Kathryn A. Martin, M.D.

Education

B.A. - Dartmouth College

M.D. - Dartmouth Medical School

Residency - Internal Medicine, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, GA

Fellowship - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Board Certification

Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Current Positions

Assistant Professor in Medicine Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Co-director, Reproductive Endocrine Associates, Reproductive Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Senior Deputy Editor, Endocrinology and Diabetes, UpToDate

Dr. Martin has active teaching and clinical roles in the Reproductive Endocrine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her main clinical interest is in the area of menopause and hormone replacement therapy. Dr. Martin has lectured extensively at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and at national and international meetings and postgraduate courses on this topic.

She is also the Senior Deputy Editor of Endocrinology and Diabetes UpToDate, an official educational program of the Endocrine Society as well as many other professional societies (www.uptodate.com).

Committees

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Endocrinology

Chair, Special Programs Committee, Endocrine Society

Clinical Guidelines Committee, Endocrine Society

Memberships

Endocrine Society

Women in Endocrinology

Recent publications

Turgeon, JL, McDonnell, DP, Martin, KA, Wise, PM. Hormone therapy: physiological complexity belies therapeutic simplicity. Science 2004; 304:1269.

Joffe H, Hall JE, Gruber S, Sarmiento IA, Cohen LS, Yurgelun-Todd D, Martin, KA. Estrogen therapy selectively enhances prefrontal cognitive processes: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with functional magnetic resonance imaging in perimenopausal and recently postmenopausal women. Menopause. 2006;13:411-22.

Kathryn A. Martin, R. Jeffrey Chang, David A. Ehrmann, Lourdes Ibanez, Rogerio A. Lobo, Robert L. Rosenfield, Jerry Shapiro, Victor M. Montori, and Brian A. Swiglo. Evaluation and Treatment of Hirsutism in Premenopausal Women: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline
J Clin Endocrinol Metab published February 5, 2008 as doi:10.1210/jc.2007-2437