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Office
5643 Paradise Drive
Corte Madera, CA 94925Phone+1 415-425-7892
Summary
- Dr. Matthew Lewin is an emergency medicine physician in Corte Madera, CA. He received his medical degree from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and has been in practice 18 years. He is experienced in travel and tropical medicine, general emergency medicine, wilderness medicine, expeditionary medicine, and exploration medicine. He has more than 60 publications and over 500 citations. Dr. Lewin is a recognized expert in expedition and field medicine, with emergency medicine board certification and a PhD in the field of neurophysiology. He is an elected fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, a National fellow of the Explorers Club, is currently President of the North American Society of Toxinology, and served on the WHO’s Snakebite Envenoming Working Group. He earned his MD and PhD at the University of Texas/MD Anderson Cancer Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (Distinguished Alumnus award, 2020) and his BSc degree at the University of California, Berkeley.
Education & Training
- University of California (San Francisco)/FresnoResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2001 - 2003
- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2000 - 2001
- California Pacific Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2000
- McGovern Medical School at UTHealthClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2000 - 2026
- NY State Medical License 2010 - 2014
- American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow, California Academy of Sciences California Academy of Sciences, 2010
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 7 citationsStructural basis of the myotoxic inhibition of the Bothrops pirajai PrTX-I by the synthetic varespladib.Guilherme H M Salvador, Êmylle K R Pinto, Paula L Ortolani, Consuelo L Fortes-Dias, Walter L G Cavalcante
Biochimie. 2023-04-01 - 6 citationsNeuromuscular Weakness and Paralysis Produced by Snakebite Envenoming: Mechanisms and Proposed Standards for Clinical Assessment.Philip E Bickler, Michael Abouyannis, Ashish Bhalla, Matthew R Lewin
Toxins. 2023-01-06 - 5 citationsKeel venom: Rhabdophis subminiatus (Red-Necked Keelback) venom pathophysiologically affects diverse blood clotting pathways.Abhinandan Chowdhury, Matthew R Lewin, Rebecca W Carter, Nicholas R Casewell, Bryan G Fry
Toxicon. 2022-10-30
Press Mentions
- Ophirex Receives Wellcome Trust Award to AdvanceMarch 2nd, 2020
- Ophirex Licenses Lilly - Shionogi Data for Novel Snakebite Treatment Development ProgramAugust 28th, 2017
- Trick of the Trade Epistaxis Control with Tongue BladesJanuary 29th, 2016
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