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

• Jacka BP, Cheng QL, Schiavone B, et. al. "Trajectories of Health-Related Quality of Life 2 Years After Mild/Moderate Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection in the Pre-Omicron Era." Open forum infectious diseases, 12(5), (2025) ofaf142. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf142
• Goodman-Meza D, Weiss RE, Poimboeuf ML, et. al. "Comparative Effectiveness of Long-Acting Lipoglycopeptides vs Standard-of-Care Antibiotics in Serious Bacterial Infections." JAMA network open, 8(5), (2025) e2511641. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.11641
• Masters J, Jacka B, Barault M, et. al. "Incidence, Patient-Directed Discharge, Readmission, and Mortality Among People Hospitalized With Injecting-Related Infection: A Population-Based Linkage Study." Open forum infectious diseases, 12(5), (2025) ofaf257. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf257
• Grafton-Clarke C, Assadi H, Li R, et. al. "Four-dimensional flow provides incremental diagnostic value over echocardiography in aortic stenosis." Open heart, 12(1), (2025) . doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2024-003081
• Assadi HS, Zhao X, Matthews G, et. al. "Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging markers of ageing: a multi-centre, cross-sectional cohort study." European heart journal open, 5(3), (2025) oeaf032. doi: 10.1093/ehjopen/oeaf032
• Baker LD, Pa JA, Katula JA, et. al. "Effects of exercise on cognition and Alzheimer's biomarkers in a randomized controlled trial of adults with mild cognitive impairment: The EXERT study." Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 21(4), (2025) e14586. doi: 10.1002/alz.14586
• Jensen TO, Sharma S, Avihingsanon A, et. al. "Risk of severe bacterial infections including TB before and after immediate or deferred antiretroviral therapy: A multicenter, prospective, cohort study." International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 156(), (2025) 107911. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107911

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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