Marlene Martin, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
Marlene Martin, MD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF and a hospitalist at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). Drawn to medicine to address health inequities and social injustices, her interests lie in systems improvement and innovation with a focus on addiction, community partnerships, Latine health, and care transitions.
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Marlene's bilingual and bicultural Mexican immigrant background drew her to work in the safety net. She was born and raised in Los Angeles and is a first-generation college graduate. Marlene attended college and medical school at Stanford, was a NIH Fogarty Scholar in Peru, and completed internal medicine residency at UCSF.
She worked at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center for two years where she led inpatient addiction work before joining the UCSF at SFGH hospitalist division. At SFGH she is a former member of the Health Equity Council and co-chair of the Care Transitions Task Force. She was a coach for students between 2019-2023 in the UCSF San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education (PRIME) and is dedicated to diversifying the healthcare workforce.
Through the UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence (LCOE), Marlene led the implementation of a Latine COVID-19 Enhanced Case Investigation and Contact Tracing in partnership with Latine promotores between 2020-2021 and served as a technical assistant in the community health worker academy from 2021-2022. Through her role as the Director of Addiction Initiatives for the UCSF LCOE she aims to improve the health of Latine individuals in San Francisco with unhealthy substance use and develop novel care models that can be implemented in other settings. With California Health Care Foundation funding, she is co-leading the Program for Education in Drugs and Alcohol for Latine (PEDAL), a Spanish-language curriculum. In partnership with UCSF, the National Harm Reduction Coalition, and 4 Latine CBOs in San Francisco, she co-developed, implemented, and evaluated PEDAL which trained 20 promotores (community health workers) to communicate about substance use, recognize unhealthy use, and link community members to services to both prevent and treat addiction.
Marlene is board certified in internal medicine and addiction medicine and founded and directs the nationally recognized Addiction Care Team (ACT) since 2019. ACT is an interprofessional consult service that provides compassionate care focused on compassionate evidence-based treatment, harm reduction, and linkage to care for patients with substance use disorders. Through this, she has worked with hospital and community partners to address stigma through campus substance use policies, harm reduction efforts, clinician and nursing education (ACT Nurse Liaison Program), and an anti-stigma campaign.
Awards
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- Council of Master Clinicians, UCSF, 2024
- Clinical Innovator Award, UCSF Department of Medicine, 2022
- COVID-19 Heroes Award, California Senate District 11, 2021
- Social Justice Award, UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine, 2021
- Fellow, California Health Care Foundation, 2020-2022
- Top 40 under 40 Leaders in Minority Health, National Minority Quality Forum, 2020
- John A. Watson Scholar, University of California, San Francisco, 2019-2022
- Young Physician of the Year, National Hispanic Medical Association, 2019
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training UCSF 2018
- Residency Internal Medicine UCSF 2015
- MD School of Medicine Stanford University 2012
- BA, Honors Human Biology Stanford University 2006
Interests
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- systems improvement in the safety net
- community partnerships
- addiction medicine
- workforce diversity
- advocacy
- disparities among immigrants and LEP
- care transitions
- STEM mentoring
- leadership
Websites
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- Addiction Care Team (act.ucsf.edu)
Publications (39)
Top publication keywords:
Substance-Related DisordersBehavior, AddictiveCentral Nervous System StimulantsAcute PainUndocumented ImmigrantsSafety-net ProvidersMicroscopic PolyangiitisHospitalsThiamine DeficiencyOpioid-Related DisordersAddiction MedicineAnalgesics, OpioidBuprenorphineSubstance Withdrawal SyndromePatient Transfer
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Hospital-Based Medical-Legal Partnerships for Complex Care Patients: Intersectionality and Ethics Considerations.
The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2024 Garg M, Oliva J, Lu A, Martin M, Hooper S -
Linking Hospitalized Patients With Opioid Use Disorder to Treatment-The Importance of Care Transitions.
JAMA network open 2024 Martin M, Krawczyk N -
Patient and Staff Perspectives on the Impacts and Challenges of Hospital-Based Harm Reduction.
