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Matthew J Press, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine

Contact information
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Penn Medicine Radnor
145 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087
Office: 610-902-5600
Education
AB (Public Policy)
Brown University, 2000.
MD
Brown University, 2005.
MSc (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2010.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2005-2006.
Resident, Internal Medicine , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2006-2008.
Clinical Scholar, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Clinical Scholars Program, 2008-2010.
Ambulatory Care Special Fellow, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, 2008-2010.
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2008-2010.
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2018.
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Selected Publications

Christopher D. Streiffer, Matthew J. Press, Nicholas S. Bishop, Alyssa Sliwa, Anuradha L. Vyas, Lyle H. Ungar, MaryAnne Peifer, Gary E. Weissman: Artificial intelligence-based diagnostic decision support for primary care of older adults using collective intelligence and imitation learning Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association in press 2026 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocag132.

Wolk, C.B.*, Duresso, B.*, Weiss, S.E., Khazanov, G.K., Candon, M., Oslin, D.W., Patel, E., Press, M.J., Buttenheim, A., Anderson, E., Pieri, M., & Jager-Hyman, S. : Evaluating the acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness of treatment engagement strategies for primary care patients at risk for suicide: A pilot study. Frontiers in Psychiatry in press 2026.

Zhou Ling Ng, MBA, Katy Mahraj, MSI, Sagar Vallabh, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1502-1966, Shivan J. Mehta, MD, Neel P. Chokshi, MD, MBA, Roy Schwartz, MBA, Brenda Hayes, MBA, Marguerite Balasta, MD, Kevin G. M. Volpp, MD, PhD, and Matthew J. Press, MD, MSc: Modeling the Financial Viability of a Population Health Program: A Formidable Challenge for Health Systems. NEJM Catalyst July 2025.

Volpp KG, Norton LA, Asch DA, Mehta SJ, Russell LB, Fanaroff AC, Cohen JB, Press MJ, Putt ME: Rationale and Design of Penn Medicine Healthy Heart, a Randomized Trial of Effectiveness of a Centrally Organized Approach to Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Improvement Among Patients at Elevated Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. American Heart Journal Dec 2024 Notes: In Press.

K G Volpp, K Mahrak, L A Norton, D A Asch, K Glanz, S J Mehta, M Balasta, W Kellum, J Wood, L B Russell, A C Fanaroff, S Bakshi, D Jacoby, J B Cohen, M J Press, K Clark, J Zhu, C Rareside, L E Ashcraft, C Snider, M E Putt: Design and rationale of penn medicine healthy heart, a randomized trial of effectiveness of a centrally organized approach to blood pressure and cholesterol improvement among patients at elevated risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. American Heart Journal 278: 208-222, December 2024.

Wolk, C.B., Candon, M., Khazanov, G., Famiglio, E., Duresso, B., Oslin, D.W., Anderson, E., Press, M., Patel, E., Buttenheim, A., & Jager-Hyman, S. : Developing and rapidly prototyping strategies to increase mental health treatment engagement for primary care patients at risk for suicide. Oral presentation accepted for presentation in the symposium "Addressing Suicide and Substance Use in Implementation Science" at the 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Arlington, VA December 2024.

Wolk, C.B., Pieri, M., Weiss, S.E., Harrison, J., Khazanov, G.K., Candon, M., Oslin, D.W., Press, M.J., Anderson, E., Famiglio, E., Buttenheim, A., & Jager-Hyman, S.: Engaging primary care patients at risk for suicide in mental health treatment: User insights to inform implementation strategy design. BMC Primary Care 25(1), October 2024.

Khazanov, G. K., Wolk, C. B., Lorenc, E., Candon, M., Pieri, M. F., Oslin, D. W., Press, M. J., Anderson, E., Famiglio, E., & Jager-Hyman, S: Change in Suicidal Ideation, Depression, and Anxiety Following Collaborative Care in the Community. BMC Primary Care 25(241), July 2024.

Wainwright JV, Aggarwal C, Beucker S, Dougherty DW, Gabriel PE, Jacobs LA, Kalman J, Linn KA, Martella AO, Mehta SJ, Rhodes CM, Roy M, Schapira MM, Shulman LN, Steltz J, Stephens Shields AJ, Tan ASL, Thompson JC, Toneff H, Wender RC, Zeb S, Rendle KA, Vachani A, Bekelman JE; Penn TRACE: Penn TRACE. University of Pennsylvania Telehealth Research Center of Excellence. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 64: 62-69, June 2024.

Famiglio, E., Jager-Hyman, S., Pieri, M., Weiss, S. E., Harrison, J., Kattan Khazanov, G., Candon, M., Oslin, D., Press, M., Anderson, E., & Wolk, C.B. : Engaging Primary Care Patients at Risk for Suicide in Mental Health Care Services: A Qualitative Study. Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Boston, Massachusetts April 2024.

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