Lea C. Matthews, MD
About Lea C. Matthews, MD
Titles
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Awards and Honors
Clinical High Honors (Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery, Otolaryngology), Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Pre-Clinical Honors (Introduction to Pharmacology and Pathology, Introduction to Clinical Medicine I, Neuroscience, Microscopic Anatomy), Sidney Kimmel Medical College
2014, Summa Cum Laude, Duquesne University
Outstanding Student — Department of Health Management Systems, Duquesne University
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, IHI Open School for Health Professions Curriculum Certificate, Duquesne University
The Honorary Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Duquesne University
Order of Omega, Duquesne University
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BS in Health Management Systems - Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Medical Degree
MD - Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Internship
General Surgery - University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Residency
Anesthesiology - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Anesthesiology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2025
Ranieri, N. R., Forti, R. M., Ko, T. S., Seeney, A. M., Anderson, D. E., Bayle, B. A., Baker, W. B., Mirreh, M., Padiyath, A., Matthews, L. C., Nicolson, S. C., & Lynch, J. M. (2025). Cerebral oxygenation monitoring in neonatal cardiac surgery: Limitations of commercial NIRS. Optica Biophotonics Congress 2025, Technical Digest Series (Paper BTu1B.3). doi: 10.1364/BRAIN.2025.BTu1B.3
Mirreh, M., Lynch J. M., & Matthews, L. C. (2025). Keyword: Monitoring; Near Infrared Spectroscopy. Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Question of the Week. Retrieved from https://ccasociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/CCAS-QOW-Posted-7-16-2025.pdf
Mirreh, M., Weidmann, L., & Matthews, L. (2025). Keyword: Ultrafiltration. Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Question of the Week. Retrieved from https://ccasociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/CCAS-QOW-Posted-7-10-2025.pdf
2023
Matthews, L. C., & Petrini, L. (2023). Keyword: Fetal surgery: EXIT procedure, myelomeningocele repair. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Question of the Week. Retrieved from https://pedsanesthesia.org/question-of-the-week/question-of-the-week-143/
2019
Turpen, T., Matthews, L., & Guney, S. (2019). Beneath the surface of talking about physicians: A statistical model of language for patient experience comments. Patient Experience Journal, 6(2), Article 10. doi: 10.35680/2372-0247.1276
2014
Burrows A. M., Durham E. L., Matthews L. C., Smith T. D., & Parr L. A. (2014). Human faces are slower than chimpanzee faces. PLoS ONE, 9(10), e110523. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110523
Burrows A. M., Durham E. L., Matthews L. C., Smith T. D., & Parr L. A. (2014). Of mice, monkeys, and men: Physiological and morphological evidence for evolutionary divergence of function in mimetic musculature. The Anatomical Record, 297(7), 1250-1261. doi: 10.1002/ar.22913
2012
Matthews, L. C. (2012). Mom’s Everyday Advice in D. Gediman, J. Gregory, & M. J. Gediman (Eds.), This I believe: On motherhood (110-112). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
2011
Matthews, L. C. (2011, October 13). When life gives you lemons...bake sweet lemon cookies. Sweet Lemon Magazine. Retrieved from https://issuu.com/sweetlemonmag/docs/issueone