MATTHEW J. EHRHARDT

Dr. Matthew Ehrhardt is an Associate Member in the Division of Cancer Survivorship at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Dr. Ehrhardt received his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and completed training in pediatrics, internal medicine, and pediatric hematology/oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed an additional year of training in childhood cancer survivorship at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, following which he joined the faculty and specializes in the care of children newly diagnosed with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma and long-term childhood cancer survivors.

Dr. Ehrhardt’s clinical research is focused on the long-term effects of childhood cancer therapy, in particular cardiac conditions, as well as surveillance guideline development, dissemination, and utilization. He is a Co-Chair of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Group Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines for Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancers and a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Survivorship (ASCO) Guideline Advisory Group, the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria Committee, and multiple COG and International Guideline Harmonization Group (IGHG) guideline panels and initiatives. He is actively seeking mechanisms in which to improve both guideline recommendations and effectiveness of delivery to cancer survivors.