of New York at Brooklyn, "Downstate," College of Medicine
To:         6/1999  Doctor of Medicine


From:     8/1993                      State University of New York at Stony Brook
To:         6/1995                      Research Support Specialist


From:     9/1991                      State University of New York at Stony Brook
To:         5/1994                      Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, with Honors


From:     8/1989                      Suffolk County Community College
To:         5/1991


From:     8/1987                      U.S. Navy, Operations Specialist
To:         7/1989                      U.S.S. Forrestal, Combat Intelligence Center



Publications:
1.  The initiator element and proximal upstream sequences affect transcriptional activity and start site selection in the amyloid beta-precursor protein promoter. Quitschke WW, Matthews JP, Kraus RJ, Vostrov AA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1996Sept;271(36),22231-9.

2.  Complex expression of keratins in goldfish optic nerve. Druger RK, Glasgow E, Fuchs C, Levine EM, Matthews JP, Park CY, Schechter N. Journal of Comparative Neurology 1994Feb;340(2),269-80.


Awards:
-  Community Activism Award, in recognition of service in coordinating Tar Wars
-  Community Service Award, in recognition of commitment to Tar Wars education
-   Letter of Recognition, from the Women’s Wellness and Healthcare Connection
-   Letter of Recognition from Kings County Hospital Children’s Sickle Cell Ward


Languages:  Intermediate, conversational - Spanish.


Special Addendum regarding Emergency Room work - Click Here.


Special Addendum on Holistic and Integrative Medicine:  My interest in these areas began back in medical school when I found that while the hard sciences based approach was very effective for very sick patients, in the outpatient setting, often times a kinder, gentler approach could help the patients equally well, and often times with less side effects.  In residency, I spent part of my time at the Mecca of Holistic and Integrative Medicine, the University of Arizona, with Andrew Weil, M.D., and therein a view of the whole person, as an integrated body, mind and spirit was solidified and I haven’t looked back since.  Today, I believe that it’s essential that a physician be able to recognize when a person is sick and needs strong medicine, but equally important is the physician’s ability to recognize when a holistic, or integrated, bio-psycho-social approach is indicated, and to partner with patients to create personalized healing pathways, while always maintaining the highest levels of respect for the patient, and their ultimate right to choose how they wish to live.       
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       James Matthews, M.D.
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