Doctor's Bio
Dr. Roland P. Matthews, MD, is making a difference in helping to lessen the cancer burden in the state. Throughout his career, Dr. Matthews’ research, education, and clinical activities have focused on reducing disparities in underserved communities. As a gynecologic oncologist, he specializes in pre-invasive cervical disease and gynecologic cancers and serves as an attending physician at Grady. He has worked to understand protein biomarkers of cervical cancer risk and studies the gene prohibitin and its functional significance as a tumor suppressor in women with gynecologic cancers.
Dr. Roland P. Matthews is Vice Chairman of the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (CORE) board, an independent non-profit organization working to improve cancer care in Georgia by strengthening clinical cancer research throughout the state.
Board Certifications
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Affiliations
Morehouse
Education & Training
- Medical School: SUNY School of Medicine at Stony Brook
- Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Fellowships
State University of New York
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
OPEN 24 HOURS
Visiting hours are from 8 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. daily
Publications
- A Report on Georgia Cancer Disparities and an Economic Evaluation of a Statewide Cancer Clinicians and Scholars' Program.
Hoin JA, Brown K, Lipscomb J, Cortes J, Matthews RP, Ramalingam SS, Durham LM, Gabram-Mendola SGA
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved. 2025;36(3):1091-1097.
PMID: 40820795 - The impact of Black founding fathers on the specialty of gynecologic oncology.
Hicks ML, Matthews RP, Clare CA, Lawson YR, Khabele D, Hicks MM, Spann CO, Parham GP
Gynecologic oncology. 2024;
PMID: 38367302 - Racial and ethnic disparities in cancers of the uterine corpus.
Yap OW, Matthews RP
Journal of the National Medical Association. 2006;98(12):1930-3.
PMID: 17225836 - Body mass index as a prognostic factor in endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium.
Gates EJ, Hirschfield L, Matthews RP, Yap OW
Journal of the National Medical Association. 2006;98(11):1814-22.
PMID: 17128692
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