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Mercedes Martinez, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterology, New York, NY, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

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 70 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 43 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
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2003 - 2025
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2004 - 2024
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2023 - 2024
  • 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

  • A comparison of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis with and without associated inflammatory bowel disease: data from the Pediatric PSC consortium.
    Amanda Ricciuto, Binita M. Kamath, Wael El-Matary, Raghu Varier, Anastasia Konidari, Tamir Miloh, Eyal Shteyer, Oren Ledder, Reham Abdou, Bernadette Vitola, Matjaz Hom..., Annual Meeting North America Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2017
  • 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
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Lectures

  • Induction of tolerance for long-term liver allograft survival without immunosuppression in Cynomolgus Monkeys. 
    Madrid, Spain - 1/1/2018
  • Phenotypic and Clonal Analysis of Recipient B cells and Plasma Cells Entering Graft Mucosa Reveals an Association with Rejection and Evolution towards a Resident Memor... 
    Madrid, Spain - 1/1/2018
  • Clonal and Functional Analysis Reveals the Capacity of Allograft T cells to Join the Circulating Pool after Human Intestinal Transplantation. 
    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

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

Hospital Affiliations

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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