Biography

Jen Matthews, M.D., is an Integrative Pediatrician and serves as the Medical Director for the Pediatric Integrative Medicine Program at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. Dr. Matthews completed the Integrative Medicine Scholars Program at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and the Helms Course in Medical Acupuncture. In her research, Dr. Matthews studies integrative health equity and how best to implement pediatric acupuncture and integrative medicine in caring for children who are underserved by traditional and complementary medical systems. She teaches integrative pediatric pain management as well as a curriculum that allows health care providers to examine their role as healers in the current medical landscape. Dr. Matthews is one of the original members of the Structural Competency Working Group and has been facilitating Structural Competency training for the past six years.