Mercedes Martinez, MD
Mercedes Martinez, MD
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Rated one of New York Magazine's Best Doctors

Mercedes Martinez, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology
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One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Rated one of New York Magazine's Best Doctors
Specialties
Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, more

Locations and Appointments


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ColumbiaDoctors - 25 Rockwood Place

25 Rockwood Place
Suite 330
Englewood, NJ 07631
US
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CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway
Suite Bhn 702
New York, NY 10032
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CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic

622 West 168th Street
Floor 14
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted

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  • AETNA
  • Affinity Health Plan
  • Amida Care
  • Capital District Physician Health Plan (CDPHP)
  • CIGNA
  • Consumer Health Network (CHN)
  • Emblem/GHI
  • Emblem/Hip
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
  • Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
  • Fidelis Care
  • Healthfirst
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Local 1199
  • Magnacare (National)
  • Medicare
  • Multiplan
  • MVP Health Care
  • Quality Health Management
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • VNSNY CHOICE
  • WellCare
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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About Mercedes Martinez, MD

Mercedes Martinez, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, the Medical Director of the Intestinal Transplant Program at the Center for Liver Disease and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, and the Medical Director, Pediatric Abdominal Organ Transplantation Transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian. She provides state-of-the-art care for children with a multitude of liver and intestinal issues, including children with liver and intestinal failure that require transplantation and for those with intestinal failure associated liver disease. Dr. Martinez is nationally and internationally recognized for her expertise in treating liver tumors and autoimmune liver disorders. Her research interests include liver biomarkers of operational tolerance and personalized immunosuppression, liver tumors in children, autoimmune liver diseases, metabolic disorders, nutritional deficiencies associated with liver diseases, and intestinal failure. In addition, she has been part of multi-center collaborative efforts to study the impact of autoimmune liver disorders in children and clinical trials of immunosuppression withdrawal.


Visit The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at columbiasurgery.org/liver


Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
  • Pediatrics
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Expertise

  • Autoimmune Hepatitis

  • Autoimmune Liver Disorder

  • Gastrointestinal Bleeding

  • Gastrointestinal ERCP

  • Gastrointestinal Tumors

  • Hepatic Disorders

  • Hepatitis

  • Hepatitis B

  • Hepatobiliary Pancreas Disease

  • Hepatology

  • Intestinal Atresia

  • Intestinal Transplant

  • Liver Disease In Children

  • Liver Transplantation

  • Liver Tumors

  • Pediatric Liver Cancer

  • Pediatric Liver Disease-Acute

  • Pediatric Liver Disease-Chronic

  • Short Bowel Syndrome

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Education

  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

  • Internship: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Bronx, NY

  • Medical School: Higher Institute of Medical Sciences, Santiago De Cuba

  • Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Bronx, NY

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Titles & Positions

  • Clinical Director, Human Studies Core, Columbia Center for Translation Immunology

  • Medical Director, Adult and Pediatric Intestinal/Multivisceral Transplant Program, Center for Liver Disease and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, NYP

  • Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at CUMC

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Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center

Education

  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Medical School: Higher Institute of Medical Sciences, Santiago De Cuba
  • Internship: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Bronx, NY
  • Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Bronx, NY

Awards & Honors

  • 2015-2016 Faculty Leadership Academy
  • 2016-2022 New York Magazine Best Doctors
  • 2018 Academy of Clinical Excellence?at Columbia University (ACE)
  • 2019-2022 Exceptioanl Women In Medicine

Titles & Positions

  • Clinical Director, Human Studies Core, Columbia Center for Translation Immunology
  • Medical Director, Adult and Pediatric Intestinal/Multivisceral Transplant Program, Center for Liver Disease and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, NYP
  • Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at CUMC

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
  • Pediatrics

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish