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Gerard R. Martin, MD

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Center of Excellence
Senior Vice President , The Center for Heart, Lung and Kidney Disease

Departments
Cardiology

Programs
Outpatient Cardiology

Specialties: Congenital Heart Disease and Anomalies
Board CertificationsAmerican Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
National Provider Identifier1780778209
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Service LocationsChildren's National Medical Center - Sheikh Zayed Campus for Advanced Children's Medicine
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
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Phone: 202-476-5000

Children's Outpatient Center in Laurel
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13922 Baltimore Ave
Laurel Lakes Corporate Center
Laurel, MD 20707
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Phone: 240-568-7000 or 1-800-787-0006
Fax: 240-568-7010
TDD: 301-369-4132

Children's Outpatient Center of Montgomery County
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Shady Grove Medical Park
9850 Key West Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850
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Phone: 301-765-5400 or 800-787-0243
Fax: 301-765-5497
*Ambulatory Surgery Center 301-765-5500

Children's Outpatient Center in Annapolis
888 Bestgate Road
Suite 320
Annapolis, MD 21401
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Phone: 410-266-6582
Fax: 410-266-0943
Center Manager: Sheilah Pape

Children's Outpatient Center of Northern Virginia
3023 Hamaker Court
Suite 300, Third Floor
Fairfax, VA 22031
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Phone: 571-226-8380
1-800-787-0467
Fax: 571-226-8362
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Biography

Gerard Robert Martin, MD, is senior vice president of the Center for Heart, Lung and Kidney Disease and co-director of the at Children’s National Heart Institute. He earned his bachelor's degree in biology from Syracuse University in New York. He received his doctorate of medicine from SUNY-Upstate Medical Center, also in Syracuse, New York. Dr. Martin completed both his internship in pediatrics and his residency at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. After his residency, Martin was a research fellow in Pediatric Cardiology at the Cardiovascular Research Institute in San Francisco. Dr. Martin is a professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. Dr. Martin is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Cardiology, and a member of the Society for Pediatric Research and the American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young. Dr. Martin has more than 60 publications in the field of pediatric cardiology. He is an invited speaker nationally and internationally and is an acknowledged expert in the area of pediatric echocardiography and fetal cardiology.
Education
TypeSchoolLocationDegreeField of StudyYears
Undergraduate Education Syracuse University Bachelor of Science Biology 1974 -1977
Medical School SUNY Upstate Medical University Doctor of Medicine 1977 -1981

Training
TypeInstitutionLocationPositionSpecialtyYears
Internship Program Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RIIntern Pediatrics 1981 - 1982
Residency Program Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RIResident Pediatrics 1982 - 1984
Fellowship Program Univ of CA San Francisco School of Medicine San Francisco, CAFellow Pediatric Cardiology 1984 - 1986
National & International Recognitions
AwardInstitutionEventYear
Top DoctorsNorthern Virginia Magazine2013
Super DoctorsWashington Post Magazine2011
Physicians Laureate AwardLarry King Cardiac Foundation2005
Best Pediatric Cardiologists in America1996
Humanitarian AwardAmerican Heart Association Montgomery County ChapterHeart of Silver Gala1994
Best Doctors in America1992
Young Investigator AwardChildren's Hospital National Medical Center1988

Affiliations and Memberships
TitleInstitutionCommittee / SectionYears
MemberAmerican Board of Pediatrics2002 - 2009
Associate EditorPediatric Cardiology2001 - 2009
MemberThe Society for Pediatric Research1997 - 2009
FellowAmerican College of Cardiology1990 - 2009
MemberAmerican Heart Association1986
MemberMontgomery-Prince George's Pediatric Society1986
MemberAmerican Society of Echocardiography1986
MemberAmerican Pediatric Society2009
Board TrusteeAmerican College of Cardiology2009
Publications
Journal Article, Porcalla, A.R. , Sable, C.A., Patel,K.M., Martin, G.R., Singh N. (2005), The Epidemiology of Kawasaki Disease in an Urban Hospital: Does African American Race Protect against Coronary Artery Aneurysms, Pediatric Cardiology, 26, 775-781.

Journal Article, Di Russo, G.B., Martin, G.R. (2005), Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Cardiac Disease: No Longer a Mistaken Diagnosis, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual, 35-40.

Journal Article, Titone J, Cross R, Sileo M, Martin G (2004), Taking Family-Centered Care to a Higher Level on the Heart and Kidney Unit, Pediatric Nursing, 30, 495.

Journal Article, Pearson GD, Karr SS, Trachiotis GD, Sell JE, Martin GR (1997), A retrospective review of the role of transesophageal echocardiography in aortic and cardiac trauma in a level I pediatric trauma center, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 10, 946.

Journal Article, Karr SS, Martin GR (1994), A simplified method for calculating wall stress in infants and children, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 7, 646.

Journal Article, Martin GR, Seibel NL, Majd M (1994), Real-time, automated echocardiographic measures of ventricular area and area change: Comparison with radionuclide technique, Echocardiography, 11, 111.

Journal Article, Martin GR, Ongkingo JR, Turner ME, Skurow ES, Ruley E. (1993), r-Erythropoietin (Epogen) improves cardiac performance in children with end stage renal disease, Pediatric Nephrology, 7, 276.

Journal Article, Martin GR, Chauvin L, Short BL (1991), Effects of hydralazine on cardiac performance in infants on ECMO, Journal of Pediatrics, 118, 944.

Journal Article, Martin GR, Short BL, Abbott C, O'Brien AM (1990), Cardiac stun in infants undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, 101, 607.

Other, Martin GR, Ruckman RN (1990), Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, Fetal echocardiography: A large clinical experience with follow-up, 3, 4.


For a more comprehensive list of publications for Gerard Martin, MD view the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed online database



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