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Anthony D. Martinez
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Liver disease, including all forms of hepatitis, fatty liver disease; how HIV/AIDS impacts the liver; pregnancy and hepatitis C virus; treating liver disease in people with substance use disorder
Anthony D. Martinez is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in viral hepatitis, metabolic liver disease, also known as fatty liver disease, addiction medicine, and HIV care. He can talk to media about hepatitis C virus and other liver conditions and the importance of screening among different populations including pregnant women. He can discuss the importance of the connection between liver disease and addiction disorders and how his clinic La Bodega works to treat both simultaneously. The clinic had been cited by the White House as a model for national hepatitis C virus elimination.
Martinez is also an expert in diagnosing and treating fatty liver disease, also called Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH), which has been rapidly increasing especially among younger patients and how early screening should be more widely adopted. He can also talk about how patients of Hispanic, Latino and Chicano descent may have genetic mutations that put them at much higher risk for fatty liver disease.
He has been recognized by national and international organizations, such as the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination.
He is a physician with UBMD Internal Medicine.
LANGUAGES:
Martinez can respond to interview requests in English and Spanish.
CONTACT:
Anthony D. Martinez, MD
Clinical associate professor of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
- Email: adm35@buffalo.edu
- Contact: Martinez can also be reached through Ellen Goldbaum in University Communications at 716-645-4605 or goldbaum@buffalo.edu, or Douglas Sitler in University Communications at 716-645-9069 or drsitler@buffalo.edu.
- Anthony D. Martinez's website