Matthew grew up in Purcellville, Virginia at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He completed his bachelor’s degree at the College of William and Mary with a double major in biology and psychology while spending the rest of his time researching thyroid hormone receptor/importin interactions and playing the euphonium in the school band. After spending a year as an emergency department scribe, he moved down to Norfolk, Virginia to attend Eastern Virginia Medical School. He remained in Norfolk after finishing his MD to complete his pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters. He is excited continue his training in pediatric infectious disease and also to be closer to the mountains again.