Ricardo Martinez MD, FACEP

Ricardo Martinez, MD, FACEP is the Chief Medical Officer of Adeptus Health (NYSE: ADPT). Dr. Martinez has served in senior roles in academics, the federal government (NHTSA Administrator 1994-1999) and the healthcare industry. He developed and served as the Executive Director of the Medical Leadership Academy and works “on the ground” with physicians, establishing strong physician governance, a shared vision of clinical care, role models and physician champions, meaningful feedback and effective communications and training. He believes that healthcare is best delivered as patient-centered, physician-directed, steam-powered and data-driven.

Board-certified and residency-trained in emergency medicine at LSU-Charity Hospital at New Orleans, Dr. Martinez currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and practices clinically at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, a Level I trauma center. He was previously associate professor of Surgery/Emergency Medicine and associate director of Trauma Services at Stanford University Medical Center. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Public Health Foundation (Chair 2004-2006) and was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2004.