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Dr. Dale Matthews

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LICENSURE:

  

Licensed Physician, District of Columbia

Licensed Physician, State of Virginia

 

CERTIFICATIONS:

 

Diplomate of National Board of Medical Examiners, June 10, l982

Diplomate in Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, September 14, l983

 

EDUCATION:

 

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Romance Languages and Special Program in European Civilization, l976

Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC: Doctor of Medicine, l980

University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT: Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, l980-l983 (James Freston, MD, Chairman of Medicine)

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and Clinical Fellowship in Internal Medicine, 1983-l985 (Alvan R. Feinstein, MD, Director)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Instructor, Yale University School of Medicine, Staff Physician, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 1983-1985

Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut  School of Medicine and Staf Physician, John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington, CT; Staff Physician, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Newington, CT, 1985-1991

Chief of Internal Medicine, Minirth, Meier, and Byrd Clinic;Founder and Director, National Center for Chronic Fatigue, Arlington, VA; Staff Physician, Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital, Arlington, VA, and Psychiatric Institute of Washington, Washington, DC, 1991-1993

Associate Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine and Staff Physician, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, 1993-1999; Senior Fellow, National Institute for Healthcare Research, Rockville, MD, 1993-1998; Regional Consultant, Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication, New Haven, CT, 1994-1997

Physician, Internists of Washington, LLC; Staff Physician, Georgetown University Hospital and Sibley Memorial Hospitals, Washington, DC, 1999-present

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

King's Fund College Scholar (London, England), Duke University, l979

Trent Award in the History of Medicine, Duke University, l980

Lee B. Lusted Prize (Honorable Mention), Society for Medical Decision Making, l985

George Morris Piersol Teaching and Research Scholarship, American College of Physicians, 1989-1992

Fellowship, American College of Physicians, 1993

Exemplary Paper in Humility Theology: Religion and the Medical Sciences, John  Templeton Foundation, 1997

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Christian Medical and Dental Society

Society of General Internal Medicine

American College of Physicians

 

PUBLIC SERVICE:

Review Boards:

 American Family Physician 

            Annals of Internal Medicine

            Biological Psychiatry

            Gerontologist

            Hastings Center Report

            Journal of the American Medical Association

            Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

            Journal of General Internal Medicine

            Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences

            Pediatrics

            Psychosomatics

            Psychosomatic Medicine

 

The Physician and Sportsmedicine

Editorial Boards:

            Medical Encounter, 1989-1992

            Faith and Medicine Connection (Editor), 1996-8

 

National and International Committees and Boards:

Board of Directors: Paul Tournier Institute, Christian Medical and Dental Society, 1990

            Board of Advisors, John Templeton Foundation, 1991-1996, 1998-present

            Committee for DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual): Primary Care Version

Psychiatric Association. Co-Chairman of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Subcommittee, 1991

            Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders Project (Impact Medical Communications, Robert Spitzer, Director), 1991

            National Board of Medical Examiners, Step 1 Behavioral Science Committee, 1994-1996; At Large, 1996-7

 

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 1982-1983, 1985-1991:

Director, Personal and Professional Development Program for Medical Interns, l982-83, 1985-91

Director, Fellowship in Academic Internal Medicine Program, l985-1989

Director, Ambulatory Block Rotation and Coordinator of Rotations for Medical Residents, l985-199

Undergraduate Awards Committee, 1988-1990

Primary Care Residency Ambulatory Care Committee, 1988

Fourth Year Assessment Committee, 1989-1991

Undergraduate Student Research Committee, 1989-1991

 

Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1993-1999

Search Committee for Director of Student Health, 1993-1994

 

Interview Committee for Medical Residency, 1994-1997

 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

 

Yale University School of Medicine, 1983-1985

Instructor, Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course, l984-1985

Yale University School of Nursing, 1983-1985

Principal Instructor, "Primary Care Problems of Adults" (N557), l983-1985

University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 1982-1983, 1985-1991

Instructor, Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course, l982, l983, l985

Instructor, Epidemiology Subject Committee, 1987

Instructor, Biostatistics Subject Committee, 1987

Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication, New Haven, CT, 1991

Instructor, Institute courses on doctor patient communication

Regional Consultant, Mid-Atlantic Region, 1994-1997

Osler Institute, Terri Haute, IN, 1992

Instructor, specialty board review courses for internal medicine and family practice

Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1993-Present:

Preceptor, Ambulatory Care Elective and Ambulatory Care longitudinal clinic for

medical residents; Instructor, Religious Traditions in Health Care, 1997-present

Instructor, Mini-Medical School, 1999-present

                                       

SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH:

 

Research Grants:

 

1. Principal Investigator, "Followup of Patients with Chronic Fatigue", University

of Connecticut Research Foundation, 1988: $2,500.

