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Maylyn Martinez, MD MS

Maylyn Martinez, MD, MSc is a clinician-scientist in the section of Hospital Medicine. Her research focuses on understanding the clinical, demographic, and psychosocial variables that contribute to the risk for hospital-acquired disability (HAD) and functional decline. She uses this information to inform the development of tools (e.g., predictive algorithms, artificial intelligence/machine learning, clinical decision support) to triage hospitalized patients for rehabilitation with physical and occupational therapists for the treatment and prevention of HAD. Her related health disparities work centers on understanding differences by race and neighborhood-level social disadvantage in functional outcomes for hospitalized patients and in the utilization of acute and post-acute physical rehabilitation for HAD treatment and prevention.



As a clinician-scientist, Dr. Martinez has published numerous articles and lectured at national scientific meetings. Her work was selected for the Top 10 Articles in Hospital Medicine in 2022 by the Society for General internal Medicine. Other honors include the best clinical abstract at the 2020 Janet Rowley Department of Medicine Research Day, a fellowship with SGIM's Unified Leadership Training for Diversity Leadership Program, and being chosen to serve on numerous local and national committees and editorial boards.