Matthew A. Coghlan, MD

Dr. Matthew Coghlan is a board-certified physician, specializing in pulmonary medicine.

What Dr. Coghlan Treats

Dr. Coghlan works in the intensive care unit, inpatient pulmonary consult service and the general pulmonary medicine clinic. He cares for patients with a variety of pulmonary diseases, including:

• Asthma
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Pulmonary sarcoidosis
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Pulmonary nodules

He also has special training in robotic bronchoscopy which is is used to obtain biopsy samples of pulmonary nodules to help diagnose possible lung cancer.

Education

Originally from Bloomington, IN, Dr. Coghlan completed his medical school, residency, chief residency and fellowship, where he was chief fellow, at Indiana University School of Medicine.

During his chief residency, Dr. Coghlan was the safety and quality improvement chief as well as on the VA hospital safety committee. He also restarted the residency code blue simulations that had been on hold since before the COVID-19 pandemic and helped create and implement content for a new point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum. In fellowship, he continued research in POCUS education as well as basic science lung cancer, where his project involved isolating bronchial cells from patients and growing then in a lab, eventually getting them to grow in a special 3D culture called an Air Liquid Interface where they could be exposed to different possible carcinogens.

Outside of Work

Dr. Coghlan spends his free time with his wife and two daughters going to places like the children’s museum, zoo and of course IU sporting events. They also have two dogs that they love to go on walks and play with as a family. He is an avid reader and enjoys science fiction but also reads historical non-fiction and fantasy books. He also enjoys playing board games and tabletop role-playing games with his friends on their weekly game nights.