2. Awardee, "George Morris Piersol Teaching and Research Scholarship",

American College of  Physicians, 1989-1992: $60,000.

3. Principal Investigator, "Bibliography of Research by Scientists on Spiritual Subjects",

John Templeton Foundation, 1991: $23,360.

4. Principal Investigator, "The Faith Factor: An Annotated Bibliography of Clinical

Research on Spiritual Subjects", John Templeton Foundation, 1992-1993

$67,800.

5. Principal Investigator, "The Faith Factor: Enhancing Life Satisfaction. An Annotated

Bibliography of Clinical Research on Spiritual Subjects, Phase III", John

Templeton Foundation, 1994: $44,250.

6. Co-Investigator, "Gordon Conference on Spirituality and Scientific Investigation",

John Templeton Foundation, 1994-1995: $59,400.

7. Awardee, Mid-Atlantic Regional Consultancy, Bayer Institute for Health Care

Communication, 1994: $21,600 per year.

8. Principal Investigator, "The Faith Factor: Religious Commitment and Clinical

Medicine", John Templeton Foundation, 1995-96: $157,387.

9.  Principal Investigator, "The Faith Factor: An  Annotated Bibliography of Clinical

Research on Spiritual Subjects, Phase IV", John Templeton Foundation, 1995-6:

$47,150.

10. Principal Investigator, "The Effect of Intercessory Prayer Upon the Clinical Course of

Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis", The Foundation for Spirituality and

Medicine, 1995-98: $49,800.

11. Principal Investigator, "The Effect of Intercessory Prayer Upon the Clinical Course of

Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis", John Templeton Foundation, 1995-1999:

$96,550.

12. Awardee, Unrestricted grant, King Pharmaceuticals, 1996: $30,000

 

Publications and Books:

 

1. Matthews DA, Larson DB. A Bibliography of Research by Scientists on Spiritual

             Subjects. Rockville, MD: National Institute for Healthcare Research; 1991.

2. Matthews DA, Larson DB, Barry CM. The Faith Factor: An Annotated Bibliography

            of Clinical Research on Spiritual Subjects. Rockville, MD: National                     

            Institute for Healthcare Research; 1993.

3. Matthews DA, Larson DB. The Faith Factor: An Annotated Bibliography of Clinical

Research on Spiritual Subjects, Volume Three: Enhancing Life Satisfaction.                   Rockville, MD: National Institute for Healthcare Research; 1995.

4. Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,

4th ed., Primary Care Version. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 1995.

5. Larson DB, Lu FG, Bowman ES, Juthani N, Koenig HG, Matthews DA, Waldfogel S,

Swyers JP, Model Curriculum for Psychiatric Residency Training Programs:

Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice. Rockville, MD: National Institute

for Healthcare Research; 1996.

6. Matthews DA, Saunders DM. The Faith Factor: An Annotated  Bibliography of

Clinical Research on Spiritual Subjects, Volume Four: Prevention and Treatment of Illness, Addictions, and Delinquency. Rockville, MD: National Institute for

Healthcare Research; 1997.

7. Matthews DA, Clark C. The Faith Factor: Proof of the Healing Power of Prayer. New

York: Viking; 1998.

 

Original papers in refereed journals:

 

1.      Matthews DA, Marjory Warren and the origin of British geriatrics. J Amer Geriat

Soc. l984;32:253-258.

2.      Matthews DA, Voytovich AE. An appraisal of goals for medical residency training. J Med Educ. l985;60:536-544.

3.      Manu P, Goodspeed RB, Matthews DA, A quantitative measure of consumer preferences in health care delivery. Med Care. l986;24:86-88.