JAMA network open 2024 Fraimow-Wong L, Martín M, Thomas L, Giuliano R, Nguyen OK, Knight K, Suen LW -
The IMPACT (Infection Management Plus Addiction Care Together) Pilot: A Case Series of Combined Contingency Management for Substance Use Disorders and Antibiotic Adherence in the Hospital Setting.
Journal of addiction medicine 2023 Appa A, Baral S, Stein B, Knight K, Gandhi M, Coffin P, Martin M -
A Review of Community Health Worker Interventions for Latinx/o/a Individuals With Unhealthy Alcohol Use.
Journal of addiction medicine 2023 Carson M, Fernandez A, Martin M
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Policy in clinical practice: Elimination of the buprenorphine "X-waiver".
Journal of hospital medicine 2023 Haber LA, Nguyen OK, Taub J, Martin M -
Things We Do for No Reason™: Avoiding methadone for opioid withdrawal.
Journal of hospital medicine 2023 Martin M, Englander H, Calcaterra SL -
Predictors of Linkage to an Opioid Treatment Program and Methadone Treatment Retention following Hospital Discharge in a Safety-Net Setting.
Substance use & misuse 2023 Tierney HR, Takimoto SW, Azari S, Steiger S, Martin M -
Identifying Barriers to OUD Treatment Linkage From the Emergency Department to the Community.
JAMA network open 2023 Calcaterra SL, Martin M, Englander H -
Extended-release naltrexone for people with alcohol use disorder on therapeutic anticoagulation: A case series.
Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics 2022 Ciraldo K, Seraydarian M, Gasper J, DeFries T, Martin M -
A Mixed-methods Evaluation of an Addiction/Cardiology Pilot Clinic With Contingency Management for Patients With Stimulant-associated Cardiomyopathy.
Journal of addiction medicine 2022 Leyde S, Abbs E, Suen LW, Martin M, Mitchell A, Davis J, Azari S -
In-hospital Substance Use Policies: An Opportunity to Advance Equity, Reduce Stigma, and Offer Evidence-based Addiction Care.
Journal of addiction medicine 2022 Martin M, Snyder HR, Otway G, Holpit L, Day LW, Seidman D -
Management of opioid use disorder and associated conditions among hospitalized adults: A Consensus Statement from the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Journal of hospital medicine 2022 Calcaterra SL, Martin M, Bottner R, Englander H, Weinstein Z, Weimer MB, Lambert E, Herzig SJ -
Management of opioid use disorder, opioid withdrawal, and opioid overdose prevention in hospitalized adults: A systematic review of existing guidelines.
Journal of hospital medicine 2022 Calcaterra SL, Bottner R, Martin M, Englander H, Weinstein ZM, Weimer MB, Lambert E, Ronan MV, Huerta S, Zaman T, Ullal M, Peterkin AF, Torres-Lockhart K, Buresh M, O'Brien MT, Snyder H, Herzig SJ -
Meeting people where they are: implementing hospital-based substance use harm reduction.
Harm reduction journal 2022 Perera R, Stephan L, Appa A, Giuliano R, Hoffman R, Lum P, Martin M -
Immigration status matters: the intersectional risk of immigration vulnerability and substance use disorder.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2022 DeFries T, Kelley J, Martin M, Kimball SL -
Lack of Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Addiction Physicians.
Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Garcia ME, Coffman J, Jordan A, Martin M -
Comparative 1-Year Outcomes of Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among Persons With and Without Drug Use: An Observational Cohort Study.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 Appa A, Adamo M, Le S, Davis J, Winston L, Doernberg SB, Chambers H, Martin M, Hills NK, Coffin PO, Jain V -
Prevalence and Characteristics of Hospitalizations with Unhealthy Alcohol Use in a Safety-Net Hospital from 2016 to 2018.
Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Martin M, Clement J, Defries T, Makam AN, Nguyen OK -
Beyond a purple journal: Improving hospital-based addiction care.
Journal of hospital medicine 2022 Martin M -
Things We Do for No Reason™: Prescribing Thiamine, Folate and Multivitamins on Discharge for Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder.
Journal of hospital medicine 2021 DeFries T, Leyde S, Haber LA, Martin M -
Don't "Waive" Goodbye to Education for Opioid Use Disorder.
