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Maylyn Martinez

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentMedicine-Hospital Medicine
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    Maylyn Martinez, MD, MSc is a clinician-scientist in the section of Hospital Medicine. Her research focuses on understanding the clinical, demographic, and psychosocial variables that contribute to the risk for hospital-acquired disability (HAD) and functional decline. She uses this information to inform the development of tools (e.g., predictive algorithms, artificial intelligence/machine learning, clinical decision support) to triage hospitalized patients for rehabilitation with physical and occupational therapists for the treatment and prevention of HAD. Her related health disparities work centers on understanding differences by race and neighborhood-level social disadvantage in functional outcomes for hospitalized patients and in the utilization of acute and post-acute physical rehabilitation for HAD treatment and prevention.

    As a clinician-scientist, Dr. Martinez has published numerous articles and lectured at national scientific meetings. Her work was selected for the Top 10 Articles in Hospital Medicine in 2022 by the Society for General internal Medicine. Other honors include the best clinical abstract at the 2020 Janet Rowley Department of Medicine Research Day, a fellowship with SGIM's Unified Leadership Training for Diversity Leadership Program, and being chosen to serve on numerous local and national committees and editorial boards.
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    Northwestern University, Chicago, ILM.D.05/2015
    University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA06/2018Internal Medicine
    University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA06/2019Chief Residency
    University of Chicago, Chicago, ILMScP06/2022

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    K23MD019072     (MARTINEZ, MAYLYN)Sep 24, 2023 - Apr 30, 2028
    NIH
    Racial Differences in Hospital-Associated Disability and Acute and Post-Acute Care Physical Therapy Utilization
    Role: Principal Investigator
    KL2TR002387-05     (Maylyn Martinez)Aug 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2024
    NIH/NCATS
    Racial differences in hospital-associated disability and inpatient and post-acute care physical therapy utilization
    Role: PI
    P30AG06661902     (Maylyn Martinez)Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2023
    NIH/NIA
    Hospital-Associated Disability and Barriers to Mobilization in Elderly Patients Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Role: PI
    TL1TR002388     (David Meltzer)Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2021
    NIH/NCATS
    Reducing Physical Therapy Consults for Patients with High Functional Mobility in the Acute Medical Inpatient Setting: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis
    Role: postdoctoral fellow

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    1. Rubin DS, Baccile R, Trachtman A, Merkow RP, Martinez M. Activity Measure for Postacute Care to Predict Discharge Destination After Surgery. World J Surg. 2025 Dec 17. PMID: 41407445.
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    2. Martinez M, Baccile R, Johnson J, Falvey J, Peek ME, Arora V, Meltzer D. Disparities in Physical Function and Rehabilitation Utilization: A Cross-sectional Study of Patients Hospitalized for Acute Medical Illness. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Sep 18. PMID: 40968303.
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    3. Ramos BA, Ram K, Martinez M, Sunderrajan A, Sindorf J, O'Brien MK, Prokup S, Siddiqui S, Morris LL, Knutson KL, Mokhlesi B, Prabhakaran S, Wolfe LF, Zee PC, Jayaraman A, Arora VM. Adapting and implementing a staff-led sleep intervention in an acute rehabilitation setting. Clin Rehabil. 2025 Nov; 39(11):1492-1503. PMID: 40924822.
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    4. Martinez M, Parker WF. Ethical allocation of physical and occupational therapy in acute care. J Hosp Med. 2025 Dec; 20(12):1355-1358. PMID: 40551291; PMCID: PMC12666999.
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    5. Press VG, Harrison JD, Dugani SB, Golden BP, Caravelli N, Jackson-Sagredo A, Vaughn VM, McWilliams A, Pavon JM, Jenkins AM, Sumarsono A, Martinez M, Prochaska M, Mueller SK. Research priorities for adult hospital medicine: A survey of US hospital medicine leaders. J Hosp Med. 2025 Nov; 20(11):1206-1211. PMID: 40254902; PMCID: PMC12353494.
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    6. Murphy CJ, Narala V, Katiki A, Martinez MS, Cerasale MT, Nguyen KT. Bundled de-implementation of recurring hospital orders with a novel electronic medical record order set. BMJ Open Qual. 2024 Dec 18; 13(4). PMID: 39694663; PMCID: PMC11667337.
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    7. Martinez M, Arora V, Gonzalez CM, Dzeng E, Williams JS. Doubling Down on Diversity: Enhancing the Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Academic Physicians in a Post-affirmative Action Era. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jul; 39(9):1541-1543. PMID: 38564161; PMCID: PMC11255135.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Murphy CJ, Williams AE, Martinez MS. Lung Nodules in a 24-Year-Old Male with Crohn's Disease. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 11; 38(15):3434-3435. PMID: 37698725; PMCID: PMC10682420.
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    9. Martinez M, Cerasale M, Johnson JK, Dugan C, Robinson M, Schram A, Greysen SR, Meltzer D, Arora VM, Baig M, Brown A, Baccile R. Reducing Physical Therapy Consults for Patients With High Functional Mobility in the Acute Medical Inpatient Setting: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 01; 105(1):125-130. PMID: 37669704; PMCID: PMC10840724.
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    10. Johnson JK, Young DL, Guo N, Tereshchenko LG, Martinez M, Hohman JA, Rothberg MB. Physical therapy provision for patients with pneumonia in US hospitals. J Hosp Med. 2023 Sep; 18(9):787-794. PMID: 37602532.
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    11. Young DL, Johnson JK, Guo N, Tereshchenko LG, Martinez M, Rothberg MB. Association between physical therapy frequency and postacute care for a national cohort of patients hospitalized with pneumonia. J Hosp Med. 2023 Sep; 18(9):803-811. PMID: 37545436.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Martinez M, Falvey JR, Cifu A. Deconditioned, disabled, or debilitated? Formalizing management of functional mobility impairments in the medical inpatient setting. J Hosp Med. 2022 10; 17(10):843-846. PMID: 35818341; PMCID: PMC9796863.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Martinez M, Stewart NH, Koza AL, Dhaon S, Shoushtari C, Arora VM. The Effect of Redeployment During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Development of Anxiety, Depression, and Insomnia in Healthcare Workers. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 03; 37(4):1003-1005. PMID: 34981365; PMCID: PMC8722745.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    14. Martinez M, Cerasale M, Baig M, Dugan C, Robinson M, Sweis M, Prochaska M, Schram A, Meltzer D, Arora VM. Defining Potential Overutilization of Physical Therapy Consults on Hospital Medicine Services. J Hosp Med. 2021 Aug 18. PMID: 34424191.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    
    15. Stewart NH, Koza A, Dhaon S, Shoushtari C, Martinez M, Arora VM. Sleep Disturbances in Frontline Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Media Survey Study. J Med Internet Res. 2021 05 19; 23(5):e27331. PMID: 33875414; PMCID: PMC8136405.
      Citations: 38     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    16. Martinez MS, Robinson MR, Arora VM. Rethinking Hospital-Associated Disability for Patients With COVID-19. J Hosp Med. 2020 12; 15(12):757-759. PMID: 33231543; PMCID: PMC8034676.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Dalva-Aydemir S, Bajpai R, Martinez M, Adekola KU, Kandela I, Wei C, Singhal S, Koblinski JE, Raje NS, Rosen ST, Shanmugam M. Targeting the metabolic plasticity of multiple myeloma with FDA-approved ritonavir and metformin. Clin Cancer Res. 2015 Mar 01; 21(5):1161-71. PMID: 25542900; PMCID: PMC5571862.
      Citations: 97     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    18. Hartney T, Birari R, Venkataraman S, Villegas L, Martinez M, Black SM, Stenmark KR, Nozik-Grayck E. Xanthine oxidase-derived ROS upregulate Egr-1 via ERK1/2 in PA smooth muscle cells; model to test impact of extracellular ROS in chronic hypoxia. PLoS One. 2011; 6(11):e27531. PMID: 22140445; PMCID: PMC3225357.
      Citations: 40     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
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