Matthew Sterling is currently a first year General Surgery Resident specializing in Urology.  Fields of interest include urologic oncology, minimally invasive approaches to urologic surgery, and endourology.

Assistant Instructor in Surgery

• Alpha Omega Alpha
• Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society

• Research topics
  • The association between child temperament and various parental factors with delayed toilet training in toddlers aged 4-7 years old.
  • Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for pediatric varicocele repair

• Research topic
  • Mechanism of recombinant protein MG53 in cell membrane repair

1. Weisleder N, Takizawa N, Lin P, Wang X, Cao C, Zhang Y, Tan T, Ferrante C, Zhu H, Chen PJ, Yan R, Sterling M, Zhao X, Hwang M, Cai C, Cheng H, Takeshima H, Xiao R, Ma J. Recombinant MG53 protein modulates therapeutic cell membrane repair in treatment of muscular dystrophy. Science Translational Medicine. 2012; 4(139):139ra85
2. Sterling M, Chekmareva MA, Barone JG. Benign testicular enlargement due to diffuse interstitial fibrosis associated with cryptorchid testis in 11-month-old male.  Urology. 2012; 79(2):440-42.
3. Sterling M, Schneider D, Barone JG. Investigating the role of varying parental factors in delayed toilet training: A study on an increasing public health issue. Poster at: American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition October 2011; Boston, MA.
4. Barone JG, Johnson K, Sterling M, Ankem MK.  Laparoendoscopic single-site varicocele repair in adolescents-initial experience at a single institution.  J. Endourol. 2011; 25(10):1605-8.