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Mercedes Martinez, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology
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Specialties
Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, morespecialties

Locations and Appointments


New Patients
Treats Children

ColumbiaDoctors - Glenpointe

300 Frank W Burr Blvd
Suite 130
Teaneck, NJ 07666
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Insurances Accepted


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  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • EPO
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • HMO - New Jersey Services
  • EPO - New Jersey Services
  • Special Needs
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • Great West (National)
  • EPO
  • POS
  • PPO
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • ConnectiCare
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO - New Jersey Services
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • EPO - New Jersey Services
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
  • Local 1199
  • MagnaCare
  • Traditional Medicare
  • Railroad
  • Multiplan
  • HMO
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • TRICARE
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Columbia University Employee Plan
  • Empire Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • SelectHealth
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

About Mercedes Martinez, MD


Mercedes Martinez, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, the Medical Director of the Intestinal Transplant Program at the Center for Liver Disease and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, and the Medical Director, Pediatric Abdominal Organ Transplantation Transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian. She provides state-of-the-art care for children with a multitude of liver and intestinal issues, including children with liver and intestinal failure that require transplantation and for those with intestinal failure associated liver disease. Dr. Martinez is nationally and internationally recognized for her expertise in treating liver tumors and autoimmune liver disorders. Her research interests include liver biomarkers of operational tolerance and personalized immunosuppression, liver tumors in children, autoimmune liver diseases, metabolic disorders, nutritional deficiencies associated with liver diseases, and intestinal failure. In addition, she has been part of multi-center collaborative efforts to study the impact of autoimmune liver disorders in children and clinical trials of immunosuppression withdrawal.

Visit The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at columbiasurgery.org/liver

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
  • Pediatrics

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish

Specialties & Expertise

  • Abdominal Organ Transplantation
  • Acute Liver Failure
  • Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
  • Autoimmune Liver Disorder
  • Biliary Atresia
  • Cholangitis
  • Cholestatic Liver Disease
  • Clinical Research
  • Colonoscopy
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • EGD
  • Endoscopic Feeding Tube Placement
  • Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
  • Endoscopy
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
  • Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  • Failure to Thrive
  • Gastrointestinal Bleeding
  • Gastrointestinal Tumors
  • Gastrostomy Tube Placement
  • Hepatic Disorders
  • Hepatitis
  • Hepatobiliary Diseases
  • Hepatobiliary Surgery
  • Hepatoblastoma
  • Hepatology
  • Inborn Error of Metabolism
  • Intestinal Atresia
  • Intestinal Failure
  • Intestinal Transplant
  • Jaundice
  • Liver Disease In Children
  • Liver Fibrosis
  • Liver Surgery
  • Liver Transplant, Pediatric
  • Liver Tumors
  • Living Donor Transplantation
  • Metabolic and Fatty Liver Disease
  • Metabolism
  • Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
  • Pediatric Liver Cancer
  • Pediatric Liver Disease-Acute
  • Pediatric Liver Disease-Chronic
  • Pediatric Liver Transplant
  • Pediatric Short Bowel Syndrome
  • Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tube Inser
  • Portal Hypertension
  • Primary Biliary Cholangitis
  • Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
  • Sclerotherapy
  • Short Bowel Syndrome
  • Upper Endoscopy
  • Weight Management

EDUCATION

  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Medical School: Higher Institute of Medical Sciences, Santiago De Cuba
  • Internship: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Bronx, NY
  • Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Bronx, NY

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at CUMC
  • Medical Director, Adult and Pediatric Intestinal/Multivisceral Transplant Program, Center for Liver Disease and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, NYP
  • Clinical Director, Human Studies Core, Columbia Center for Translation Immunology

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2016-2022 New York Magazine Best Doctors
  • 2018 Academy of Clinical Excellence at Columbia University (ACE)
  • 2015-2016 Faculty Leadership Academy
  • 2019-2022 Exceptional Women In Medicine

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