Children's Respiratory and Critical Care Specialists PA / Providers / Critical Care / Matthew Spence, MD 

Matthew Spence, MD 

Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Education

Fellowship

  • Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital – New York, NY (2021-2024)

Internship/residency

  • Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Bronx, NY (2020-2021)
  • Intern and Resident, Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Bronx, NY (2017-2020)

Medical school

  • Medical Doctor, University of Minnesota Medical School – Minneapolis, MN (2013-2017)

Undergraduate

  • Bachelor of Science in Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison – Madison, WI (2009-2013)

Professional Interests

  • Pediatric Sepsis
  • Respiratory Failure in Pediatric Patients
  • Mechanical Ventilation Techniques
  • Pediatric Acute Liver Failure
  • Fungal Infections in Pediatric Critical Care

Board Certification

  • General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (2020-Present)
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics (anticipated 2024)

Publications

  • Spence MC, A Sugarman, A Uong, M Bhuiyan, YD Neugut, KD Asas, DM Fernandez, M Broder, PA Hametz, ME McCabe. Academic Half Day Improves Resident Perception of Education Without Compromising Patient Safety. Academic Pediatrics. 2024 Aug;24(6):1010-1016. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2024.02.007
  • Spence MC, T Serra, and E Gross. Do Young Adults Complete Health Care Proxies Before Anesthesia? J Health Care Transitions. 2023;1. doi:10.1016/j.hctj.2023.100025
  • Spence MC and MD Cabana. 50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: From Aspirin to Magnets: 50 Years of Pediatric Ingestions. J Pediatrics. 2021;229:77. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.08.077
  • Sauvageau M, LA Goff, S Lodato, B Bonev, AF Groff, C Gerhardinger, DB Sanchez-Gomez, E Hacisuleyman, E Li, M Spence, SC Liapis, W Mallard, M Morse, MR Swerdel, MF D’Ecclessis, JC Moore, V Lai, G Gong, GD Yancopoulos, D Frendewey, M Kellis, RP Hart, DM Valenzuela, P Arlotta, JL Rinn. Multiple knockout mouse models reveal lincRNAs are required for life and brain development. eLife. 2013;2:e01749. doi:10.7554/eLife.01749

Personal Bio

Dr. Matthew Spence grew up outside Minneapolis, Minnesota. He completed his undergraduate studies in Genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, followed by his medical degree at the University of Minnesota Medical School. His passion for pediatric care led him to New York, where he completed pediatric residency and chief residency at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore before completing his fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. Dr. Spence is dedicated to improving the outcomes of critically ill children and the experience of pediatric critical illness for children and families. Outside of medicine, he enjoys spending time with his family, being outside around the lakes of Minneapolis, and traveling near and far.