Matthew Hickey, MD

Assistant Professor

Dr. Matt Hickey is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, ID, & Global Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital. His research focuses on two main areas: 1) implementation research to improve delivery of hypertension and cardiovascular disease preventive care in rural East Africa and 2) developing and testing low-barrier models of HIV care for people experiencing homelessness and other barriers to retention in care in urban US-based settings. He also sees patients at the Ward 86 HIV clinic at San Francisco General Hospital.

Education
Fellowship, 2022 - HIV Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Chief Residency, 2019 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 2018 - Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Primary Care Track, University of California, San Francisco
MD, 2015 - , University of California, San Francisco
2014 - Advanced Training in Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco
BS, 2009 - Biochemistry, Texas A&M University
Honors and Awards
  • Young Investigator Award, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), 2022
  • Clinical Fellowship Program, AIDS Research Institute, UCSF, 2021
  • Early Career Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, UCSF-Gladstone Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), 2021
  • Young Investigator Award, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), 2020
  • NIH LRP Award, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease, NIH, 2020
  • Deans Prize for Outstanding Medical Student Research & Scholarship, Clinical/Translational Research, UCSF, 2015
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, UCSF, 2014
Publications

  1. Anthony Muiru, James Ayieko, Jane Kabami, Mucunguzi Atukunda, Gordon Orori, Mona Abraham, Wendy Chan, Matthew Hickey, Edwin Charlebois, Moses Kamya, Maya Petersen, Diane Havlir, Michelle Estrella, Chi-yuan Hsu. WCN24-1590 APOL1 RISK VARIANTS AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (CKD) IN RURAL UGANDA AND KENYA: THE SEARCH-CKD STUDY. Kidney international reports 2024. PMID:


  2. Hickey MD, Grochowski J, Mayorga-Munoz F, Oskarsson J, Imbert E, Spinelli M, Szumowski JD, Appa A, Koester K, Dauria EF, McNulty M, Colasanti J, Havlir DV, Gandhi M, Christopoulos KA. Identifying Implementation Determinants and Strategies for Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir-Rilpivirine in People with HIV Who Are Virally Unsuppressed. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2024. PMID: 38534179


  3. Gandhi M, Hickey M, Imbert E, Grochowski J, Mayorga-Munoz F, Szumowski JD, Oskarsson J, Shiels M, Sauceda J, Salazar J, Dilworth S, Nguyen JQ, Glidden DV, Havlir DV, Christopoulos KA. Demonstration Project of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy in a Diverse Population of People With HIV. Annals of internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37399555


  4. Hickey MD, Wafula E, Ogachi SM, Ojwando H, Orori G, Adede RO, Garraza LG, Petersen ML, Havlir DV, Balzer LB, Ayieko J. Weight change following switch to dolutegravir for HIV treatment in rural Kenya during country roll-out. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2023. PMID: 36787723


  5. Johnson KA, Okochi H, Arreguin M, Watabe J, Glidden DV, Chattopadhyay A, Imbert E, Hickey MD, Gandhi M, Spinelli M. Brief Report: Urine Tenofovir Levels Strongly Correlate with Virologic Suppression in Patients with HIV on Tenofovir Alafenamide-Based Antiretroviral Therapy. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022. PMID: 36253952


  6. Christopoulos KA, Grochowski J, Mayorga-Munoz F, Hickey MD, Imbert E, Szumowski JD, Dilworth S, Oskarsson J, Shiels M, Havlir D, Gandhi M. First Demonstration Project of Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy for Persons With and Without Detectable HIV Viremia in an Urban HIV Clinic. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022. PMID: 35913500


  7. Kerkhoff AD, Muiruri C, Geng EH, Hickey MD. A world of choices: preference elicitation methods for improving the delivery and uptake of HIV prevention and treatment. Current opinion in HIV and AIDS 2022. PMID: 36409315


  8. Hickey MD, Owaraganise A, Sang N, Opel FJ, Mugoma EW, Ayieko J, Kabami J, Chamie G, Kakande E, Petersen ML, Balzer LB, Kamya MR, Havlir DV. Effect of a one-time financial incentive on linkage to chronic hypertension care in Kenya and Uganda: A randomized controlled trial. PloS one 2022. PMID: 36342940


  9. Hickey MD, Imbert E, Appa A, Del Rosario JB, Lynch E, Friend J, Avila R, Clemenzi-Allen A, Riley ED, Gandhi M, Havlir DV. HIV treatment outcomes in POP-UP: drop-in HIV primary care model for people experiencing homelessness. The Journal of infectious diseases 2022. PMID: 35759251


  10. Spinelli MA, Le Tourneau N, Glidden DV, Hsu L, Hickey MD, Imbert E, Arreguin M, Jain JP, Oskarsson JJ, Buchbinder SP, Johnson MO, Havlir D, Christopoulos KA, Gandhi M. Impact of Multi-Component Support Strategies on HIV Virologic Suppression Rates during COVID-19: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. 2022. PMID: 35245934


