Dr. Ashley Martinez

Biography

Ashley Martinez is a board-certified, fellowship-trained nephrologist specializing in kidney transplant recipients at the Kidney Pancreas Transplant Program at Stanford Health Care. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her clinical focus includes pre-transplant evaluation, immunosuppression, and the prevention and treatment of post-transplant complications. Dr. Martinez emphasizes clear and personalized communication to enhance patient care. After earning her medical degree from Harvard Medical School, she completed her residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and a clinical research fellowship in nephrology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she also earned her master's degree in clinical research. Her research interests address the challenges faced by patients with language barriers, aiming to improve provider-patient communication and education for patients with limited English proficiency. Dr. Martinez's findings have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as JAMA Network Open and Kidney360, and she has presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings. She is a member of the American Society of Nephrology, the American Society of Transplantation, and the National Kidney Foundation.

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