About Dr. Martin

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Current Positions

• Endometriosis Foundation of America, Scientific and Medical Director
• Virginia Commonwealth University, Otherwise Unaffiliated Community Member, Institutional Review Board
• University of Tennessee Health Science Center, School of Medicine, Professor Emeritus (website update in progress 9/17/2020)
• Baptist Memorial Health Care, Memphis, Emeritus Physician
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, FACOG, Life Fellow
• American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Technology Committee
• Journal of Gynecologic Surgery, Editorial Board
• F&S Reports, (Fertility & Sterility associated), Editorial Board
• Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academic Editor
• Journal of Clinical Medicine, Editorial Board

Past Positions

• University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1977-present)
  • Professor Emeritus, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Interim Director, Gynecologic Services
  • Divisional Director, Reproductive Endocrinology
  • Divisional Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
  • Faculty Senate
  • Institutional Review Board
• Clinical Private Practice, Memphis, Tennessee
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology (1979-1980)
  • Gynecology, Reproductive Surgery, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (1979-2006)
• Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes (1972-1977)
  • Divisional Director in Medical Education
  • Assistant Professor
  • Instructor
  • Fellow, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
  • Intern, Resident, Chief Resident, Gynecology and Obstetrics
• President of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
• President of the Gynecologic Surgery Society
• Charter Member of the Society of Reproductive Surgeons
• Member American National Standard Institute Committee on Lasers
• Board of the International Society of Gynecological Endoscopy
• Chairman, Maryland Junior Fellows American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Delegate to the Tennessee Medical Association
• Editor of the AAGL Manual of Endoscopy
• AAGL (formerly American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists), Chair, By-Laws Committee
• Director, fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (SRS & AAGL; Chair, Ethics Committee
• World Congress of Endometriosis, Co-Chair, Pelvic Pain and Pain Mechanisms, 2017

Honors

• Professor Emeritus, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, 2016
• Emeritus Physician, Baptist Memorial Health Care, Memphis, 2016
• Certificate of Achievement for Patient Experience of Care, Consumers’ Checkbook 2009
• Who's Who in Memphis Medicine 1984-2016
• Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO), Excellence in Teaching Award 2010 & 2015
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honorary Society 2011
• Endometriosis Association 1995, 2005
• Endometriosis Foundation of America 2013
• Shelby County Board of Commissioners' Commendation 2005
• Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy Society, Honorary Member 1993
• Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Honorary Member 1989
• The only private practioner of the original eight reproductive surgeons in Woodward and White’s "The Best Doctors in America" 1992
• U.S. News & World Report, Castle Connolly’s Top Docs 2011-2016
• American Fertility Society, Codman Surgical Awards for Medical Education Video 1982 & 1983
• Doctor's Doctor, Memphis Commercial Appeal 1993-2016
• Society of Reproductive Surgeons Awards, American Fertility Society 1986, 1988, & 1990
• American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists Video Awards 1991 & 1993
• New York Festivals: Television and Non-Broadcast Awards 1992
• Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, Best of Laparoscopy Update 2007
• Sigma Pi Sigma Associate (Physics) 1967
• Picker Foundation Fellow, Radiation Physics 1969
• Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care 1997-2016
• Who's Who in America 1998-2016

Education

• Central Gwinnett High School, Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1960-1961
• Georgia Military Academy (Woodward Academy), College Park, Georgia, 1961-1964
• Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
  • BS (Physics), 1968
  • MD, 1972
• Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Internship in Gynecology and Obstetrics 1972-73
  • Residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics 1973-76
  • Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology 1976-77 with Drs. Howard and Georgeanna Jones and Dr. Anne Wentz
• Microsurgery Techniques - Dr. Brian Cohen 1977 to 1979
• Microsurgery Techniques - Dr. Victor Gomel 1980

Microsurgery & Minimally Invasive Educator

• Tubal Ligation Reversals 1974 - 2016
• Operative Laparoscopy 1981 - 2016
• Department of Ob/Gyn, University of Tennessee Health Science Center 1977- 2016
• Microsurgery, Laparoscopy, and Laser Labs
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center 1981 - 1993
  • University of California, Irving 1984 - 1989
  • AAGL / Presbyterian Hospital / University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas 1984 -1989

Editorial Boards and Reviewer

• Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
• Journal of Gynecologic Surgery
• Fertility and Sterility
• American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Endometriosis Zone

Recognition

• Axel Munthe Award Presenter
• Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy Society
• Japanese Endometriosis Society
• Argentina Endoscopy Society
• International Society of Gynecological Endoscopy
• International Educator
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • China
  • Dominican Republic
  • England
  • Iceland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Mexico
  • New Zealand
  • Republic of South Africa
  • Russia
  • Singapore
  • Switzerland
  • West Germany
  • Zimbabwe

Performed Surgery in International Education

• Australia
• Israel
• Italy
• Republic of South Africa
• Russia
• New Zealand

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Updated September 9, 2021

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