4.      Manu P, Matthews DA, Classen DC, Goodspeed RB. Medical subspecialty training and interest in cost containment education. J Gen Intern Med. 1987;2:229-231.

5.      Matthews DA, Sledge WH, Lieberman PB. Evaluation of intern performance by medical inpatients. Am J Med. 1987;83:938-944.

 

 

6.      Suchman AL, Matthews DA. What makes the doctor- patient relationship therapeutic: exploring the connexional dimension of patient care. Ann Intern Med. 1988;108:125-130.

7.      Matthews DA, Feinstein AR. A 'review of systems' for the personal aspects of medical care. Am J Med. Sci. 1988;295:159-171.

8.      Matthews DA, Classen DC, Willms JL, Cotton JD. A program to help interns cope with stresses in an internal medicine residency. J Med Educ. 1988;63:539-547.

9.      Manu P, Matthews DA, Lane TJ. The mental health of patients with a chief complaint of chronic fatigue. Arch Intern Med. 1988;148:2213-2217.

10.  Manu P, Lane TJ, Matthews DA. The frequency of the chronic fatigue syndrome in patients with symptoms of persistent fatigue. Ann Intern Med. 1988;109:554-556.

11.  Matthews DA, Feinstein AR. A new instrument for patients' ratings of physician performance in the hospital setting. J Gen Intern Med. 1989;4:14-22.

12.  Renfro L, Feder HM, Jr., Lane TJ, Manu P, Matthews DA. The yeast connection among 100 patients with chronic fatigue. Am J Med. 1989;86:165-168.

13.  Matthews DA. I wish I'd known she loved Chopin. Senior Patient.1989;1:73-74.

14.  Manu P, Lane TJ, Matthews DA, Escobar JI. Screening for somatization disorder in patients with chronic fatigue. Gen Hosp Psych. 1989;11:294-297.

15.  Manu P, Matthews DA, Lane TJ, et al. Depression among patients with a chief complaint of chronic fatigue.  J Affect Dis .1989;17:165-172.

16.  Lieberman P, Sledge WH, Matthews DA. Effect of patient gender upon evaluation of intern performance. Arch Intern Med. 1989;149:1825-1829.

17.  Manu P, Lane TJ, Matthews DA. Somatization disorder in patients complaining of chronic fatigue. Psychosomatics. 1989;30:388-395.

18.  Escobar JI, Manu P, Matthews DA, Lane TJ, Swartz M, Canino G. Medically unexplained physical symptoms, somatization disorder and abridged somatization:                 studies with the diagnostic interview schedule. Psych Develop. 1989;3:235-245.

19.  Manu P, Lane TJ, Matthews DA. How much practice makes perfect?: A quantitative measure of the experience needed to achieve procedural competence. Med Teacher 1990;12:367-369.

20.  Lane TJ, Manu P, Matthews DA. The low yield of physical examinations and laboratory investigations of patients with chronic fatigue.  Am J Med Sci.                  1990;299:313-318.

21.  Manu P, Matthews DA, Lane TJ. Panic disorder among patients with chronic fatigue. South Med J. 1991;84:451-456.

22.  Matthews DA, Lane TJ, Manu P. Antibodies to Epstein Barr virus among patients with chronic fatigue. South Med J. 1991;84:832-840.

23.  Krantzler HR, Manu P, Hesselbrock VM, Lane TJ, Matthews DA. Substance use disorders in patients with chronic fatigue. Hosp Comm Psych 1991;42:924-928.

24.  Matthews DA, Manu P, Lane TJ. Evaluation and management of patients with chronic fatigue. Am J Med Sci. 1991;302:269-277.

25.  Lane TJ, Manu P, Matthews. Depression and somatization in patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome. Am J Med. 1991;91:335-343.

26.  Manu P, Lane TJ, Matthews DA. Chronic fatigue syndromes in clinical practice. Psychother Psychosom. 1992;58:60-68.

 

27.  Manu P, Lane TJ, Matthews DA. The pathophysiology of chronic fatigue syndrome: confirmations, contradictions, and conjectures.  Int'l J Psychiatry in Med. 1992;22:397-408.

