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C. Matthew Peterson, MD

Languages spoken: Japanese, English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Obstetrics & Gynecology

Divisions: Reproductive Endrocrinology

Matthew Peterson, M.D., is a Reproductive Endocrinologist in the University of Utah Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Peterson received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude from Brigham Young University in 1977 and his M.D. from the University of Utah in 1981. His residency training in obstetrics and gynecology was accomplished at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. He stayed on as a faculty member for two years and then completed a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Miami in Florida. He joined the University of Utah in 1989 and serves as the John A. Dixon Presidential Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

His clinical research interests include genetic associations and current treatment options in polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis and mullerian anomalies. He was the principal investigator for the NIH's largest prospective evaluation of environmental chemical exposures and endometriosis, the ENDO study. In addition to the endocrine disruptors being identified, the ENDO study has also elucidated facts regarding the natural history, diagnosis and outcomes associated with endometriosis.

For over 20 years, Dr. Peterson has collaborated with researchers in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry in the development of novel drug delivery systems for the treatment of ovarian cancer. These activities are designed to improve the specificity of treatment and reduce nonspecific toxicity in order to increase response and survival in women facing this cancer. His expertise in these activities involves the design and testing of appropriate ovarian cancer models.

Clinically, Dr. Peterson has an active clinical practice in reproductive endocrinology and accepts new patients. He is the co-editor of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility: Integrating Modern Clinical and Laboratory Practice. As Practice Director of the in vitro fertilization program at the Utah Center for Reproductive Medicine, he is proud of the excellent patient satisfaction and success rates that significantly exceed national statistics.

He and his wife have five children. His family enjoys snow skiing, water skiing, and dirt bike riding.

Education History

Undergraduate Brigham Young University
 BS
Professional Medical University of Utah
 MD
Internship University of Utah Hospital
 Intern
Residency Maricopa Medical Center
 Resident
Fellowship University of Miami - School of Medicine
 Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Liu L, Milroy C, Peterson CM, Carrell D (2009). Efficient vitrification of Mouse preantral follicles. Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, (2009),
  2. Hammoud A, Carrell DT, Gibson M, Sanderson M, Parker-Jones K, Peterson C (2010). Decreased sperm motility is associated with air pollution in Salt Lake City. Fertility and sterility, 93(6), 1875-9. (Read full article)
  3. Nanassy L, Peterson CA, Wilcox AL, Peterson CM, Hammoud A, Carrell D (2010). Comparison of 5% and ambient oxygen during days 3-5 of in vitro culture of human embryos. Fertility and sterility, 93(2), 579-85. (Read full article)
  4. Milroy C, Liu L, Hammoud S, Hammoud A, Peterson CM, Carrell D (2011). Differential methylation of pluripotency gene promoters in in vitro matured and vitrified, in vivo-matured mouse oocytes. Fertility and sterility, 95(6), 2094-9. (Read full article)
  5. Hammoud AO, Griffin J, Meikle AW, Gibson M, Peterson CM, Carrell D (2010). Association of aromatase (TTTAn) repeat polymorphism length and the relationship between obesity and decreased sperm concentration. Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 25(12), 3146-51. (Read full article)
  6. Hammoud AO, Gibson M, Peterson CM, Kerber RA, Mineau GP, Hatasaka (2008). Quantification of the familial contribution to mullerian anomalies. Obstetrics and gynecology, 111(2 Pt 1), 378-84. (Read full article)
  7. Gao SQ, Sun Y, Kopeckova P, Peterson CM, Kopecek (2008). Pharmacokinetic modeling of absorption behavior of 9-aminocamptothecin (9-AC) released from colon-specific HPMA copolymer-9-AC conjugate in rats. Pharmaceutical research, 25(1), 218-26. (Read full article)
  8. Mikuni M, Mitsube K, Peterson CM, Brännström (2009). Glucocorticoid suppression of intraovarian levels of prostaglandins and plasminogen activator activity at ovulation in the rat ovary. The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research, 35(6), 1005-11.
  9. Arnida, Janat-Amsbury MM, Ray A, Peterson CM, Ghandehari (2011). Geometry and surface characteristics of gold nanoparticles influence their biodistribution and uptake by macrophages. European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics, 77(3), 417-23. (Read full article)
  10. Huang I, Emery BR, Christensen GL, Griffin J, Peterson CM, Carrell D (2008). Novel UBE2B-associated polymorphisms in an azoospermic/oligozoospermic population. Asian journal of andrology, 10(3), 461-6. (Read full article)
  11. Sadekar S, Ray A, Janat-Amsbury M, Peterson CM, Ghandehari (2011). Comparative biodistribution of PAMAM dendrimers and HPMA copolymers in ovarian-tumor-bearing mice. Biomacromolecules, 12(1), 88-96. (Read full article)
  12. Sadekar S, Ray A, Janat-Amsbury M, Peterson CM, Ghandehari (2011). Correction to Comparative Biodistribution of PAMAM Dendrimers and HPMA Copolymers in Ovarian-Tumor-Bearing Mice. Biomacromolecules, (Read full article)
  13. Gao SQ, Sun Y, Kopeckova P, Peterson CM, Kopecek (2009). Antitumor efficacy of colon-specific HPMA copolymer/9-aminocamptothecin conjugates in mice bearing human-colon carcinoma xenografts. Macromolecular bioscience, 9(11), 1135-42. (Read full article)
  14. Liu L, Milroy C, Peterson CM, Carrell D (2011). Successful cryoloop vitrification and subsequent in vitro maturation of mouse preantral follicles. Systems biology in reproductive medicine, 57(3), 149-53. (Read full article)
  15. Buck Louis GM, Coomey M, Peterson C (2011). The Ovarian Dysgenesis Syndrome. Journal of developmental origins of health and disease, (2011),

Review

  1. Hammoud AO, Gibson M, Peterson CM, Meikle AW, Carrell D (2008). Impact of male obesity on infertility: a critical review of the current literature. Fertility and sterility, 90(4), 897-904. (Read full article)
  2. Aston KI, Peterson CM, Carrell D (2008). Monozygotic twinning associated with assisted reproductive technologies: a review. Reproduction (Cambridge, England), 136(4), 377-86. (Read full article)