NAM perspectives 2021 Bottner R, Bratberg J, Martin M, Weimer MB, Jordan A, Tierney M -
National Prevalence of Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders Among Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations: NHAMCS 2014-2018.
Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Suen LW, Makam AN, Snyder HR, Repplinger D, Kushel MB, Martin M, Nguyen OK -
Patient-Directed Discharges Among Persons Who Use Drugs Hospitalized with Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Opportunities for Improvement.
The American journal of medicine 2021 Appa A, Adamo M, Le S, Davis J, Winston L, Doernberg SB, Chambers H, Martin M, Hills NK, Coffin P, Jain V -
Experiences of Latinx Individuals Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.
JAMA network open 2021 Cervantes L, Martin M, Frank MG, Farfan JF, Kearns M, Rubio LA, Tong A, Matus Gonzalez A, Camacho C, Collings A, Mundo W, Powe NR, Fernandez A -
Dismantling racism against Black, Indigenous, and people of color across the substance use continuum: A position statement of the association for multidisciplinary education and research in substance use and addiction.
Substance abuse 2021 Hagle HN, Martin M, Winograd R, Merlin J, Finnell DS, Bratberg JP, Gordon AJ, Johnson C, Levy S, MacLane-Baeder D, Northup R, Weinstein Z, Lum PJ -
Time to ACT: launching an Addiction Care Team (ACT) in an urban safety-net health system.
BMJ open quality 2021 Martin M, Snyder HR, Coffa D, Steiger S, Clement JP, Ranji SR, Azari S, Nguyen OK, Lum PJ -
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Demonstrate Clear Benefit for Patients With Invasive Infections.
Journal of addiction medicine 2020 Marks LR, Liang SY, Durkin MJ, Martin M, White KD, See I -
Converging Crises: Caring for Hospitalized Adults With Substance Use Disorder in the Time of COVID-19.
Journal of hospital medicine 2020 Englander H, Salisbury-Afshar E, Gregg J, Martin M, Snyder H, Weinstein Z, King C -
A Call to Action: Hospitalists' Role in Addressing Substance Use Disorder.
Journal of hospital medicine 2019 Englander H, Priest KC, Snyder H, Martin M, Calcaterra S, Gregg J -
Things We Do for No Reason™: Discontinuing Buprenorphine When Treating Acute Pain.
Journal of hospital medicine 2019 Haber LA, DeFries T, Martin M -
Providing Comprehensive Health Care for Undocumented People in the United States.
JAMA internal medicine 2019 Martin M -
Crossing Borders.
The New England journal of medicine 2018 Martin M -
Prevalence and impact of asthma among school-aged students in Lima, Peru.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2017 Martin M, Sauer T, Alarcon JA, Vinoles J, Walter EC, Ton TG, Zunt J -
Diagnostic Scheming.
Journal of general internal medicine 2015 Martin M, Sedighi Manesh R, Henderson MC, Critchfield JM -
Transgenerational tobacco smoke exposure and childhood cancer: an observational study.
Journal of paediatrics and child health 2010 Ortega-García JA, Martin M, López-Fernández MT, Fuster-Soler JL, Donat-Colomer J, López-Ibor B, Claudio L, Ferrís-Tortajada J -
Household exposure to pesticides and bladder exstrophy in a newborn baby boy: a case report and review of the literature.
Journal of medical case reports 2009 Martin M, Rodriguez K, Sánchez-Sauco M, Zambudio-Carmona G, Ortega-García JA -
Estimated intake levels of methylmercury in children, childbearing age and pregnant women in a Mediterranean region, Murcia, Spain.
European journal of pediatrics 2008 Ortega-García JA, Rodriguez K, Calatayud M, Martin M, Vélez D, Devesa V, Sánchez-Alarcon MC, Torres Cantero AM, Galindo-Cascales C, Gil-Vázquez JM, Sánchez-Sauco MF, Sánchez-Solís M, Alfonso-Marsilla … -
Ethnic differences in the relationship between adiponectin and insulin sensitivity in South Asian and Caucasian women.
Diabetes care 2008 Martin M, Palaniappan LP, Kwan AC, Reaven GM, Reaven PD