28.  Manu P, Matthews DA, Lane TJ. Food intolerance in patients with chronic fatigue. Int'l J Eating Disorders. 1993;13:203-209.

29.  Matthews DA, Suchman AL, Branch WT. Making connexions: enhancing the therapeutic potential of patient-clinician relationships. Ann Intern Med. 1993;118:973-977.

30.  Manu P, Lane TJ, Matthews DA, Castriotta RJ, Watson RK, Abeles M. Alpha Delta sleep in chronic fatigue. South Med J. 1994;87:465-470.

31.  Koenig HG, Larson DB, Matthews DA. Religion and psychotherapy with older adults. J Geriat Psychiatry.1996;29:155-184.

32.  Matthews DA, Larson DB. Faith and medicine: reconciling the twin traditions of healing. Mind Body Med. 1997;2(1):9-19

33.  Matthews DA. Religion and spirituality in primary care. Mind Body Med.1997;2(1):9-19.

34.  Matthews DA, McCullough ME, Larson DB, Koenig HG, Swyers JP, Milano MG. Religious commitment and health: a review of the research and implications                for family medicine. Arch Fam Med. 1998;7:118-124.

35.  Matthews DA. Religion and spirituality in the care of patients with chronic renal failure. Dialysis and Transplantation. 1998;27(3):136-140.

36.  Matthews DA. Religion is good for your health (and mine): A physician’s journey. Journal of Christian Healing 1999;21:23-46.

37.  Matthews DA, Marlowe SM, MacNutt FS. Effects of intercessory prayer on patients with rheumatoid arthritis. South Med J.  2000;93:1177-1186.

 

Book chapters, videotapes, and other publications:

 

1.      Voytovich AE, Rippey RM, Matthews DA. Deciding how to evaluate performance. In: Lloyd JS, Langsley DG, How to Evaluate Residents. Chicago: American Board of Medical Specialties; l986.

2.      Branch W, Matthews D, Suchman A. Meaningful moments. Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin 1989 (Winter):12-17.

3.      Matthews DA. The secret of patient care. Society of General Internal Medicine News. 1989;12(6):1-6.

4.      Matthews DA. Bedside Manners (videotape). Farmington, CT: University of Connecticut Health Center; 1990.

5.      Matthews DA. Virtue, character, and the struggle against illness. Hast Cent Rep. 1990;20:40-42.

6.      Hale M, Matthews DA. Depression and chronic fatigue: indications for psychiatric consultation. Primary Care. 1991;18(2):435-449.

7.      Matthews DA. The “L” word. Physician. 1992;4(4):24.

8.      Manu P, Lane TJ, Matthews DA. Chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: clinical epidemiology and aetiological classification. In: Bock GR, Whelan J.              eds. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Ciba Foundation Symposium 173. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons; 1993.

9.      Matthews DA. No room at the inn? The neglect of religion by medical science. Progress in Theology 1994;2:10-12.

10.  Suchman A, Branch W, Matthews DA. The role of the medical interview in the physician's search for meaning.  In: Lipkin M, Jr., Putnam S., Lazare A., eds. The Medical Interview: Clinical Care, Education, and Research. New York: Springer Verlag; 1995: 368-75.

11.  Matthews DA. On being a Christian physician. Christian Med Den Soc J. 1995; 26(2):14-5.

12.  Matthews DA. Body, Mind, and Spirit (videotape). Nashville: Earnhardt and Co.; 1995.

13.  Matthews DA. The Faith Factor: Is Religion Good for Your Health? (videotape). Nashville: Earnhardt and Co.; 1995.

14.  Matthews DA. Somatoform disorders. In Rakel RE, ed. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 1996:1105-7.

15.  Manu P, Lane TJ, Matthews DA. Idiopathic chronic fatigue: depressive symptoms and functional somatic complaints. In: Demitrack MA, Abbey SE, ed. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Integrative Approach to Evaluation and Treatment. New York: Guilford Press;1996:36-47.

