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Mercedes Martinez, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterology, New York, NY

MercedesMartinezMD

Pediatric Gastroenterology New York, NY

Intestinal Rehabilitation and Small Bowel Transplantation, Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation

Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine Columbia University College of Phys & Surg Director, Intestinal Transplant Program Clinical Director, Human Studies Core Columbia Center for Translational Immunology

Overview of Dr. Martinez

Dr. Mercedes Martinez is a pediatric gastroenterologist in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Superior Institute of Medical Sciences of Santiago de Cuba and has been in practice 29 years. Dr. Martinez accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. She is one of 73 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 44 doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center who specialize in Pediatric Gastroenterology. She also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. She has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, 2003 - 2006
  • Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
    Lincoln Medical and Mental Health CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2000 - 2003
  • Superior Institute of Medical Sciences of Santiago de Cuba
    Superior Institute of Medical Sciences of Santiago de CubaClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2003 - 2026
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2004 - 2026
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2023 - 2025
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2003 - 2025
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Transplant Hepatology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • New York Magazine Best Doctors New York Magazine, 2016-2018
  • Academy of Clinical Excellence Columbia University, 2018
  • Grand Watkins Prize Annual Meeting North America Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, 2017
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Bone Fractures in Children with Cholestatic Liver Disease May Mimic those seen in Child Abuse  
    Goldner D, Vittorio J, Barrios DM, McGuire J, Brodlie S, Brown J, Lobritto S, *Martinez M., Journal of Pediatrics
  • Human intestinal Allografts Contain Functional Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells that are Maintained by a Circulating Pool  
    Fu J, Zuber J, Martinez M, Shonts B, Obradovic A, Wang H, Lau SP, Xia A, Waffarn E, Savage TM, Simpson MT, Yang S, Guo X, Miron M, Senda T, Rogers K, Rahman A, Ho SH, ..., Nature Medicine
  • GGT improvement predict survival in pediatric primary sclerosing cholangitis regardless of ursodeoxycholic acid use  
    Deneau M, El-Matary W, Valentino P, Abdou R, Alqoaer K, Amin M, Amir A, Auth M, Bazerbachi F, Broderick A, Chan A, Cotter J, Doan S, El-Youssef M, Ferrari F, Furuya K,..., Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Post- ERCP pancreatitis in children-A report from an international multicenter study group (pedi database)
    David Troendle, Bradley A. Barth, Douglas Fishman, Quin Lui, Yuhua Zheng, Matthew Giefer, Kyung Mo Kim, Luigi Dall”Oglio, Giulia Angelino, Paola DeAngelis, Mercedes Ma..., Annual Meeting North America Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2017
  • Biopsy- related adverse events during iWITH, a multicenter immunosuppression withdrawal trial.
    Yumirle Turmelle, Emily R Perito, John Bucuvalas, Mercedes Martinez, Katie Spain, Sandy Feng and iWITH Investigators., Annual Meeting North America Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2017
  • Indicators of biliary strictures in pediatric liver recipients.
    Vania kasper. Sarah Taylor, Dana Goldberg, Anna Rundle, Amanda Albrecht, Jennifer Vittorio, Adam Griesemer, Steven Lobritto, *Mercedes Martinez., Annual Meeting. American Association for the Study of Liver Disease., Washington, DC, 1/1/2017
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Lectures

  • The Protective Effect of Multivisceral Transplantation on Intestinal Allograft Rejection – Its Correlation with T-Cell Macrochimerism from a Long-Term Prospective Study. 
    Seattle, WA - 1/1/2018
  • Long Term Histologic Allograft Health is Preserved Despite Rejection During Protocolized Immunosuppression Withdrawal (ISW) in Stable Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipi... 
    Seattle, WA - 1/1/2018
  • Induction of tolerance for long-term liver allograft survival without immunosuppression in Cynomolgus Monkeys. 
    Madrid, Spain - 1/1/2018
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Other

Press Mentions

  • AASLD Symposium Will Highlight Role of Nutrition in Pediatric Liver Disease
    AASLD Symposium Will Highlight Role of Nutrition in Pediatric Liver DiseaseMay 9th, 2017
  • Tribune Pulse - April 5, 2017 - Volume I - Issue 6
    Tribune Pulse - April 5, 2017 - Volume I - Issue 6April 5th, 2017
  • A New Approach to Pediatric Intestinal Transplantation
    A New Approach to Pediatric Intestinal TransplantationDecember 13th, 2019
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Professional Memberships

  • North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
    Hepatology Committee Chair
  • Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Association
    Member
  • American Association for Study of Liver Disease
    Member
  • Latin America Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
    Member
  • Studies in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
    Member
  • American society of transplant surgeons
    Member

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Choice POS II
    Aetna HMO
    BCBS Blue Card PPO
    CIGNA HMO
    CIGNA Open Access
    CIGNA PPO
    Empire BCBS HMO
    Empire BCBS PPO
    GHI PPO
    Great West PPO
    HIP of New York - Select PPO
    Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
    Multiplan PHCS PPO
    Multiplan PPO
    MVP Healthcare PPO
    Oxford Health Freedom
    Oxford Health Liberty
    United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
    United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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