Matthew Fuller

Matthew Fuller, MD

Languages spoken: Spanish, English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Emergency Medicine , Adjunct - Orthopaedics

Board Certification

  • American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)

Dr. Matthew Fuller is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Fuller also is Director of Global Health and Director of Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Fuller has a longstanding interest in underserved and at risk populations, and has current and historical collaborative projects in Syria, Peru, Vietnam, and the Navajo Nation.

Currently, Dr. Fuller is Executive Chair of Ayni Wasi/Sacred Valley Health, a community health worker focused NGO in the Sacred Valley of Peru. This organization has strong relationships with a growing number (15) of indigenous communities where CHWs are trained in a longitudinal curriculum and coordinate with government health clinics to provide health surveillance, education and empowerment to local populations, some of whom reside at over 14,000 feet!

Dr. Fuller is also ACEP deputy ambassador to Vietnam, where he has long running collaborative projects with Vietnamese partners at two of the largest centers of care in Ho Chi Minh City, focused on providing robust Emergency Medicine focused education to colleagues. The Diploma in Emergency Medicine is the only specialty specific, significant and formalized training process for physicians practicing in Emergency settings country wide currently. It is supported by the Vietnamese Society of Emergency Medicine, and has attracted the attention of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health as a model for further Emergency Medicine educational efforts country wide.

Dr. Fuller conceptualized and contributed substantially to the Syrian Emergency Medicine Education Collaborative (SEMEC), during the Syrian Civil War, providing education and support for healthcare providers under extreme duress. During the course of a year, the collaborative provided training, support in decision-making, for a large number of Syrian colleagues.

As Director of the Global Emergency Medicine fellowship, Dr. Fuller has mentored and graduated over 10 fellows over the past decade. He has expanded the fellowship successfully to a contingent of 2 fellows, expanded partnership with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, offering fellows additional training for a Master's of Science in Public Health Degree, and helped mentor colleagues in Global Health across medical specialties.

Dr. Fuller has numerous publications contributing to the larger body of Global Health and Public Health, with publications featured in The Salt Lake Tribune, KSL, and global publications including The Guardian and Newsweek. He is active in Air Quality advocacy locally within Salt Lake City, Utah and globally.

Research Statement

Research interests include Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine in austere and resource challenged environments, health disparities research, and novel modalities for education in resource challenged environments. Ongoing projects include lay provider trauma training in the Sacred Valley of Peru as well as Trauma and Emergency Medicine training at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Education History

Undergraduate Loyola University- Chicago
 BA
Professional Medical University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
 MD
Residency University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
 Resident
Chief Resident University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
 Chief Resident
Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine
 Advanced Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Madsen TE, Fuller M, Hartsell S, Hamilton D, Bledsoe (2016). Prospective evaluation of outcomes among geriatric chest pain patients in an ED observation unit. The American journal of emergency medicine, 34(2), 207-11. (Read full article)
  2. Holly J, Fuller M, Hamilton D, Mallin M, Black K, Robbins R, Davis V, Madsen (2013). Prospective evaluation of the use of the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction score as a risk stratification tool for chest pain patients admitted to an ED observation unit. The American journal of emergency medicine, 31(1), 185-9. (Read full article)
  3. Debenham S, Fuller M, Stewart M, Price R (2017). Where There is No EMS: Lay Providers in Emergency Medical Services Care - EMS as a Public Health Priority. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 32(6), 593-595. (Read full article)
  4. Leiser CL, Hanson HA, Sawyer K, Steenblik J, Al-Dulaimi R, Madsen T, Gibbins K, Hotaling JM, Ibrahim YO, VanDerslice JA, Fuller (2019). Acute effects of air pollutants on spontaneous pregnancy loss: a case-crossover study. Fertility and sterility, 111(2), 341-347. (Read full article)
  5. Dorias J, Fuller M et a (2013). "Utility of Serial Troponin Testing in the Emergency Department Observation Unit". Academic emergency medicine, 20(5), S111.
  6. Fuller M, et a (2013). "Evaluation of a Novel Risk Stratification Tool vs. the TIMI Score for Patients with Chest Pain in an Emergency Department Observation Unit. Academic emergency medicine, 20(5), S111.
  7. Fuller M et al (2013). "Progressive Evaluation of Outcomes in Geriatric Chest Pain Patients in an Emergency Department Observation Unit.". Academic emergency medicine, 20(5), S33.
  8. Moores T, Fuller M et a (2013). "Young Adult Patients with Chest Pain: Utility of the Emergency Department Observation Unit". Academic emergency medicine, 20(5), S73.
  9. Dorias J, Fuller M et a (2013). "High Rate of False-Positive Cardiac Testing in an Emergency Department Observation Unit". Academic emergency medicine, 20(5), S111.
  10. Steenblik J, Smith A, Bossart CS, Hamilton DS Sr, Rayner T, Fuller M, Carlson M, Madsen (2021). Gender Disparities in Cardiac Catheterization Rates Among Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain. Critical pathways in cardiology, 20(2), 67-70. (Read full article)
  11. Hartsell S, Dorais J, Preston R, Hamilton D, Fuller M, Mallin M, Barton E, Madsen (2014). False-positive rates of provocative cardiac testing in chest pain patients admitted to an emergency department observation unit. Critical pathways in cardiology, 13(3), 104-8. (Read full article)
  12. Fuller M, Hamilton D, Holly J, Mallin M, Rayner T, Eshenroder N, Barton E, Madsen (2013). Prospective evaluation of a simplified risk stratification tool for patients with chest pain in an emergency department observation unit. Critical pathways in cardiology, 12(3), 132-6. (Read full article)
  13. Brant-Zawadzki G, Boltax J, Bott S, Chapman M, Fix M, Freeman A, Fuller M, Hartsell S, Krulewitz N, Ledyard H, Morgan M, Stephen R, Unger L, Williams W, Roginski MA, Lingenfelter E, Sloan C, Ciullo A (2020). A Guide for Care for Patients Amidst the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness,
  14. Johnson SA, Horton DJ, Fuller MJ, Yee J, Aliyev N, Boltax JP, Chambers JH, Lanspa M (2021). Patient-Directed Prone Positioning in Awake Patients with COVID-19 Requiring Hospitalization (PAPR). Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 18(8), 1424-1426. (Read full article)
  15. Yee J, Unger L, Zadravecz F, Cariello P, Seibert A, Johnson MA, Fuller M (2020). Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): Emergence and implications for emergency care. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 1(2), 63-69. (Read full article)
  16. Fuller M, et a (2017). The Importance of Maintaining Medical Education by Promoting Emergency Medicine Training in Conflict SettingsThe Importance of Maintaining Medical Education by Promoting Emergency Medicine Training in Conflict Settings.

Abstract

  1. Jessica Holly, MD, Matthew Fuller, MD, , David Hamilton, BS, Michael Mallin, MD, Kathryn Black, BS, Riann Robbins, BS, Virgil Davis, MD, Troy Madsen, MD (2013). Prospective Evaluation of the Use of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction(TIMI) Score as a Risk Stratification Tool for Chest Pain Patients Admitted to an Emergency Department Observation Unit. [Abstract]. Am J Emerg Med, 31(1), 185-189.