Conference Speakers

Michael A. Matthay, MD is Professor of Medicine & Anesthesia at the University of California at San Francisco, Senior Associate at the Cardiovascular Research Institute and Associate Director of Critical Care Medicine. He received his AB from Harvard University and his MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He received an ATS award for Scientific Achievement in 2002, the UCSF Award for Outstanding Clinical Research in 2006, Honora Causa from the University of Paris (2011), Lifetime Achievement award for Mentoring at UCSF (2013), the Trudeau Medal for research, teaching and clinical contributions from ATS (2014). He is a member of the American Association of Physicians (2001). He also received the UCSF Molecular Medicine Mentor of the Year (2016), the SMART award for Innovative Research Contributions (Milan, Italy) (2019), and the UCSF School of Medicine Inquiry Award for Long Term Mentoring (2021), and the Cell Therapy and Critical Care Society Lifetime Achievements Award (2023) and the ATS Critical Care Assembly for Extraordinary Achievements (2024). His research interests include basic and clinical studies of sepsis and ARDS (2024), and leading NIH funded clinical trials, and mentoring fellows and young faculty for a career in academic medicine.