Birthplace: Bradenton, Florida
Hometown: Charlottesville, Virginia
Places Lived: Cairo, Egypt (10 months), Amman, Jordan (12 months), Tangier, Morocco (3 months)
Internship: General Surgery at Penn Medicine
Professional/Research Interests: Interventional oncology, global health, medical education, and really open to almost anything at this point
Hobbies and Interests: Ultimate Frisbee, playing with my parents’ pug Mochi, learning languages
Favorite Ice Cream/Guilty Pleasure: Oreos and vanilla ice cream
Favorite Penn Radiology Memory: Tagging along as my co-residents completely crushed it at Escape the Room!
Interesting Fact: I spent most of my young adult life after high school learning Arabic, including spending several years living in the Middle East.
About Dr. Matsumoto
Monica Matsumoto, MD, is an integrated IR/DR resident, class of 2026. Monica is thrilled to be part of the Penn Women In Radiology (WIR) group, as mentorship and sponsorship have been invaluable components to where she is today. She led the Women in Medicine group at her medical school and founded the IR Interest Group. She collaborated with her surgery colleagues to host a regional symposium on women in procedural specialties, in an effort both to recruit more women into these fields and to learn from each other. Monica has interests in the intersection of radiology and global health, and is still learning about her diverse clinical interests in IR.