Matthias David was born in 1961. Since 1991 he has been working at the Clinic for Gynecology of the Charité Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum. In 1999 he graduated as a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics and has been a senior physician ever since. He completed his habilitation in 2001 and was appointed professor in 2010.
His main research interests are health services research/migration, psychosomatics, medical history, and clinical work on myoma therapy.