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Niels Douglas Martin, M.D., recently joined the Department of Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and was also named an assistant professor in Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.  He specializes in Acute Care Surgery, which encompasses Trauma Surgery, General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.

Dr. Martin received his medical degree in May 2000 from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, New Jersey.  He received a Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences in 1997 from Rutgers University.  A large part of Dr. Martin’s post-graduate education has been completed at Jefferson.  At Jefferson, he completed a General Surgery Internship in 2001 and his General Surgery Residency in 2006.  During that time, he also completed a one-year Vascular Tissue Engineering Research Fellowship.

Dr. Martin most recently completed a two-year fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) in Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care.  While at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Martin was appointed as an instructor in Surgery, and joined the medical staff not only at HUP, but also at the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, St. Luke’s Hospital, and The Reading Hospital Center.  He served as the Senior Administrative Fellow within the Division of Traumatology at HUP. 

Dr. Martin has been Board Certified in Surgery by the American Board of Surgery since 2007.  He is also Board Eligible in Surgical Critical Care, also granted by the American Board of Surgery.  Dr. Martin is an instructor of Advanced Trauma Life Support, a course organized by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.

Dr. Martin’s clinical interests involve all aspects of Acute Care Surgery including care of the critically injured, emergency and elective general surgery, and critical care management of the intensive care patient.  Academically, Dr. Martin pursues outcomes research, clinical trials, and surgical education-based research.  He has presented to numerous national organizations and is published in a variety of prominent journals including the Journal of Vascular Surgery and the Journal of Surgical Research, among others.

Dr. Martin has an established interest in surgical education.  He has received many honors and awards in education including the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching award.  He has been named the Associate Program Director of Graduate Education within the Department of Surgery at Jefferson. 

Dr. Martin currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.