  11. Imbert E, Hickey MD, Del Rosario JB, Conte M, Kerkoff AD, Clemenzi-Allen A, Riley ED, Havlir DV, Gandhi M. Heterogeneous preferences for care engagement among people with HIV experiencing homelessness or unstable housing during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022. PMID: 35262529


  12. Hickey MD, Ayieko J, Owaraganise A, Sim N, Balzer LB, Kabami J, Atukunda M, Opel FJ, Wafula E, Nyabuti M, Brown L, Chamie G, Jain V, Peng J, Kwarisiima D, Camlin CS, Charlebois ED, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Petersen ML, Havlir DV. Effect of a patient-centered hypertension delivery strategy on all-cause mortality: Secondary analysis of SEARCH, a community-randomized trial in rural Kenya and Uganda. PLoS medicine 2021. PMID: 34543267


  13. Hickey MD, Ouma GB, Mattah B, Pederson B, DesLauriers NR, Mohamed P, Obanda J, Odhiambo A, Njoroge B, Otieno L, Zoughbie DE, Ding EL, Fiorella KJ, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Geng EH, Salmen CR. The Kanyakla study: Randomized controlled trial of a microclinic social network intervention for promoting engagement and retention in HIV care in rural western Kenya. Volume 16 of Issue 9. PloS one 2021. PMID: 34516557


  14. Imbert E, Hickey MD, Clemenzi-Allen A, Lynch E, Friend J, Kelley J, Conte M, Das D, Rosario JBD, Collins E, Oskarsson J, Hicks ML, Riley ED, Havlir DV, Gandhi M. Evaluation of the POP-UP programme: a multicomponent model of care for people living with HIV with homelessness or unstable housing. AIDS (London, England) 2021. PMID: 34076613


  15. Riley ED, Hickey MD, Imbert E, Clemenzi-Allen AA, Gandhi M. COVID-19 and HIV spotlight the U.S. imperative for permanent affordable housing. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020. PMID: 32887980


  16. Hickey MD, Imbert E, Glidden DV, Del Rosario JB, Chong M, Clemenzi-Allen A, Oskarsson J, Riley ED, Gandhi M, Havlir DV. Viral suppression during COVID-19 among people with HIV experiencing homelessness in a low-barrier clinic-based program. AIDS (London, England) 2021. PMID: 33306555


  17. Hickey MD, Sergi F, Zhang K, Spinelli MA, Black D, Sola C, Blaz V, Nguyen JQ, Oskarsson J, Gandhi M, Havlir DV. Pragmatic randomized trial of a pre-visit intervention to improve the quality of telemedicine visits for vulnerable patients living with HIV. Journal of telemedicine and telecare 2020. PMID: 33342328


  18. Hickey MD, Ayieko J, Kwarisiima D, Opel FJ, Owaraganise A, Balzer LB, Chamie G, Jain V, Peng J, Camlin C, Charlebois ED, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Petersen ML, Havlir DV. Improved Viral Suppression With Streamlined Care in the SEARCH Study. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2020. PMID: 32991337


  19. Conte M, Eshun-Wilson I, Geng E, Imbert E, Hickey MD, Havlir D, Gandhi M, Clemenzi-Allen A. Brief Report: Understanding Preferences for HIV Care Among Patients Experiencing Homelessness or Unstable Housing: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2020. PMID: 33136742


  20. Spinelli MA, Hickey MD, Glidden DV, Nguyen JQ, Oskarsson JJ, Havlir D, Gandhi M. Viral suppression rates in a safety-net HIV clinic in San Francisco destabilized during COVID-19. AIDS (London, England) 2020. PMID: 32910069


  21. Chamie G, Hickey MD, Kwarisiima D, Ayieko J, Kamya MR, Havlir DV. Universal HIV Testing and Treatment (UTT) Integrated with Chronic Disease Screening and Treatment: the SEARCH study. Current HIV/AIDS reports 2020. PMID: 32507985


  22. Clemenzi-Allen AA, Hickey M, Conte M, Das D, Geng E, Riley E, Havlir D, Gandhi M, Imbert E. Improving Care Outcomes for PLWH Experiencing Homelessness and Unstable Housing: a Synthetic Review of Clinic-Based Strategies. Current HIV/AIDS reports 2020. PMID: 32382919


  23. Hickey MD, Lisker S, Brodie S, Vittinghoff E, Russell MD, Sarkar U. Customized registry tool for tracking adherence to clinical guidelines for head and neck cancers: protocol for a pilot study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2020. PMID: 32047648


  24. Chung EO, Mattah B, Hickey MD, Salmen CR, Milner EM, Bukusi EA, Brashares JS, Young SL, Fernald LCH, Fiorella KJ. Characteristics of Pica Behavior among Mothers around Lake Victoria, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study. Volume 16 of Issue 14. International journal of environmental research and public health 2019. PMID: 31337101


