US Department of Defense
BLAST INJURY RESEARCH
COORDINATING OFFICE
Advancing Blast Injury Research to Protect and Heal Those Who Serve
COL Matthew R. Scherer is a career Army Officer. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Geology and Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter MN in 1993. He completed his Masters Degree in Physical Therapy through the US Army-Baylor University Graduate Program in Physical Therapy in 2003. He earned his PhD in Rehabilitation Science with an emphasis in neuromotor control and vestibular neurophysiology at University of Maryland, Baltimore in 2010 and trained at the Laboratory of Vestibular NeuroAdaptation, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 2007- 2010. He holds a Masters in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. COL Scherer has completed Command and General Staff College (2012), the Defense Strategy Course (2021), and the US Army War College (2024).
Prior to assuming his current assignment at MRDC, he served as Director, WRAIR Europe and the Middle East, Tbilisi, Georgia 2019-2024 where he led infectious disease research and surveillance efforts in ten countries across Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Other assignments include Military Deputy for the Clinical & Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program (CRMRP), Fort Detrick, MD; Chief of Physical Therapy and Detachment Commander at Andrew Rader US Army Health Clinic, Joint Base Fort Myer-Henderson Hall, Arlington VA; Physical Therapist, White House Medical Unit, Old Executive Office Building, Washington D.C; Research Physical Therapist at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) in Natick, MA; Chief, Amputee PT Section, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), Chief, Inpatient PT WRAMC, and Team Leader for DoD's first amputee assistance mission, Multi National Forces-Iraq OIF 5-7.
COL Scherer's research portfolio focuses on Warfighter physiology and return to duty assessment following injury (traumatic brain injury, vestibular pathology, neuromusculoskeletal injury). He has authored 24 peer reviewed publications (12 as primary author) and presented at numerous national and international conferences. COL Scherer is a board certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties which he earned in 2008 and re-certified in 2017. Select military awards and additional skill identifiers include the Legion of Merit, the Army Medical Department's Order of Military Medical Merit, the Noble Partner Award from the Georgian Defense Forces, the Surgeon General's "A" proficiency Designator, a Strategic Studies designator (6Z), Medical Research, Development, Test and Evaluation ASI (8Z), and the Medical Research Acquisitions ASI (8X). As a member of the Acquisitions workforce, COL Scherer is a DAIWA Level III certified Science and Technology Manager and Program Management Level I trained officer. COL Scherer is an active member of the College of Neurology and Federal Sections of the American Physical Therapy Association.
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