Ep 010 - Trauma/Surgical Critical Care with Dr. Matthew Martin

Colonel Matthew J. Martin, MD


Dr. Martin is currently the Trauma Medical Director and Chief of
Surgical Critical Care at Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base
Lewis-McChord in Washington State. He is also the Director of
Surgical Research and the former Associate Program Director for
the Madigan Army Medical Center General Surgery residency
program. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the
University of Washington School of Medicine, and Associate
Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University in
Bethesda, MD. He is the current Chair of the Army State, Region
13, for the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. He
has been deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and
twice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan,
service for which he received The Bronze Star as well as many
other military distinctions.


Dr. Martin completed his undergraduate degree in 1990; a master’s
degree in Medical Science in 1995, and his medical degree in 1998
all from Boston University. He completed residency training in
General Surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center in 2003, and a
fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care at Los Angeles
County Hospital and USC Medical Center in 2005.


Dr. Martin has had a prolific literary and research career in the
11 years since completing his formal training which includes
contributions to 100s of peer-reviewed publications, authorship
of 24 book chapters, and being co-author and editor of two books
(“First to Cut: Trauma Lessons Learned in the Combat Zone”; and
more recently “Front Line Surgery: A Practical Approach”)


Lastly, Dr. Martin is a co-host of the podcast Traumacast, a show
that discusses topics related to all things trauma surgery.


Please enjoy with Dr. Matthew Martin!