Matthew Skovgard, MD
Assistant Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine
Awards
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- AATS Clinical Trials Methods Fellowship Course, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2024-2025
- AATS Foundation Graham Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2024-2025
- Finalist - Walton C Lillehei Forum, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2022
- NIH T32 Surgical Oncology Research Training Grant, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2019-2021
- ICU Resident of the Year, New York Presbyterian | Cornell, 2018
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2016
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, GHHS (Gold Humanism Honor Society), 2016
- Tulane 34 Award, Tulane University School of Medicine, 2016
Education & Training
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship Cardiothoracic Surgery Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 07/2025
- General Surgery Residency Surgery New York Presbyterian | Cornell University 06/2023
- Post-Doctorate Research Fellowship Tumor Immunology Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 06/2021
- MD (Doctor of Medicine) Medicine Tulane University School of Medicine 05/2016
- MS (Master of Science) Physiology University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 08/2011
- Bachelor of Science Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Biotechnology Focus Georgia Institute of Technology 06/2010
Interests
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- Thymic Malignancy
- Immunotherapy
- CAR T cell therapy
- Mesothelioma
- Esophageal Cancer
- Robotic Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Tumor Immunology
- Lung Cancer
Websites
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- UCSF Department of Surgery (surgery.ucsf.edu)
- UCSF Health (ucsfhealth.org)
Publications (11)
Top publication keywords:
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle AspirationArnold-Chiari MalformationVentriculoperitoneal ShuntInfarctionIntraoperative ComplicationsPneumonectomySyringomyeliaHydrocephalusPneumothoraxMammary ArteriesMesotheliomaRadiography, ThoracicPeripheral Nerve InjuriesThoracic Surgical ProceduresLymph Node Excision
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Lobectomy improves disease-free survival over sublobar resection for high-risk stage IA non-small cell lung cancer.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2025 Caso R, Zhou N, Skovgard M, Toumbacaris N, Tan KS, Adusumilli PS, Bains MS, Bott MJ, Downey RJ, Huang J, Isbell JM, Molena D, Park BJ, Rocco G, Rusch VW, Sihag S, Jones DR, Gray KD -
Tumor-Targeted Nonablative Radiation Promotes Solid Tumor CAR T-cell Therapy Efficacy.
Cancer immunology research 2023 Quach HT, Skovgard MS, Villena-Vargas J, Bellis RY, Chintala NK, Amador-Molina A, Bai Y, Banerjee S, Saini J, Xiong Y, Vista WR, Byun AJ, De Biasi A, Zeltsman M, Mayor M, Morello A, Mittal V, Gomez DR… -
Imaging CAR T-cell kinetics in solid tumors: Translational implications.
Molecular therapy oncolytics 2021 Skovgard MS, Hocine HR, Saini JK, Moroz M, Bellis RY, Banerjee S, Morello A, Ponomarev V, Villena-Vargas J, Adusumilli PS -
Nerve Injuries During Thoracic Surgery.
Thoracic surgery clinics 2025 Caso R, Skovgard M, Isbell J -
Mediastinum. Dec 2024. DOI: 10.21037.med-24-ab061
Long-Term Outcomes and Characteristics of Unresectable or Inoperable Thymic Malignancies 2024 Bush D, Skovgard MS, Raoof S, Sideris A, Xingzhe L, Oufkir H, Curry M, Tan KS, Araujo-Filho J, Robinson E, Jones D, Ginsberg M, Rimner A, Riely G, Huang J
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Commission on Cancer Standards for Lymph Node Sampling and Oncologic Outcomes After Lung Resection.
The Annals of thoracic surgery 2024 Resio BJ, Tan KS, Skovgard M, Dycoco J, Adusumilli PS, Bains MS, Bott MJ, Downey RJ, Gray KD, Huang J, Molena D, Park BJ, Rusch VW, Sihag S, Rocco G, Jones DR, Isbell JM -
Esophageal Cancer - Clinical Scenarios in Surgery. Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 9781975213343
Esophageal Cancer - Clinical Scenarios in Surgery. Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 9781975213343 2024 Skovgard MS, Sihag S -
Is Routine Chest Radiography Necessary After Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration?
The Annals of thoracic surgery 2020 Ferguson BD, Jones GD, Skovgard M, Molena D, Huang J, Bott MJ, Sihag S, Park BJ, Adusumilli PS, Downey RJ, Isbell JM, Rusch VW, Bains MS, Jones DR, Rocco G -
"Two-Birds-One-Stone" Approach for Treating an Infant with Chiari I Malformation and Hydrocephalus: Is Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion as Sole Treatment Enough?
World neurosurgery 2020 Mathkour M, Keen JR, Huang B, Werner C, Scullen T, Garces J, Skovgard M, Iwanaga J, Tubbs RS, Dumont A, Biro E, Bui CJ -
Iatrogenic Breast Infarct Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery With Harvesting of Left Internal Mammary Artery.
International journal of surgical pathology 2017 Sweeney J, Skovgard M, Hoda S -
Erb’s Palsy and Brachial Plexus Injury. Wiley-Blackwell eLS. Mar 2016. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0025818
Erb’s Palsy and Brachial Plexus Injury. Wiley-Blackwell eLS. Mar 2016. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0025818 2016 Garces J, Mathkour M, Skovgard MS, Kaufmann A, Sulaiman AR