Bio
Matthew Gunther, MD, MA is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a member of the Division of Medical Psychiatry. He is board certified in General Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Dr. Gunther serves as Assistant Program Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship and as Director of Education for the Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Program, where he leads psychiatry education within internal medicine resident continuity clinics.
Dr. Gunther received his BA in Psychology from the University of Southern California and his MA in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University. He earned his MD from the University of California, Irvine, and completed residency training in general adult psychiatry at USC/LAC+USC Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident of the inpatient service. He subsequently completed fellowship training in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Stanford University, followed by additional training in community-based integrated care through the University of Washington.
Clinically, Dr. Gunther practices across inpatient consultation-liaison psychiatry, critical care psychiatry, and integrated behavioral health in primary care. His work focuses on the psychiatric care of medically complex patients, with particular interests in neuropsychiatry (including delirium and catatonia), psychopharmacology in the medically ill, and the psychiatric sequelae of serious medical illness. A central theme of his clinical and educational work is translating neuropsychiatric and psychosomatic concepts into practical guidance for non-psychiatric clinicians.
Dr. Gunther is deeply committed to medical education and mentorship. He teaches medical students, residents, and fellows across undergraduate and graduate medical education, with a particular emphasis on psychiatric interviewing, diagnostic reasoning, and trauma-informed, patient-centered care in medical settings. His scholarly work includes peer-reviewed publications, systematic reviews, and educational innovations at the interface of psychiatry and medicine, and he is actively involved in national service and editorial work within consultation-liaison psychiatry.
