Gerald Matthews, M.D. '86

Associate Professor, Urology School of Medicine
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Gerald Matthews, M.D., serves as the site director for the WMC/NYMC Urology Residency Training Program at NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan in New York City. Dr. Matthews has served in this role for nearly 20 years. At Metropolitan, Dr. Matthews serves in a leadership role on numerous executive committees and NYC Health + Hospitals corporation councils. He also serves as the director of the Section of Male Reproductive Medicine and Sexual Dysfunction within the Department of Urology at WMC. At the national level, Dr. Matthews has served two terms as a section representative of the New York Section of the American Urologic Association. Dr. Matthews has long been recognized as an expert in his field and has been included among Castle & Connolly Top Doctors in New York annually since 1999.

Clinical Specialty

  • Chief of Section of Male Infertility and Sexual Dysfunction, WMC
  • Urology Department Director, MHC

Education

  • M.D. '86, New York Medical College
  • Residency, Urology, Lenox Hill Hospital 
  • Fellowship, Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center

Areas of Expertise

  • Male infertility
  • Sexual dysfunction

Honors and Awards

  • Castle & Connolly (Best Doctors 20-Year Award)

Publications

  • Cook D, Cullen L, Matthews G, et. al. "Learning from an "EBP Journey" Using a Choose Your Own Adventure Approach." Journal for nurses in professional development, 41(4), (2025) 214-219. doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000001149
  • Chattopadhyay RK, Naing TKP, Vassiliou VS, et. al. "Educational case: a 46-year-old woman with palpitations and shortness of breath." Oxford medical case reports, 2025(6), (2025) omae137. doi: 10.1093/omcr/omae137
  • Nyein PP, Borok M, Eriobu N, et. al. "A randomised trial to compare dolutegravir plus boosted darunavir versus recommended standard of care antiretroviral regimens in people with HIV-1, whose first-line non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor therapy has failed: Final 96-week results of the D2EFT study." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, (), (2025) . pii: ciaf346. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaf346
  • Metzler M, Doerrer C, Sun Y, et. al. "Effect of Silver Particle Distribution in a Carbon Nanocomposite Interlayer on Lithium Plating in Anode-Free All-Solid-State Batteries." ACS applied materials & interfaces, (), (2025) . doi: 10.1021/acsami.5c06550
  • Ang J, Hajarizadeh B, Tillakeratne S, et. al. "Reinfection following successful direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus infection among people with recent injecting drug use: the SHARP-C study." The International journal on drug policy, 143(), (2025) 104859. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104859
  • Newman TAH, Matthews G, Assadi H, et. al. "Cardiac MRI-derived mean right atrial pressure and its prognostic importance." Open heart, 12(1), (2025) . doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2025-003216
  • Masters J, Goodman-Meza D, Russell D, et. al. "Bacterial and fungal infections in persons who inject drugs." Clinical microbiology reviews, (), (2025) e0016223. doi: 10.1128/cmr.00162-23
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Professional Service

  • O.R. Committee, Metropolitan Hospital, Member
  • Medical Executive Committee, Member
  • PAGNY Executive Board, Member of Board
  • NYMC Faculty Compensation Committee, Member
  • New York Medical College, Department of Urology Resident Selection Committee, Member

Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Urological Association
  • American Board of Urology
  • New York Section, AUA
  • Society for the Study Male Reproduction
  • Sexual Medicine Society
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Society for the Study of Impotence
  • Societe Internacional Urologie (SIU)

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Metropolitan Hospital Urology Elective: 3rd year, 4th year preceptor