16.  Matthews DA. The heartbeat of faith and medicine. Faith and Medicine Connection. 1996;1(1):3.

17.  Matthews DA. Religion, medicine, and the peace of Jerusalem. Faith and Medicine Connection. 1996; 1(2):3.

18.  Matthews DA. Shall We Pray? Examining the Medical Effects of Prayer on Rheumatoid Arthritis (videotape). Nashville, TN: Earnhardt and Co., 1997.

19.  Matthews DA. Walls and fences. Faith and Medicine Connection. 1997;1(3):3.

20.  Matthews DA. Mid-life crisis. Faith and Medicine Connection. 1997;1(4):3.

21.  Matthews DA. Research reviews. Faith and Medicine Connection. 1997;2(1):3.

22.  Matthews DA. Hollywood be thy name. Faith and Medicine Connection. 1997;2(1):3.

23.  Matthews DA, Koenig HG, Thoresen C, Friedman R. Physical health. In Larson DB, Swyers JP, McCullough ME, eds. Scientific Research on Spirituality and Health. Rockville, MD: National Institute for Healthcare Research; 1998.

24.  Matthews DA. Religious commitment and depression. Faith and Medicine Connection. 1998;2(2):3.

25.  Matthews DA. Why me? Faith and Medicine Connection. 1998;2(2):3.

26.  Matthews DA. Religion, spirituality, and recovery from surgery. Faith and Medicine Connection. 1998; 2(3):2.

27.  Matthews DA. Truth with a capital T. Faith and Medicine Connection. 1998;2(3):3.

28.  Musick MA, Koenig HG, Larson DB, Matthews D. Religion, and spiritual beliefs. In: Holland J., ed. Psycho-oncology. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998:780-9.

29.  Manu P, Matthews DA. Chronic fatigue syndrome.  In Manu P, ed. Functional Somatic Syndromes: Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 1998:8-31.

30.  Matthews DA. Healing Hands: Effects of Prayer on Rheumatoid Arthritis (videotape). Nashville, TN: Earnhardt and Co.; 1999.

31.  Matthews DA. Is religion good for your health? In: Stannard R, ed. God for the 21st Century. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press; 2000:103-106.

32.  Matthews, D. Prayer and spirituality. In: Panush R., ed. Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Rheumatic Diseases. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of                 North America; 2000;26(1):177-187

33.  Matthews DA. Somatoform disorders. In Rakel RE, ed. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 2000:1442-1444.

34.  King DE, May HJ, McCullough ME, Matthews DA. Integrating religion and spirituality into the biopsychosocial model. In King DE, ed. Faith, Spirituality, and Medicine: Toward the Making of the Healing Practitioner. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press; 2000:1-11.

 

Abstracts:

 

1.      Matthews DA, Voytovich AE. Housestaff and faculty perceptions of internal medicine training goals: results of a questionnaire. Clin Res. l984:32:651A.

2.      Matthews DA, Viadero JJ, Lane TJ, Voytovich AE. "Know thyself": a study of self- evaluation among medical interns. Clin Res. l985:33:727A.

3.      Manu P, Goodspeed RB, Matthews DA. A competitive utilization index for measuring preferential use of health care resources. Clin Res. l985;33:259A.

4.      Matthews DA, Feinstein AR. A 'review of systems' for the personal aspects of medical care. Clin Res. l985; 33:259A.

5.      Matthews DA, Feinstein AR, Joyce CK . A new instrument for patients' appraisals of physicians' performance. Clin Res. l985;33:758A.

6.      Manu P, Matthews DA, Classen DC, Goodspeed RB. Bias against cost-containment issues among university based physicians. Clin Res. l985;33:832A.

7.      Matthews DA, Feinstein AR, Joyce CK. A new instrument for patients' perceptions of physicians' performance. Med Dec Making 1985;5:369A.

8.      Manu P, Matthews DA, Voytovich AE. Institution-specific risks of "invasive" diagnostic procedures: how safe is safe enough? Clin Res. l986;34:375A.

9.      Manu P, Matthews DA, Classen DC, Goodspeed RB. Graduate interest in learning cost containment strategies. Clin Res. l986;34:827A.

10.  Matthews DA, Sledge WH, Lieberman P. Evaluation of intern performance by medical inpatients. Clin Res. l986;34:828A.