Dr. Fernando Martinez
Dr. Fernando J. Martinez has been appointed as Chief of the Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine in the Weill Department of Medicine. The Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor in Medicine, Dr. Martinez is a premiere translational researcher in chronic lung disease.
Recognized nationally and internationally, Dr. Martinez is known for his seminal studies in the phenotypic and functional classification as well as clinical interventions in COPD and interstitial lung disease. Dr. Martinez received his M.D. at the University of Florida and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He completed a Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Boston University prior to joining the University of Michigan Medical Center as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in 1991. He rose to the rank of Professor of Medicine at University of Michigan and served as Associate Chief of Clinical Research at University of Michigan Medical Center. He was the Medical Director of Pulmonary Diagnostic Services and Pulmonary Director of the Cough/Dyspnea Clinic at the University of Michigan Medical Center and University of Michigan Health System, and also served as Associate Director of the Bronchoscopy Service, Medical Director of Lung Transplantation, and Medical Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation at University of Michigan Medical Center. Dr. Martinez has received robust funding from the NHLBI/NIH for the past two decades and has served as principal investigator on numerous NIH grants.
The Weill Department of Medicine congratulates Dr. Fernando J. Martinez on his new appointment as Chief of the Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine.