Fernando Martinez, MDEnriched profile
Professor of Medicine; Academic Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine; Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research, Department of Medicine; Joseph D. Early Chair in Biomedical Research · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Fernando Martinez, MD, is Professor of Medicine at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. The public record shows 1,314 publications with 141,679 citations (h-index 157), centered on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, COPD, Asthma. It also documents an investigator role on 34 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 16 companies, 3 NIH-funded awards (2024–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Research square
- Top research focus: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- 34 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 16 companies
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Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 34 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Metformin to Attenuate Progressive Respiratory Decline in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester
InvestigatorPhase 3Not, yet, recruitingNCT07520110 - Clinical Trial of Omalizumab for Allergen Sensitized and Exposed Individuals With COPD
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
InvestigatorPhase 2RecruitingNCT07059091 - PRospective phenotypIng and Multi-omic Endotyping of Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis
Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester
InvestigatorRecruitingNCT06855329
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
16 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbHProgram year20258 payments$15,645openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- AstraZeneca UK LimitedProgram year20258 payments
- Chiesi USA, Inc.Program year20252 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
3 NIH research awards on record, funded 2024–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Early Origins of Chronic Lung Disease: From Birth to Age 45 Years
University of Arizona
FY2025$1,774,009R01HL132523 - Phase 1 study of oral epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in IPF patients
Univ of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester
FY2025$1,763,207R33HL158540 - 1/2: AZithromycin Therapy in Preschoolers with a Severe Wheezing Episode Diagnosed at the Emergency Department (AZ-SWED)
University of Arizona
FY2025$1,618,435UH3HL147016
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Characteristics Associated with Lung Function Trajectories: An Analysis of the SPIROMICS Cohort.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
2025 - Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Statement.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
2025 - Practical strategies for achieving system change in the US: lessons and insights from the CONQUEST quality improvement programme.
Primary health care research & development
2025
Contact
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Office address
55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
- MD
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
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Interdisciplinary Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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Biostatistics & Clinical Study, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
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Pulmonary Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine)
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Editor-in-Chief
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM, the "Blue Journal")
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Program Committee, ATS Assembly on Clinical Problems (American Thoracic Society)
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine (following his July 2024 move to UMass Chan; previously held Executive Vice Chair of Medicine and Division Chief …
2024provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →directory.weill.cornell.edu ↗ - 24-year prior faculty tenure at University of Michigan Hospital (Professor)
through 2014 -- no evidence of a current/active affiliation found
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Recurring expert-panel contributor on HCPLive covering COPD treatment landscape
comorbidities, and the BOREAS/dupilumab trial
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"Conversations in Pulmonology: 2024" virtual broadcast (Association of Pulmonary Advanced Practice Providers), with Corinne R. Young
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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