Matthew Greer, MD

Matthew Greer, MD

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Office Location: 
3838 N Campbell Ave Building #2, Clinic B Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone Number: 
520-694-7236
Fax: 
520-694-9276

Background

Dr. Greer serves as an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He specializes in gastrointestinal cancers with focus on MRI application of radiation treatments and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).

Dr. Greer is a native of St. Johns, AZ and received his medical degree at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. During medical school he pursued research fellowship at the National Cancer Institute investigating artificial intelligence applications of prostate multi-parametric MRI. He completed his residency in Radiation Oncology at the University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center where he served as chief resident. His research interests include imaging, safety and quality improvement, and health care disparities with focus on improving access to oncologic care for Native American and rural patients. His hobbies outside of work include biking, hiking, and camping with his wife and two daughters.

Professional Affiliations: 

American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

American Brachytherapy Society (ABS)

American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO)

Radiosurgery Society (RSS

Honors: 

2019 - Resident Recognition Award, ASTRO

2019 - Leadership Conference Scholarship, Washington State Medical Association

2019 - Fianlist, IAEA International Competition: Towards a Strong Safety Culture

2016 - Research Trainee Award, RSNA

2015-2016 - Medical Resaerch Scholars Program - NIH Clinical Center

Clinical

Specialty: 
Radiation Oncology
Clinical Focus: 

Dr. Greer specializes in the treatment of Gastrointerstinal (GI) Cancers.

Clinical Practice Sites: 
The University of Arizona Cancer Center - North Campus
Radiation Oncology
The University of Arizona Medical Center - University Campus

Education

Fellowship: 
University of Washington-Boise, Boise, ID
Residency: 
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Medical School: 
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Undergraduate School: 
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Research

Selected Publications: 

Amiri S, Greer MD, Muller CJ, Johansson P, Petras A, Allick CC, London SM, Abbey MC, Halasz LM, Buchwald D. Disparities in Access to Radiation Therapy by Race and Ethnicity in the United States With Focus on American Indian/Alaska Native People. Value Health. 2022  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2022.03.025

Greer MD, Amiri S, Denney JT, Amram O, Halasz LH, Buchwald D. Disparities in Access to Radiation Therapy Facilities among American Indian/Alaska Natives Living in Metro and Non-metro Counties of Washington State. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.08.038

Greer MD, Schaub SK, Bowen SR, Liao JL, Russell KJ, Chen JJ, Weg ES, Meyer J, Schade GR, Gore JL, Psutka SP, Montgomery RB, Yu EY, Gtivas P, Wright JL, Zeng J. A Prospective Study of a Resobable Intravesical Fiducial Marker for Bladder cancer Radiation Therapy. Adv Rad Oncol. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2021.100858

Greer MD, Shih JH, Lay N, Barrett T, Bittencourt L, Borofsky S, Kabakus I, Law YM, Marko J, Shebel H, Merino MJ, Wood BJ, Pinto PA, Summers RM, Choyke PL, Turkbey B. Interreader Variability of Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Version 2 in Detecting and Assessing Prostate Cancer Lesions at Prostate MRI. AJR American journal of roentgenology 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2214/AJR.18.20536

Woody NM, Greer MD, Reddy CA, Videtic GMM, Chao ST, Murphy ES, Suh JH, Angelov L, Barnett GH, Vogelbaum MA, Stephans KL. Validation of the Disease-Specific GPA for Patients With 1 to 3 Synchronous Brain Metastases in Newly Diagnosed NSCLC. Clinical lung cancer 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cllc.2017.06.011

Greer MD, Lay N, Shih JH, Barrett T, Bittencourt LK, Borofsky S, Kabakus I, Law YM, Marko J, Shebel H, Mertan FV, Merino MJ, Wood BJ, Pinto PA, Summers RM, Choyke PL, Turkbey B. Computer-aided diagnosis prior to conventional interpretation of prostate mpMRI: an international multi-reader study. European radiology 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-018-5374-6

Greer MD, Shih JH, Lay N, Barrett T, Kayat Bittencourt L, Borofsky S, Kabakus IM, Law YM, Marko J, Shebel H, Mertan FV, Merino MJ, Wood BJ, Pinto PA, Summers RM, Choyke PL, Turkbey B. Validation of the Dominant Sequence Paradigm and Role of Dynamic Contrast-enhanced Imaging in PI-RADS Version 2. Radiology 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2017161316

Greer MD, Brown AM, Shih JH, Summers RM, Marko J, Law YM, Sankineni S, George AK, Merino MJ, Pinto PA, Choyke PL, Turkbey B. Accuracy and agreement of PIRADSv2 for prostate cancer mpMRI: A multireader study. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.25372