Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Megan Crowley-Matoka, PhD
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Assistant Professor of Medicine and Anthropology

Core Faculty, Center for Research on Health Care

Core Faculty, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
Office: University Drive C, (151-C), Building 28
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Pittsburgh, PA 15240
 
Phone: 412-688-6000
Fax: 412-688-6527
E-mail: mcm29@pitt.edu
Education
BA in Sociology and Anthropology, Swarthmore College, 1992
PhD in Anthropology, University of California, Irvine, 2001
Training
Fellowship in Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, 2002
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
Sociocultural dimensions of health care
Organ transplantation
Pain management
Health disparities
Qualitative methods
 
Profile
Dr. Crowley-Matoka joined the University of Pittsburgh in 2003 as a core faculty member at the Center for Research on Health Care and the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion. Since her arrival in Pittsburgh, she has continued her research on organ donation and transplantation in the United States, Mexico, and Spain and has developed a new line of ethnographic research on the sociocultural dimensions of pain management. Dr. Crowley-Matoka teaches and mentors in the areas of medical anthropology and qualitative methods in the School of Medicine and the School of the Arts and Sciences.
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
Title: Desperately seeking "normal": the promise and perils of the lived organ transplant experience
Author(s): Crowley-Matoka M
Year: 2005
Journal: Social Science and Medicine
Volume: 61
Page(s): 821-831
Title: The dead donor rule: how much does the public care...and how much should we care?
Author(s): Crowley-Matoka M, Arnold RM
Year: 2004
Journal: Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
Volume: 14
Page(s): 319-332
Title: Long-term quality of life issues among adult-to-pediatric living liver donors: a qualitative exploration
Author(s): Crowley-Matoka M, Siegler M, Cronin DC
Year: 2004
Journal: American Journal of Transplantation
Volume: 4
Page(s): 744-750
Title: Bodies That Work: Medicine, Miracles and Modernity in Mexican Organ Transplantation (book)
Author(s): Crowley-Matoka M
Year: 2004
Journal: Duke University Press
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