Media and Communications
The Vitamin D & It’s protection of Covid19 including new variant Omicron Interview, It’s
Consulting Time, January 2022
Global Podcast Live Interview, April 2022
Dr. Leslie R Matthews Live on Franski Morning Show, May 2022
Retired Trauma Surgeon talks how Vitamin D3 plays a role in possibly reducing violent incidents amongst athletes suffering from CTE, Stardom 101 Magazine, Dr. Leslie Ray Matthews – STARDOM101MAG.NET , June 2022
Interview on Mongolia, East Asia National TV by show host N. Erdenetsetseg about vitamin D3. The TV show is broadcasted to 3.16 million people (Dr. Matthew’s largest audience to date). Mongolia is 7,000 miles from Atlanta, Georgia. Genghis Khan conquered the country in the 12th century. Mongolia is a landlocked country sandwiched between Russia to the north and China to the south. Eighty seven percent (87%) of the population is vitamin D deficient. Mongolia's population is very similar to Mississippi which has a population of 3 million people. April 2019.
Radio Conversation/Interview - T.E.A. TIME with host Carol Moulton live on Empowerment Radio a member of the SIBN Corporate family of broadcast stations. Show Title: “Conversations with Thought Leaders and Influencers”; Dr. Matthews discussion: “The Importance of Vitamin D”; January 12, 2019 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=596591967433153&id=123183161030574&anchor_composer=false
The Enterprise -Tocsin News - “On the Cusp of Addressing the UN, Ray Matthews Reflects on 911 Experience in NY”; September 13, 2018; https://www.enterprise-tocsin.com/news/cusp-addressing-un-ray-matthews-reflects-911-experience-new-york#sthash.c1cDZgFV.dpbs
The Enterprise -Tocsin News - “What Does Dr. Ray Matthews Plan to Tell the UN?”; September 6, 2018; https://www.flipsnack.com/csmith73/sept-6.html; See Page 7.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Article): This Life with Gracie: “Morehouse trauma team rewriting medical history” Article is featuring the manuscript that Dr. L. Ray Matthews spearheaded with MSM Summer Research student Latasha Oaks and Surgery Department Trauma team. Dr. Alvin Blount was the first African American to serve in an integrated MASH unit during the Korean War. Dr. Clinton Battle was just 29 when he delivered conjoined twins without the use of anesthesia at a rural Mississippi home. And Dr. Vance Marchbanks designed an oxygen mask that became standard equipment in aviation and aerospace - https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/health/morehouse-trauma-team-rewriting-medical-history/4nO9FbGHsKaSj88jBzMD7K/ - August 2018.
The Enterprise -Tocsin Medical Guide 2018 – Article: “Vitamin D Research Continues to Expand” – Dr. Ray Matthews has spent the last several years making history with research into the benefits of vitamin D and the negative effects of vitamin D deficiency; Page 12; May 2018.
The Enterprise -Tocsin News – Article: “Indianola Native Takes Research to the SEC” – Matthews has met and consulted with SEC coaches Nick Saban (University of Alabama) and Kirby Smart (University of Georgia) about his vitamin D research and its impact on sport injuries and performance. January 4, 2018.
The Enterprise -Tocsin News – Article: “Journal Features Indianola Conjoined Twins” – Article highlights recent case report by Dr. Matthews “Medical Miracle in Indianola, MS: The Untold Story of Dr. Clinton Battle and Indianola Conjoined / Matthews Siamese Twins; Date: March 2, 2017.
Morehouse School of Medicine’s News & Announcements – “Dr. Ray Matthews's Case Report on Survival of Conjoined Twins Recently Published.” - “Medical Miracle in Indianola, MS: The Untold Story of Dr. Clinton Battle and Indianola Conjoined / Matthews Siamese Twins; March 2, 2017.
Morehouse School of Medicine’s News & Announcements – “Morehouse School of Medicine's Dr. L. Ray Matthews's pioneering vitamin D research has been influential in the FDA recently approving an increase to the amount of vitamin D for milk and milk alternatives on July 15, 2016.” July 20, 2016.
Morehouse School of Medicine’s News & Announcements “Dr. L. Ray Matthews Pioneering Vitamin D Research Assists Three Former MLK High School Athletes to U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials”- 2016 - Former MLK High School student athletes, teammates, and All-American sprinters Felicia Brown (Tennessee State, 100 and 200 meters); Jordan Moore (Louisiana State University – 110 meter hurdles); and Jada Martin (Louisiana State University – 200 meters) ----all three of whom have benefitted from Dr. L. Ray Matthew’s pioneering vitamin D research which helps reduce sports injuries and improve athletic performance, have been invited to run in the U.S Olympics Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon, July 1 – 10, 2016. All three sprinters had to run one of the top 30 fastest times in the country over the past year to qualify. July 2016.
The Enterprise -Tocsin News – Article: “Rams Give McComb All It Can Handle” – Opposing coach on Gentry: ‘I have never seen a team that quick on defense’; McComb Head Coach Hilton Harrell was quoted in the Enterprise-Journal say about Gentry. We tried to simulate it in practice. Article Date: March 10, 2016.
The Enterprise -Tocsin News – Article: “Surgeon Encourages Youth to Advance Through Knowledge” While in town visiting his mother and family, Dr. L. Ray Matthews took a few minutes to visit students at the Indianola Academic Achievement Center on the campus of Carver Elementary School; Article Date: February 2016.
Atlanta Magazine – Millennials Issue: “Faces of Atlanta: How Atlanta's Boldest Generation is
Shaping Our City” – Dr. L. Ray Matthews featured in article – February 2016.