Biography

Fernando Martinez, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Academic Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, inaugural Vice Chair for clinical and translational research in the Department of Medicine, and the inaugural Joseph D. Early Chair in Biomedical Research. Dr. Martinez joined University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in July 2024 after ten years at Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital and 24 years at the University of Michigan. He is an accomplished physician-scientist recognized for seminal studies in the phenotypic and functional classification and clinical interventions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and interstitial lung diseases. With more than 700 publications and extensive federal funding, Dr. Martinez leads numerous clinical trials and serves as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (Blue Journal).

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