  25. Penn AW, Azman H, Horvath H, Taylor KD, Hickey MD, Rajan J, Negussie EK, Doherty M, Rutherford GW. Supportive interventions to improve retention on ART in people with HIV in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. PloS one 2018. PMID: 30550574


  26. Kelly JD, Hickey MD, Schlough GW, Conteh S, Sesay M, Rutherford GW, Giordano TP, Weiser SD. Understanding why HIV-infected persons disengaged from pre-ART care in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a qualitative study. AIDS care 2018. PMID: 30146898


  27. Chang A, Fiorella KJ, Hickey MD, Salmen CR, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Auerswald CL. Marginalization and Community Perception of HIV Care, Treatment, and Support on Mfangano Island, Kenya. Volume 12 of Issue 2. Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action 2018. PMID: 30270222


  28. Hickey MD, Odeny TA, Petersen M, Neilands TB, Padian N, Ford N, Matthay Z, Hoos D, Doherty M, Beryer C, Baral S, Geng EH. Specification of implementation interventions to address the cascade of HIV care and treatment in resource-limited settings: a systematic review. Implementation science : IS 2017. PMID: 28784155


  29. Fiorella KJ, Milner EM, Salmen CR, Hickey MD, Omollo DO, Odhiambo A, Mattah B, Bukusi EA, Fernald LCH, Brashares JS. Human health alters the sustainability of fishing practices in East Africa. Volume 114 of Issue 16. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2017. PMID: 28377522


  30. Kathryn J Fiorella, Erin M Milner, Dan O Omollo, Matthew D Hickey, Charles Salmen, Elizabeth Bukusi, Lia CH Fernald. Quantity and Species of Fish Consumed Shapes Breast Milk Fatty Acid Concentrations Around Lake Victoria, Kenya. The FASEB Journal 2017. PMID:


  31. Hickey MD, Omollo D, Salmen CR, Mattah B, Blat C, Ouma GB, Fiorella KJ, Njoroge B, Gandhi M, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Geng EH. Movement between facilities for HIV care among a mobile population in Kenya: transfer, loss to follow-up, and reengagement. AIDS care 2016. PMID: 27145451


  32. Salmen CR, Hickey MD, Fiorella KJ, Omollo D, Ouma G, Zoughbie D, Salmen MR, Magerenge R, Tessler R, Campbell H, Geng E, Gandhi M, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR. "Wan Kanyakla" (We are together): Community transformations in Kenya following a social network intervention for HIV care. Social science & medicine (1982) 2015. PMID: 26638145


  33. Kathryn J. Fiorella, Carol S. Camlin, Charles R. Salmen, Ruth Omondi, Matthew D. Hickey, Dan O. Omollo, Erin M. Milner, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Lia C. H. Fernald, Justin S. Brashares. Transactional Fish-for-Sex Relationships Amid Declining Fish Access in Kenya World Development 2015. PMID:


  34. Hickey MD, Salmen CR, Omollo D, Mattah B, Fiorella KJ, Geng EH, Bacchetti P, Blat C, Ouma GB, Zoughbie D, Tessler RA, Salmen MR, Campbell H, Gandhi M, Shade S, Njoroge B, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR. Implementation and Operational Research: Pulling the Network Together: Quasiexperimental Trial of a Patient-Defined Support Network Intervention for Promoting Engagement in HIV Care and Medication Adherence on Mfangano Island, Kenya. Volume 69 of Issue 4. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2015. PMID: 25984711


  35. Nagata JM, Fiorella KJ, Salmen CR, Hickey MD, Mattah B, Magerenge R, Milner EM, Weiser SD, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR. Around the Table: Food Insecurity, Socioeconomic Status, and Instrumental Social Support among Women Living in a Rural Kenyan Island Community. Volume 54 of Issue 4. Ecology of food and nutrition 2015. PMID: 25680030


  36. Fiorella KJ, Hickey MD, Salmen CR, Nagata JM, Mattah B, Magerenge R, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Brashares JS, Fernald LH. Fishing for Food? Analyzing links between fishing livelihoods and food security around Lake Victoria, Kenya. Volume 6 of Issue 6. Food security 2014. PMID: 33897914


  37. Hickey MD, Salmen CR, Tessler RA, Omollo D, Bacchetti P, Magerenge R, Mattah B, Salmen MR, Zoughbie D, Fiorella KJ, Geng E, Njoroge B, Jin C, Huang Y, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Gandhi M. Antiretroviral concentrations in small hair samples as a feasible marker of adherence in rural Kenya. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2014. PMID: 24694932


  38. Nagata JM, Cassidy LC, Hickey MD, Chuc JM, Bream KD. Evaluation of a diabetes education video among the Tz'utujil Maya in Guatemala. Volume 15 of Issue 7. Diabetes technology & therapeutics 2013. PMID: 23621823


  39. Hickey MD, Quan DJ, Chin-Hong PV, Roberts JP. Use of rifabutin for the treatment of a latent tuberculosis infection in a patient after solid organ transplantation. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2013. PMID: 23526600