Dr. Matthew Tuck completed his undergraduate and graduate medical education as well as chief residency at the George Washington University (GWU), where he was inducted to Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. There, he also earned a Masters in Education and Human Development. He currently holds an academic appointment as Professor of Medicine at GWU. He serves as the Site Director for the internal medicine residency programs at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Dr. Tuck has received a number of teaching awards, including the Society for General Internal Medicine's (SGIM) Award for Excellence in Clinician Education, the American College of Physicians Sol Katz Teaching Award, the James J. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching Internal Medicine as well as the VA Attending of the Year Teaching Award. On the national stage, Dr. Tuck serves as core faculty for the annual “Teaching and Leading Evidence-based Medicine” workshop at Duke University. He has been selected as "Top Hospitalist" by the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Tuck is a former Chair of the Academic Hospitalist Task Force (now Commission) and Program Committee. He serves on the VA's Hospitalist Field Advisory Board and is Lead Hospitalist for VISN 5. He is Associate Editor for the Journal of Graduate Medical Education and has served as a grant reviewer for the VA HSR&D Merit grants. Dr. Tuck's research interests include cardiovascular disease, pharmacogenomics, and medical education, for which he has been the recipient of a number of research grants.