Dr. Matthew Pugh, DO

Dr. Matthew D. Pugh is a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) who practices cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology in Chula Vista, California. Electrophysiologists treat heart rhythm problems. Directory listings describe his focus as atrial fibrillation and flutter, supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular arrhythmia, catheter ablation, and pacemaker or defibrillator implantation.

He trained at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University (2005), completed internal medicine residency and a cardiovascular disease fellowship through Franciscan St. James Hospital & Health Centers / Midwestern University, and finished a clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at LA County–Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in 2013. He appears on both Sharp HealthCare and Scripps Health physician pages, and is listed with hospital privileges that include Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, UC San Diego Health East Campus, Scripps Mercy hospitals, and Alvarado Hospital Medical Center. His CMS record lists two offices (Chula Vista and San Diego) and telehealth services. He is listed as speaking Spanish and English.

His public footprint is mostly health-system and insurance directory listings. No peer-reviewed publications, guideline committee roles, or society leadership positions were found, and no public statements on vaccines, supplements, or alternative medicine surfaced. In 2021 Sharp HealthCare named him as a local enrolling investigator for a trial of the Watchman FLX device in atrial fibrillation. His Sharp profile notes Guardian Angel recognitions from patients and families.

CMS Open Payments records show $28,712.79 across 610 records from 2021 to 2025, mostly from device makers such as Medical Device Business Services ($10,125), Biosense Webster ($4,677.62), and Medtronic ($3,236.58). Payments from industry to physicians are common and legal, and often reflect items like meals, travel, or consulting related to devices used in practice.