Michael Martin • UCSF Profiles

Education and Training

Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL	BS	1977	Biology
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL	MD	1981	Medicine
Yale University, New Haven, CT	Residency	1984	Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA	Fellowship	1987	Clinical Epidemiology
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA	Residency	1987	Preventive Medicine
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA	MPH	1987	Epidemiology
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA	MBA	1987	Management

Awards and Honors

Loyola University of Chicago	1976 -	1977	President, Blue Key National Honor Society
Loyola University of Chicago	1977		Tri Beta Biologic Honor Society
University of Chicago	1981		Frank McLean Research Award
University of Chicago	1981		Upjohn Achievement Award
Dept. of Health and Human Services	1985		Secretary's Award for Innovation in Health
University of California, Berkeley	1987		Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society

Overview

Dr. Martin has been involved in a variety of research projects with a focus on preventive medicine issues. These research projects include the relationship of cholesterol levels to heart disease, the effects of passive smoking on heart disease, the cost of firearm injuries, sunlight’s aging effects on the skin, and the excessive use of antibiotics in animal agriculture.

Dr. Martin teaches at UCSF and, for more than 30 years, he saw patients in the General Medicine Clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, an affiliate of UCSF.

He serves on the national board of directors and is the Treasurer of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). He also serves on the board of directors for the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of PSR.

Dr. Martin is the Founder & President of Physicians Against Red Meat (PhARM), a nonprofit group seeking to improve individual health and the health of our planet by reducing red meat consumption.

Interests

Preventive Medicine, Nuclear Disarmament, Climate Change, Diet and Health

In The News

Is the Pandemic Calling for a Change in Meat Production and Consumption? (06/01/2020)

Featured Publications

Academic Senate

Publications

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Program and Abstracts: 1985 American Public Health Association Meetings. The San Francisco ordinance regulating smoking in the workplace: the first ten months. 1985; 168. Martin, M.J. and Silverman, M.F.
Institute for Health Policy Studies Discussion Paper Series. The epidemiology of firearm deaths in the United States. 1985. Martin, M.J.
Institute for Health Policy Studies Discussion Paper Series. The need for a fact book on legislation regulating smoking in the workplace. 1985. Martin, M.J.
Absence of exercise-induced hypoglycemia in Type I diabetic patients during maintenance of normoglycemia by short-term, open-loop insulin infusion. Diabetologica. 1982; 23:337-342. Martin, M.J., Robbins, D.C., Bergenstal, R., LaGrange, B. and Rubenstein, A.H.
Effect of mild hyperinsulinemia on the metabolic response to exercise. Metabolism. 1981; 30:688-94. Martin, M.J., Horowitz, D.L., Nattrass, M., Granger, J.F., Rochman, H., and Ash, S.
The Effect of Hyperinsulinemia on the Hormonal and Metabolic Adaptation to Exercise. Endocrine Society Abstracts. 1979; 176. Martin, M.J., Horwitz, D.L., Nattrass, M., Granger, J. and Rochman, H.
Plasma glucose and free insulin response to a meal using combined preprogrammed and feedback-controlled insulin administration. Workshop on Artificial Beta Cell in Diabetes Research and Management. Satellite Symposium to Tenth IDF Congress. 1979; 50. Horwitz, D.L., Granger, J.F., Nattrass, M. and Martin, M.J. Abstracts: .
Rise in plasma glucose with exercise during maintenance of strict normoglycemia in diabetics. Diabetes, Supplement 2. 1979; (29):72A. Martin, M.J., Bergenstal, R., La Grange, B., Blix, P. and Robbins, D.
Metabolic and hormonal response to moderate exercise during maintenance of strict normoglycemia with constant insulin infusion. Medicine on the Midway. 1979; (26):33. Martin, M.J.
A facile synthesis of the sex pheromone of the red bollworm moth from 10-undecen-1-01. Journal of Organic Chemistry. 1977; (42):1799-1800. Babler, J. and Martin, M.J.

Michael Martin, MD