Matthew Hedberg

Background

About Matthew Hedberg

I recently transitioned from my instructorship as the inaugural Waine C. Johnson Endowed Research Fellow of Dermatopathology at the University of Pennsylvania. Where I also was an attending dermatopathologist at the CMJC VA Medical Center. Signing out dermatopathology cases and performing basic science research on immunoediting in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.I received my BA with departmental honors, in chemistry from the University of Utah. Where my research with Nobel laureate Dr. Mario Capecchi resulted in private and institutional grants, co-authorship on a cover-featured article in Cancer Research, an undergraduate research scholar award from the University of Utah, and oral presentations at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, the National Conference on Undergraduate Research and in front of the Utah State Senate.I completed MD and PhD training at the University of Pittsburgh-Carnegie Mellon University Medical Scientist Training Program, under Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology and Pharmacology, Dr. Jennifer Grandis. My dissertation utilized whole exome sequencing of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma tumors to identify genetic alterations that I assessed with a variety of functional assays in order to learn about the molecular underpinnings of this disease and identify potential therapeutic targets. My thesis authorship and co-authorship credits include original research reports published in Head & Neck, Cancer Discovery, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the Journal of Experimental Medicine; a textbook chapter in the 4th edition of The Molecular Basis of Cancer, published by Elsevier; and a digital case and question set for the CME accredited Virtual ENT Biopsy Pathology Exam by the College of American Pathologists. I gave 5 invited talks and 11 posters on my research at various local, regional, and national conferences during my PhD training. I received a poster award from the dept of pharmacology, travel/scholar-in-training/speaking honoraria from the U-Pitt BGSA, the AACR, the ASCI/AAP, the PHNP, and the NHGRI. I also obtained a pilot grant from the AAO-AHNS, and a $170,144 F30 NRSA pre-doctoral fellowship grant from the NCI.I completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Barnes Jewish Hospital of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine and am board certified in Anatomic Pathology.I completed fellowship training in Dermatopathology at the University of Pennsylvania, am board certified in Dermatopathology and recently secured a CDA from the Dermatology Foundation.