Nexus Specialty Hospital Announces New Director of ICU, Pulmonary Care

February 9, 2007

Jefy Mathew, M.D., has been named director of intensive care and pulmonary care at Nexus Specialty Hospital.

Dr. Mathew received his medical education and completed his internship and residency in Houston, but for the past eight years has been living and working in Boston. Since 1999, Dr. Mathew has served as a clinical fellow at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, all in Boston. For seven of those eight years, he was the group leader of a respiratory pathophysiology course and a physical exam tutor for a patient-doctor course at Harvard Medical School.

“We are happy that Dr. Mathew has chosen to return to Houston and to lead the ICU and pulmonary teams at Nexus Specialty Hospital,” said John W. Cassidy, M.D., president and CEO of Houston-based Nexus Health Systems. “He has a well-rounded academic and professional background that will serve him well in this capacity.”

As program director, Dr. Mathew will direct the ICU/pulmonary medical care services, plan and facilitate physician coverage in the event of medical emergencies in those areas, develop emergency treatment protocols and patient transfers, help develop and maintain an efficient medical records system and organize training for Nexus staff.

Dr. Mathew is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Thoracic Society, Massachusetts Medical Society, and the American College of Chest Physicians. He is board certified in pulmonary medicine, internal medicine, and in three areas governed by the National Board of Medical Examiners. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and his Bachelor of Science degree in biology with a minor in chemistry from the University of Houston, where he attended with several scholarships.

Nexus Specialty Hospital is a Long Term Acute Care hospital with 75 beds on two campuses in the suburbs of North Houston. The facility has the advantage of exceptional campus locations offering high tech care in a beautiful wooded environment as well as a more home-like environment for those requiring fewer therapeutic interventions. The main Shenandoah campus has six state-of-the art ICU beds, 26 telemetry beds to monitor cardiac status, an on-site GI lab, and a full service rehabilitation department consisting of occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy.