RichardJMartinMD

Pleural Disease

Chair, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Professor of Medicine, National Jewish Health, University of Colorado

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Office
1400 Jackson St
Denver, CO 80206
Phone+1 303-388-4461

Fax+1 303-270-2206

Summary

Richard J. Martin, MD, is Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, and holds the Edelstein Professorship in Pulmonary Disease. He is Professor of Medicine at National Jewish, University of Colorado Denver, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Dr. Martin’s current areas of research include refractory asthma, the distal airways in asthma, the effect of a subacute bacterial infection on chronic asthma, and the mechanisms related to increased bronchial responsiveness in nocturnal asthma. He has authored 314 journal articles as well as many textbooks and book chapters on various topics related to respiratory disorders. He has served on the editorial boards of several journals and is a reviewer for multiple journals.

Dr. Martin was inducted into the Colorado Pulmonary Hall of Fame in 2007; he received the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Distinguished Scholar Award in Respiratory Health - 2003 through 2007; and he has been recognized in various publications including America’s Top Doctors and Who’s Who in America. He is a member of many professional associations including the ACCP and the American Thoracic Society (ATS), among others.

A graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School, Dr. Martin completed a residency in medicine at Tulane University and a pulmonary fellowship at the University of Oklahoma. He is board certified in both internal medicine and pulmonary diseases.

Education & Training

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1977
US Public Health Service HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1975
Banner-University Medical Center PhoenixInternship, Transitional Year, 1971 - 1972
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1971
University of Michigan Medical SchoolB.S., 1967

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 1972 - Present
CO State Medical License 1980 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2014 - 2016
PA State Medical License 1983 - 1986
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award 2017
Lifetime Achievement Award National Jewish Health, 2015
�The Best Doctors in America� � Pulmonary Medicine Best Doctors, Inc., 2015
Top 1% of Pulmonary Physicians US News & World Report, 2011-2017
Colorado Pulmonary Hall of Fame 2007
Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century International Biographical Centre � Cambridge, 2003
Faculty of 1000 in Medicine Current Science, Inc., 2003
Distinguished Scholar Award American College of Chest Physicians, 2003
Ambassador Award National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 2002
America�s Top Doctors Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., 2002
Who�s Who United Registry Publication, 1996
Best Doctors in America, Central Region Woodward/White, Inc., 1996
American Men & Women of Science 1996
Best Doctors in America Woodward/White, Inc., 1995
Who�s Who in America, Marquis Reed Reference Publishing Co., 1993
Excellence in Teaching Award, Sophomore Medical School Class University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1983-1985, 1987-1988, 1997
James F. Hammarsten Outstanding Fellow University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1978
Best Paper, Internal Medicine, 24th Annual Interns'- Residents' Day Oklahoma Society of Internal Medicine, 1978
Best Paper, Internal Medicine, 23rd Annual Interns'- Residents' Day Oklahoma Society of Internal Medicine, 1977
Best Paper, Internal Medicine presented at the 23rd Annual Interns'-Residents' Day University of Oklahoma Gastroenterology Section, 1977
Pulmonary Fellow Awardee American Lung Association, 1977-1979
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Clinical Trials

Asthma Clinical Research Network (ACRN) Start of enrollment: 1993 Sep 01
Withdrawn
Phase 3
Asthma Clinical Research Network (ACRN) Trial - Long-Acting Beta Agonist Response by Genotype (LARGE) Start of enrollment: 2004 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3
Asthma Clinical Research Network (ACRN) Trial - Macrolides in Asthma (MIA) Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3
Asthma Clinical Research Network (ACRN) Trial - Best Adjustment Strategy for Asthma in Long Term (BASALT) Start of enrollment: 2007 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3
Asthma Clinical Research Network (ACRN) Trial - Tiotropium Bromide as an Alternative to Increased Inhaled Corticosteroid in Patients Inadequately Controlled on a Lower Dose of Inhaled Corticosteroid (TALC) Start of enrollment: 2008 May 01
Completed
Phase 3
Study of the Effect of Vitamin D as an Add-on Therapy to Corticosteroids in Asthma Start of enrollment: 2011 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 3
Airway Microbiome in Asthma: Relationships to Asthma Phenotype and Inhaled Corticosteroid Treatment Start of enrollment: 2012 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Bacterial DNA amplifies neutrophilic inflammation in IL-17-exposed airways.
Nastaran Mues, Richard J Martin, Rafeul Alam, Niccolette Schaunaman, Kris Genelyn Dimasuay
ERJ Open Research. 2023-01-01
7 citations
Refractory neutrophilic asthma and ciliary genes.
Vamsi P Guntur, Laurie A Manka, Camille M Moore, Elizabeth Wynn, Eszter K Vladar
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2022-06-01
4 citations
Intermittent Hypoxemia and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Manifestations of Immature Respiratory Control and the Preterm Lung.
Juliann M. Di Fiore, Richard J. Martin, Thomas M. Raffay
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021-11-15

Journal Articles

Bacterial biogeography of adult airways in atopic asthma
Durack J, Huang YJ, Snehal N, Christian LS, Ansel KM, Beigelman A, Castro M, Dyer AM, Israel E, Kraft M, Martin RJ, Mauger DT, Rosenberg SR, King TS, White SR, Denling..., Microbiome, 1/1/2018
Performance of database-derived severe exacerbations and asthma control measures in asthma: responsiveness and predictive utility in a UK primary care database with li...
Colice G, Chisholm A, Dima AL, Reddel HK, Nurden A, Martin RJ, Brusselle G, Popov TA, von Ziegenweidt J, Price DB, Pragmatic and Observational Research, 1/1/2018
Clarifying the link between sleep disordered breathing and tracheal collapse: a retrospective analysis
Kolakowski CA, Rollins DR, Jennermann T, Stevens A, Good JT Jr, Denson JL, Martin RJ, Sleep Science and Practice, 1/1/2018
Airway and serum biochemical correlates of refractory neutrophilic asthma
Alam R, Good J, Rollins D, Verma M, Chu H, Pham TH, Martin RJ, J Allergy Clin Immunol Prac, 1/1/2017
Changing paradigms in the treatment of severe asthma: The role of biologic therapies
Katial RK, Bensch GW, Busse WW, Chipps BE, Denson JL, Gerber AN, Jacobs JS, Kraft M, Martin RJ, Nair P, Wechsler ME, J Allergy Clin Immunol Prac, 1/1/2017
Real-life outcomes for patients with asthma prescribed spacers for use with either extrafine- or fine-particle inhaled corticosteroids
Guilbert TW, Colice G, Grigg J, van Aalderen W, Martin RJ, Israel E, Postma DS, Roche N, Phipatanakul W, Hillyer EV, Evans JM, Dolovich MB, Price DB, J Allergy Clin Immunol Prac, 1/1/2017
The nasal methylome: A key to understanding allergic asthma
Yang IV, Richards A, Davidson EJ, Stevens AD, Kolakowski CA, Martin RJ, Schwartz DA, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1/1/2017
Cardiovascular risks in smokers treated with nicotine replacement therapy: a historical cohort study
Dollerup J, Vestbo J, Murray-Thomas T, Kaplan A, Martin RJ, Pizzichini E, Pizzichini MMM, Burden A, Martin J, Price DB, Clin Epidemiol, 1/1/2017
Risk of pneumonia in obstructive lung disease: A real-life study comparing extra-fine and fine-particle inhaled corticosteroids
Sonnappa S, Martin RJ, Israel E, Postma D, van Aalderen W, Burden A, Usmani OS, Price DB, Respiratory Effectiveness Group, Small Airways Study Group, PLoS One, 1/1/2017
Cost-effectiveness of asthma ste-up therapy as an increased dose of extrafine-particle inhaled corticosteroid and add-on long-acting Beta2-agonist
Roche N, Colice G, Israel E, Martin RJ, Dorinsky PM, Postma DS, Guilbert TW, Grigg J, van Aalderen WM, Hillyer, EV, Thomas V, Burden A, McQueen RB, Price DB, Pulm Ther, 1/1/2016
Add-on LABA in a separate inhaler as asthma step-up therapy versus increased dose of ICS or ICS/LABA combination inhaler
Price DB, Colice G, Israel E, Roche N, Postma DS, Guilbert TW, van Allderen WMC, Grigg J, Hillyer EV, Thomas V, Martin RJ, ERJ Open Res, 1/1/2016
The nasal methylome and childhood atopic asthma
Yang IV, Pederson BS, Lie AH, O�Connor GT, Pillai D, Kattan M, Misiak RT, Gurchalla R, Szefler SJ, Hershey GKK, Kercsmar C, Richards A, Stevens A, Kolakowski C, Makhij..., JACI, 1/1/2016
Role of small airways in asthma
Finkas LK, Martin RJ, Immunol Allergy Clin North Am, 1/1/2016
Asthma-related outcomes in patients initiating extrafine ciclesonide or fine-particle inhaled corticoseteroids
Postma DS, Dekhuijzen R, van der Molen T, Martin RJ, van Aalderen W, Roche N, Guilbert TW, Israel E, van Eickels D, Khalid JM, Herings RMC, Overbeek JA, Miglio C, Thom..., Allergy Asthma Immunol Res, 1/1/2016
Features of the bronchial bacterial microbiome associated with atopy, asthma and responsiveness to inhaled corticosteroid treatment
Durack J, Lynch SV, Nariya S, Bhakta NR, Beigelman A, Castro M, Dyer AM, Israel E, Kraft M, Martin RJ, Mauger DT, Rosenberg SR, Sharp-King T, White SR, Woodruff PG, Av..., J Allergy Clin Immunol Prac, 1/1/2016
Persistence of asthma requires multiple feedback circuits involving type 2 innate lymphoid cells and IL-33
Christianson CA, Goplen NP, Zafar I, Irvin C, Good JT Jr, Rollins DR, Gorentla B, Liu W, Gorska MM, Chu H, Martin RJ, Alam R, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/21/2015
Differential effects of inhaled corticosteroids in smokers/ex-smokers and nonsmokers with asthma
Roche N, Postma DS, Colice G, Burden A, Guilbert TW, Israel E, Martin RJ, van Aalderen WM, Grigg J, Hillyer EV, von Ziegenweidt J, Price DB, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1/15/2015
Small-particle inhaled corticosteroid as first-line or step-up controller therapy in childhood asthma
van Aalderen WM, Grigg J, Guilbert TW, Roche N, Israel E, Martin RJ, Colice G, Postma DS, Hillyer EV, Burden A, von Ziegenweidt J, Price DB, J Allergy Clin Immunol Prac, 1/1/2015
Gluthathione depletion accelerates cigarette smoke induced inflammation and airspace enlargement
Gould NS, Min E, Huang J, Chu HW, Good J, Martin RJ, Day BJ, Toxicol Sci, 1/1/2015
Leukotriene B4 receptor 1 is differentially expressed on peripheral T cells of steroid-sensitive and -resistant asthmatics
Chung EH, Jia Y, Ohnishi H, Takeda K, Leung DYM, Sutherland ER, Dakhama A, Martin RJ, Gelfand EW, Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology, 1/1/2014
The lung microbiome A new frontier in pulmonary medicine: introduction and perspective
Martin R, Flores M, Kraft M, AnnalsATS, 1/1/2014
The arch conference declaration Helping to further the science of pragmatic research
Martin RJ, Chisholm AM, Price D, AnnalsATS, 1/1/2014
An index to objectively score supraglottic abnormalities in refractory asthma: Learning, validation, and significance
Good JT, Jr., Rollins DR, Curran-Everett D, Lommatzsch SE, Carolan BJ, Stubenrauch PC, Martin RJ, Chest, 1/1/2014
Effect of vitamin D3 on asthma treatment failures in adults with symptomatic asthma and lower vitamin D levels: the VIDA randomized clinical trial
Castro M, King TS, Kunselman SJ, Cabana MD, Denlinger L, Holguin F, Martin RJ, et al, JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, 1/1/2014
Increased frequency of dual-positive Th2/Th17 cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid characterizes a population of patients with severe asthma
Irvin C, Zafar I, Good J, Rollins D, Christianson C, Gorska MM, Martin RJ, Alam R, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters

Manual de Pruebas de Funcion Pulmonar - De la fisiolog�a a la practica
Chapter: Hallazgos en las enfermedades y situaciones mas comunes. Enfermedades de las vias aeeas
Martin RJ2009
Infection and Asthma. Lung Biology in Health and Disease
Informa, New York, NY2009
UpToDate
Chapter: Alternative medicine asthma
Martin RJEditors: Rose, BD.Waltham, MA2007
UpToDate
Chapter: Nocturnal asthma
Martin RJEditors: Rose, BD.Waltham, MA2007
Current Review of Asthma
Chapter: Bronchitis and Asthma
Page 81 - 90Langmack EL, Martin RJEditors: Kaliner MA.Current Medicine, Inc., Philadelphia, PA2003
The Merck Manual of Medical Information, Second Home Edition
Chapter: Asthma
Page 274 - 281Martin RJMerck Research Laboratories, Whitehouse Station, NJ2003
Small Airway Inflammation. Internal Medicine World Report
Martin RJMedical World Business Press2003
Respiratory Infections in Allergy and Asthma
Chapter: Chlamydia/Mycoplasma: Do They Chronically Infect and Contribute to Asthma Severity?
Page 619 - 643Sutherland ER, Martin RJEditors: Johnston SL, Papadopoulos NG.Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY2003
Chronotherapeutics
Chapter: Rhythms and Therapeutics of Asthma
Page 153 - 192Langmack EL, Martin RJEditors: Redfern P.Pharmaceutical Press, London, United Kingdom2003
The Merck Manual
Chapter: Asthma
Page 556 - 568Martin RJMerck Research Laboratories, Whitehorse Station, NJEdition 17th,2002
Inhaled Steroids in Asthma. Optimizing Effects in the Airways
Chapter: Evaluation and Comparison of Inhaled Steroids
Page 389 - 418Szefler SJ, Martin RJEditors: Schleimer RP, O�Byrne PM, Szefler SJ, Brattsand R.Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY2002
Asthma Critical Debates
Chapter: Is Infection Important in the Pathogenesis and Clinical Expression of Asthma?
Page 69 - 84Sutherland ER, Martin RJEditors: Johnston SL, Holgate ST.Blackwell Science, London, United Kingdom2002
Pulmonary/Respiratory Therapy Secrets
Chapter: Asthma
Page 96 - 101Vianna EO, Kraft M, Martin RJEditors: Parsons PE, Heffner JE.Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,2001
Severe Asthma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Management
Chapter: Nocturnal Asthma as a Component of Severe Asthma
Page 195 - 220Sutherland ER, Martin RJEditors: SJ Szefler, DYM Leung.Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY2001
Combination Therapy for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Volume 145 of Lung Biology in Health and Disease
Editors: Martin RJ, Kraft M.Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY2000
Imaging of Diffuse Lung Disease
Chapter: Imaging of Airway Disease
Page 171 - 197Newell Jr JD, Chan ED, Martin RJEditors: DA Lynch, JD Newell Jr., JS Lee.B.C. Decker Inc., London, United Kingdom2000
Combination Therapy for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter: COPD�Combination Therapy
Page 267 - 294Sutherland ER, Martin RJEditors: Martin RJ, Kraft M.Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY2000
Chronobiology International
Editors: Smolensky MH, Martin RJ (Guest eds.).1999
Emergency Asthma
Chapter: Nocturnal Asthma
Page 157 - 172Kraft M, Martin RJEditors: BE Brenner.Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY1999
Difficult Asthma
Chapter: Nocturnal Asthma: mechanistic and clinical implications
Page 205 - 223Martin RJEditors: ST Holgate, HA Boushey, LM Fabbri.Martin Dunitz, London, United Kingdom1999
Taking Your Medications: A Question of Timing
Evans RM, Cole H, Smolensky MH, Martin RJAmerican Medical Association1997
Cardiothoracic Interrelationships in Clinical Practice
Cosentino AM, Martin RJFutura Publishing Company1997
Asthma
Chapter: Nocturnal Asthma
Page 2005 - 2024Kraft M, Martin RJEditors: PJ Barnes, MM Grunstein, AR Leff, AJ Woolcock.Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, PA1997
Allergy
Chapter: Theophylline: Role of Importance in the Treatment of Asthma
Page 699 - 705Martin RJEditors: AP Kaplan.W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,1997
Lung Biology in Health and Disease
Chapter: Inflammatory Mechanisms in Nocturnal Asthma. In Inflammatory Mechanisms in Asthma
Page 845 - 860Georges GC, Martin RJMarcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY1997
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Other

Purdue Frederick Focus on Respiratory Disease
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