 Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
UCSF Medical Center
505 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0208
Matthew.Lewin@ucsfmedctr.org
Education
BA: University of California, Berkeley
MD: University of Texas, Houston
PhD: University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine
Research and Academic Interests
Dr. Lewin's research interests include the following: 1) Analgesia and procedural sedation. We are investigating how the nervous system's acquired and intrinsic sensitivity to exogenous sources of CO2 affects the predisposition to apnea during procedural sedation. We have both human laboratory and clinical research studies running concurrently; 2) Accident and illness during travel to remote and extreme environments. We have just completed a prospective study of illnesses and injury occurring during six scientific expeditions to Gobi Desert regions in the Republic of Mongolia and Inner Mongolia (China); 3) Parasitoid-induced nociception in larval Manduca sexta. The tobacco hornworm is the caterpillar form of a sphinx moth. Parasitoid wasps lay eggs in the body cavity of the caterpillar altering the defensive behavior of the caterpillar. Fundamental aspects of nociception (pain-like responses) can be studied through simple behavioral tests and pharmacological manipulation of the nervous system.
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Lewin, M.; Jensen, S.; Platts-Mills, T., Wilderness preparation, equipmen and supplies. In Wilderness Medicine, 5th ed.; Auerbach, P., Ed. Elsevier: New York, 2007; Vol. 1, pp 1894-1922.
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Lewin, M.R.; Stein, J.; Wang, R.; Lee, M.M.; Kernberg, M.; Boukhman, M.; Hahn, I. H.; Lewiss, R. E., Humming is as effective as Valsalva's maneuver and Trendelenburg's position for ultrasonographic visualization of the jugular venous system and common femoral veins. Ann Emerg Med 2007, 50, (1), 73-7.
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Lewin, M.; Atwell, E., Ethics Forum: Covert medication hits balance of ethics, safety. American Medical Association News 2007, 50, (5).
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Balanoff, A.M.; Norell, M.A.; Grelet-Tinner, G.; Lewin, M.R. Digital preparation of a probable neoceratopsian preserved within an egg, with comments on microstructural anatomy of ornithischian eggshells. Naturwissenschaften 2008, in press.
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Tonna, J.E.; Lewin, M.R.; Hahn, I.H.; Platts-Mills, T.A.; Norell M.A. A Prospective, Multi-Year, Analysis of Illness and Injury During Travel to Arid Environments. Wilderness Environ Med 2008, in press.
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