Dr. Cummings is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at Columbia University. His research interests lie at the intersection of infectious diseases and critical illness in sub-Saharan Africa, a low-income region where the global burden of severe infectious diseases is overwhelmingly concentrated. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Cummings' led the first prospective studies to characterize the clinical epidemiology of severe and critical COVID-19 in the U.S. and Uganda, and served as a co-investigator for international clinical trials of convalescent plasma and hyperimmune immunoglobulin in severe COVID-19.
Primary Specialty
Surgeon
PracticeCUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building
GenderMale
Not Accepting New Patients
Insurances AcceptedUnitedHealthcare, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, CIGNA, AETNA, Multiplan, Local 1199, VNSNY CHOICE, Emblem/Hip, Fidelis Care, Medicare, WellCare, Emblem/GHI, RiverSpring, World Trade Center Health Plan, Healthfirst, MVP Health Care, Affinity Health Plan, Magnacare (National), Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus, Amida Care
ServicesMatthew Cummings provides surgery in New York, NY. The most common types of surgeons are: General, Cardiovascular, Otolaryngology, Neurological, Reconstructive, Neonatal and Orthopedic.
Please call CUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building at to schedule an appointment in New York, NY or to get more information.Additional ServicesInternist, Critical Care Surgeon, Doctor