Matthew Morrell graduated summa cum laude from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry.  Afterwards, he attended the University of California in Los Angeles School of Medicine where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.  He then completed both his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes-Jewish Hospital.  During this time he was awarded the Shatz-Strauss Teaching Award and the Washington University School of Medicine Resident of the Year Award.  In July 2009, he joined the faculty of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh as an Assistant Professor.