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		ACGME Accreditation Field Representative
		Serge A. Martinez, MD, JD
			Serge Martinez is a board certified Otolaryngologist. He attended University of Miami School of Medicine and completed his residency in Otolaryngology at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Martinez came to the ACGME from the University of Louisville School of Medicine where he was a Professor of Surgery and Bioethics. He is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Ethics Committee and served on the Academy Program Advisory Committee for nine years. Dr. Martinez served in the US Navy and held the rank of Commander in the United States Navy Medical Corps.
		His prior academic positions included Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Creighton University School of Medicine and Director of Medical/Surgical Services at Boys Town Institute for Communication Disorders in Children, Omaha, Nebraska. In 1981 he was appointed Director of the Division of Otolaryngology at the University of Louisville, during which time he was editor of the Ear, Nose and Throat Journal. In 1993, he moved to Massachusetts to serve as Physician-in-Chief for Kaiser Permanente Health Center in Springfield and as Chief of Otolaryngology Services for Kaiser Permanente’s Northeast region.
		In 2001, Dr. Martinez received his Juris Doctorate from Western New England School of Law in Springfield, Massachusetts. He holds membership in the Health Law Section of both the American Bar Association and the Louisville Bar Association. He has won many awards including several teaching awards, the Honor Award of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, American’s Top Physicians, Who’s Who in America, and Best Doctors in America. Dr. Martinez and his wife live in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Martinez joined the ACGME as a site visitor in January 2009.