CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
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New York, NY 10032
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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 i...
Board Certifications
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
- Pediatrics
Expertise
- Abdominal Organ Transplantation
- Acute Liver Failure
- Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Autoimmune Liver Disorder
- Biliary Atresia
- Cholangitis
- Cholestatic Liver Disease
- Clinical Research
- Colonoscopy
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Disorder of Liver
- Endoscopic Feeding Tube Placement
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Endoscopy
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Failure to Thrive
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Gastrointestinal Tumors
- Gastrostomy Tube Placement
- Hepatitis
- Hepatobiliary Diseases
- Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Hepatoblastoma
- Hepatology
- Inborn Error of Metabolism
- Intestinal Atresia
- Intestinal Failure
- Intestinal Transplant
- Jaundice
- Liver Disease In Children
- Liver Fibrosis
- Liver Surgery
- Liver Tumors
- Living Donor Transplantation
- Metabolic and Fatty Liver Disease
- Metabolism
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Pediatric Liver Cancer
- Pediatric Liver Disease-Acute
- Pediatric Liver Disease-Chronic
- Pediatric Liver Transplant
- Pediatric Short Bowel Syndrome
- Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tube Inser
- Portal Hypertension
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Sclerotherapy
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Upper Endoscopy
- Weight Management
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
Languages
- Spanish
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
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
- 2016-2022 New York Magazine Best Doctors
- 2018 Academy of Clinical Excellence at Columbia University (ACE)
- 2015-2016 Faculty Leadership Academy
- 2019-2022 Exceptional 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
NYP Articles & Features
NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia Team Performs Rare Six-Organ Multivisceral Transplant to Treat Portomesenteric Venous Thrombosis
Advances•March 16, 2026Expanding Lifesaving Pediatric Liver Transplant Care from New York to Santo Domingo
Health Matters•October 11, 2024Unbreakable Bond: A Twin Donates a Part of His Liver to His Brother
Health Matters•April 10, 2024Inside the Successful Separation Surgery of Conjoined Twins: "We Are So Grateful!"
Health Matters•November 23, 2021An Amazing Comeback From COVID: Dr. Tomoaki Kato’s Story
Health Matters•November 08, 2021