Matthew D. Pierson,
MD
Languages Spoken: English
Matthew Pierson, MD, Assistant Professor (Clinical), earned his medical degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). He completed psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Duke University, where he served as chief resident during his fellowship training. While at Duke, Dr. Pierson gave frequent lectures to medical students, residents, and community clinicians on child and adolescent psychiatry. He also participated in conducting clinical trials research in brain stimulation technologies including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and magnetic seizure therapy (MST). Since joining the School of Medicine faculty at the University of Utah, Dr. Pierson has continued to provide clinical education and supervision to trainees. In 2016, he received the Award for Clinical Supervision from the University of Utah Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program. Dr. Pierson is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) in Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and he is an active member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. His areas of expertise include evaluating youth with complex psychiatric conditions, caring for patients with severe mood disorders, and providing clinical supervision to trainees. His research interest is in treatment-resistant mood disorders.
Dr. Pierson is active in several clinical services as a child and adolescent inpatient psychiatrist at the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute. Here he treats hospitalized youth, ages 4-17, with a variety of psychiatric conditions. Dr. Pierson is the co-Medical Director of the Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment (CAT) Program. Additionally, he treats adults and youth in the Treatment-Resistant Mood Disorders (TRMD) clinic, where he administers electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and ketamine infusions.
Clinical Locations
801-583-2500
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Psychiatry
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Child Psychiatry |
| Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry) |
Matthew Pierson, MD, Assistant Professor (Clinical), earned his medical degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). He completed psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Duke University, where he served as chief resident during his fellowship training. While at Duke, Dr. Pierson gave frequent lectures to medical students, residents, and community clinicians on child and adolescent psychiatry. He also participated in conducting clinical trials research in brain stimulation technologies including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and magnetic seizure therapy (MST). Since joining the School of Medicine faculty at the University of Utah, Dr. Pierson has continued to provide clinical education and supervision to trainees. In 2016, he received the Award for Clinical Supervision from the University of Utah Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program. Dr. Pierson is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) in Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and he is an active member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. His areas of expertise include evaluating youth with complex psychiatric conditions, caring for patients with severe mood disorders, and providing clinical supervision to trainees. His research interest is in treatment-resistant mood disorders.
Dr. Pierson is active in several clinical services as a child and adolescent inpatient psychiatrist at the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute. Here he treats hospitalized youth, ages 4-17, with a variety of psychiatric conditions. Dr. Pierson is the co-Medical Director of the Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment (CAT) Program. Additionally, he treats adults and youth in the Treatment-Resistant Mood Disorders (TRMD) clinic, where he administers electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and ketamine infusions.
Academic Locations
Research Statement
Dr. Matthew Pierson is an Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Psychiatry at the University of Utah, where he is active in several clinical services. He is a child and adolescent inpatient psychiatrist at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute (UNI). Here he treats hospitalized youth, ages 4-17, with a variety of psychiatric conditions. Dr. Pierson is also the co-Medical Director of the Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment (CAT) Program at UNI. He also treats adults and youth in the Treatment-Resistant Mood Disorders (TRMD) clinic.
Dr. Pierson's areas of experise include evaluating youth with complex psychiatric conditions, caring for patients with severe mood disorders, and providing clinical supervision to trainees. Through the TRMD clinic, Dr. Pierson administers electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and ketamine infusions. Dr. Pierson has been the recipient of the Award for Clinical Supervision by the University of Utah Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program.
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Psychiatry
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Child Psychiatry |
| Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry) |
Education History
| Residency | Duke University Medical Center General Psychiatry Resident, 2014 |
| Chief Resident | Duke University Medical Center Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Chief Resident, 2013 |
| Fellowship | Duke University Medical Center Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, 2013 |
| Professional Medical | University of North Carolina School of Medicine Medicine M.D., 2009 |
| Graduate Training | University of North Carolina at Greensboro Premedical Program Postbaccalaureate Studies, 2004 |
| Undergraduate | University of Virginia Religious Studies, Minor in Architecture B.A., 2002 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Pierson MD, Mickey BJ, Gilley LB, Weeks HR III (2021). Outcomes of Youth Treated With Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Clin Psychiatry, 82(2).
- Mickey BJ, White AT, Arp AM, Leonardi K, Torres MM, Larson AL, Odell DH, Whittingham SA, Beck MM, Jessop JE, Sakata DJ, Bushnell LA, Pierson MD, Solzbacher D, Kendrick EJ, Weeks HR 3rd, Light AR, Light KC, Tadler SC (2018). Propofol for Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Pilot Study. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 21(12), 1079-1089.
- Pierson MD, Muzyk AJ, Lockamy M, Preudhomme XA (2010). Topiramate-induced confusion following a single ingestion of 400 mg. Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 32(6), 647.e1-3.
