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Michael Albert is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in San Francisco, California. Dr. Albert has been practicing medicine for over 10 years is highly rated in 28 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, Autosomal Dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome, Splenectomy, and Spinal Fusion.

Dr. Michael Matthay is a critical care specialist. He serves as UCSF's associate director of critical care medicine. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Matthay's research focuses on finding new ways to treat acute respiratory failure in critically ill patients, particularly those with sepsis (a condition in which the body has a potentially life-threating response to infection). His research has contributed to several major therapeutic advances over the past 20 years. Matthay earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Colorado Denver, where he also completed a fellowship in cardiovascular-pulmonary medicine. He completed a fellowship in pulmonary disease at UCSF and a cardiology fellowship at the UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute. Matthay is passionate about medical education, and spends considerable time mentoring physicians and young faculty members to help them develop their careers in both patient care and academic medicine. In 2013, he received the UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award, and in 2014, the American Thoracic Society awarded him the Trudeau Medal, given for lifelong contributions to research, teaching or patient care. Matthay is a member of the American Thoracic Society and Association of American Physicians. In his free time, he enjoys open-water swimming as a member of the San Francisco Dolphin Club, outdoor activities at Point Reyes National Seashore and playing baseball at the Boston Red Sox Fantasy Camp. Dr. Matthay is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Pneumonia, COVID-19, Lung Transplant, and Vagotomy.

Steven Deeks is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in San Francisco, California. Dr. Deeks is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Long Haul COVID, Sepsis, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and Kidney Transplant.