Fernando J. Martinez, MD, MS

Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Outpatient Services
Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory

Director, Lung Transplantation

 

Education and Training: M.D., University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, M.S. - University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
Residency: Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
Clinical and Research Training: Pulmonary Fellowship, Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, MA
Major Clinical Interests: Exercise physiology, respiratory muscle function, lung transplantation, pulmonary rehabilitation, interstitial lung disease, dyspnea, cost-effective use of diagnostic resources, lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS).
Major Research Interests: Respiratory muscle function during exercise with abnormality of pulmonary load, physiologic response to lung transplantation, optimal diagnostic approach to the evaluation of dyspnea, pathophysiology and therapy in IPF, NSIP vs. UIP.

 

 

·        Thannickal VJ, Toews GB, White ES, Lynch III JP, Martinez FJ.  Mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis.  Annu Rev Med 2004; 55: 395-417.

 

·        Fishman A, Martinez F, Naunheim K, Piantadosi S, Wise R, Ries A, Weinmann G, Wood DE; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group. A randomized trial comparing lung-volume reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema. N Engl J Med 2003; 348: 2059-73.

 

·        Lama VN, Flaherty KR, Toews GB, Colby TV, Travis WD, Long Q, Murray S, Kazerooni EA, Gross BH, Lynch III JP, Martinez FJ.  Prognostic value of desaturation during a six minute walk test in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia.  Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 168: 1084-1090.

 

·        Flaherty KR, Thwaite EL, Kazerooni EA, Gross BH, Toews GB, Colby TV, Travis WD, Mumford JA, Murray S, Flint A, Lynch JP, Martinez FJ.  Radiologic vs histologic diagnosis in UIP and NSIP: Survival implications.  Thorax 2003; 58: 143-148.

 

·        Flaherty KR, Colby TV, Travis WD, Toews GB, Mumford J, Murray S, Thannickal VJ, Kazerooni EA, Gross BH, Lynch III JP, Martinez FJ.  Fibroblastic foci in usual interstitial pneumonia: Idiopathic versus collagen vascular disease.  Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167:1410-1415.

 

·        Flaherty KR, Kazerooni EA, Curtis JL, Iannettoni M, Lange L, Schork A, Martinez FJ. Short-term and long-term outcomes after bilateral lung volume reduction surgery. Prediction by quantitative CT. Chest 2001; 119: 1337-1346.

 

·        Flaherty KR, Toews GB, Lynch III JP, Kazerooni EA, Strawderman RL, Hariharan K, Flint A, Martinez FJ. Steroids in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Prospective assessment of adverse reactions, response to therapy, and survival. Am J Med 2001; 110: 278-82.

 

·        Flaherty KR, Saint S, Fendrick AM, Martinez FJ. The spectrum of acute bronchitis: Using baseline factors to guide empirical therapy. Postgrad Med 2001; 109: 39-47.

 

·        Flaherty KR, Martinez FJ. Lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema. Clin Chest Med 2000; 21: 819-848.

 

 

 

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