Matthew Leveno, M.D.
Associate Professor

Matt Leveno, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is Medical Director for the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Parkland Health and Hospital Systems.

Raised in Dallas, Dr. Leveno graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in Biology and earned his medical degree at UT Southwestern. He then spent a year working in clinics throughout Mexico and Guatemala, and completed residency training in internal medicine resident at UT Southwestern and in emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center.

He completed advanced training through a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at UT Southwestern, investigating autophagy’s role in innate immunity under the mentorship of Dr. Beth Levine.

Board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care, and emergency medicine, Dr. Leveno joined the UT faculty in 2012.

Medical School

UT Southwestern Medical School (2002)

Internship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2003), Internal Medicine

Residency

Boston Medical Center (2006), Emergency Medicine

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2008), Internal Medicine

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2012), Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine

• Acute Kidney Injury
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Critical Care Outcomes and Resource Utilization
• Critical Illness and Decompensated Cirrhosis
• Inpatient management of alcohol withdrawal
• Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit
• Sepsis

Featured Publications

Identification of a candidate therapeutic autophagy-inducing peptide.

Shoji-Kawata S, Sumpter R, Leveno M, Campbell GR, Zou Z, Kinch L, Wilkins AD, Sun Q, Pallauf K, MacDuff D, Huerta C, Virgin HW, Helms JB, Eerland R, Tooze SA, Xavier R, Lenschow DJ, Yamamoto A, King D, Lichtarge O, Grishin NV, Spector SA, Kaloyanova DV, Levine B Nature 2013 Feb 494 7436 201-6

• Emergency Medicine Consultant of the Year Award
  (2018)
• Internal Medicine Housestaff Outstanding Research Mentor Award
  (2015-2016)
• Emergency Medicine Consultant of the Year Award
  (2014)
• Internal Medicine Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award
  (2013-2014)
• Senior Resident Teaching Award
  UT Southwestern Internal Medicine Residency (2008)
• Senior Resident Teaching Award
  Boston Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency (2006)