Matthew Zirwas, MD

Dr. Matthew Zirwas, M.D., is an American Board of Dermatology-certified physician. He has been a nationally known expert specializing in contact dermatitis, pruritus, atopic, and seborrheic dermatitis for the last 20 years. His passion is figuring out the real, practical, take-home messages that we can get from the medical literature. Not just reciting ‘the data,’ but synthesizing it and putting it in the context of how it can help patients. He enjoys figuring out ‘what this study means’ and ‘how it connects to what we already know’ and then explaining it in a practical, relatable, entertaining, and memorable way.

In addition to the practical experience that comes from taking care of challenging patients, Dr. Zirwas has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, been an investigator on over 80 clinical trials, co-authored the 7th edition of Fisher’s Contact Dermatitis, and has given over 200 national continuing medical education lectures to his peers.

He attended undergraduate and medical school and completed a dermatology residency at the University of Pittsburgh. He took his first faculty job at the University of Pittsburgh, then moved to The Ohio State University, where he was the residency director for dermatology for almost 10 years before founding Bexley Dermatology Research.

In Dr. Zirwas' free time, he enjoys spending time with his kids and cats (in that order).