Fernando J. Martinez

Dr. Fernando J. Matinez is the Chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine of the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He was a Professor of Internal Medicine and Associate Chief for Clinical Research in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as well as medical director of its Pulmonary Diagnostic Services and co-medical director of the Lung Transplantation Program previously. Professor Martinez's main research interests include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease, lung transplantation, and lung volume reduction. Dr. Martinez is currently a member of the American Thoracic Society, the GOLD Science Committee and sits on several editorial boards, including for Journal of COPD, where he serves as deputy editor and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. He is the former chair of the Clinical Problems Assembly of the American Thoracic Society and he was on the committee that generated guidelines for the management of COPD, respiratory infections, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. He continues to be a member of the European Respiratory Society, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Fleischner Society. After graduating from the University of Florida School of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida, Dr. Martinez completed a residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at the Boston University Pulmonary Center. He received a master's in biostatistics and clinical study design from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.