About Dr. Martin

Dr. Dan Martin is the Scientific and Medical Director of the Endometriosis Foundation of America, New York; an otherwise non-affiliated community member of the Virginia Commonwealth University Institutional Review Board, Richmond; Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; and on the editorial board of five medical journals. Dr. Martin has studied endometriosis since 1970. He retired from clinical practice in 2016.

Dr. Martin was at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1972-1977, in private practive in Memphis 1979-2016, and with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, 1977-2016, in gynecology (Ob Gyn), reproductive surgery, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) with an emphasis on endometriosis and infertility surgery. He moved to Richmond to be with children and grandchildren.

Dr. Martin can be reached at: This site focuses on

Endometriosis Concepts • Endometriosis Concepts and Theories (PDF)

This page includes:

Current Positions • Education • Honors • Recognition

Additional information is at:

Home • Endometriosis Concepts • Site Information • Links

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Endometriosis Publications on PubMed All but Vara et al.(1990), PMID 2156090, are by Dr. Martin of this site.

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

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Current Positions

Past Positions

  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1977-present)
    • Professor Emeritus, Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Interim Director, Gynecologic Services
    • Divisional Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and infertility (REI)
    • Divisional Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS)
    • Faculty Senate
    • Institutional Review Board (IRB)
  • Clinical Private Practice, Memphis, Tennessee
    • Obstetrics and Gynecology (1979-1980)
    • Gynecology, Reproductive Surgery, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (1979-2006)
  • Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes (1972-1977)
    • Divisional Director in Medical Education
    • Assistant Professor
    • Instructor
    • Fellow, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
    • Intern, Resident, Chief Resident, Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • President of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
  • President of the Gynecologic Surgery Society
  • Charter Member of the Society of Reproductive Surgeons
  • Information Technology Committees American Society of Reproductive Medicine, UT Medical Group, Baptist Memorial Hospital
  • Member American National Standard Institute Committee on Lasers
  • Board of the International Society of Gynecological Endoscopy
  • Chairman, Maryland Junior Fellows American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Delegate to the Tennessee Medical Association
  • Editor of the AAGL Manual of Endoscopy
  • AAGL (formerly American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists), Chair, By-Laws Committee
  • AAGL (formerly American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists), Chair, Ethics Committee
  • SRS & AAGL Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Chair, Ethics Committee
  • Director, SRS & AAGL Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
  • World Congress of Endometriosis, Co-Chair, Pelvic Pain and Pain Mechanisms, 2017

Honors (Complete List in CV)

  • Professor Emeritus, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, 2016
  • Emeritus Physician, Baptist Memorial Health Care, Memphis, 2016
  • Star Reviewer for F&S Journals 2023
  • Honorary President, 6th European Endometriosis Congress 2022, Bordeaux 2022
  • Certificate of Achievement for Patient Experience of Care, Consumers’ Checkbook 2009
  • Who's Who in Memphis Medicine 1984-2016
  • Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO), Excellence in Teaching Award 2010 & 2015
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honorary Society 2011
  • Endometriosis Association 1995, 2005
  • Endometriosis Foundation of America 2013
  • Shelby County Board of Commissioners' Commendation 2005
  • Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy Society, Honorary Member 1993
  • Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Honorary Member 1989
  • One of the original eight reproductive surgeons in Woodward and White’s "The Best Doctors in America" 1992
  • U.S. News & World Report, Castle Connolly’s Top Docs 2011-2016
  • American Fertility Society, Codman Surgical Awards for Medical Education Video 1982 & 1983
  • Doctor's Doctor, Memphis Commercial Appeal 1993-2016
  • Society of Reproductive Surgeons Awards, American Fertility Society 1986, 1988, & 1990
  • American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists Video Awards 1991 & 1993
  • New York Festivals: Television and Non-Broadcast Awards 1992
  • Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, Best of Laparoscopy Update 2007
  • Sigma Pi Sigma Associate (Physics) 1967
  • Picker Foundation Fellow, Radiation Physics 1969
  • Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care 1997-2016
  • Who's Who in America 1998-2016

Education

  • Central Gwinnett High School, Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1960-1961
  • Georgia Military Academy (Woodward Academy), College Park, Georgia, 1961-1964
  • Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • BS (Physics), 1968
    • MD, 1972
  • Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Internship in Gynecology and Obstetrics 1972-73
    • Residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics 1973-76
    • Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology 1976-77 with Drs. Howard and Georgeanna Jones and Dr. Anne Wentz
  • Microsurgery Techniques - Dr. Brian Cohen 1977 to 1979
  • Microsurgery Techniques - Dr. Victor Gomel 1980

Microsurgery & Minimally Invasive Educator

  • Tubal Ligation Reversals 1974 - 2016
  • Operative Laparoscopy 1981 - 2016
  • Department of Ob/Gyn, University of Tennessee Health Science Center 1977- 2016
  • Microsurgery, Laparoscopy, and Laser Labs
    • University of Tennessee Health Science Center 1981 - 1993
    • AAGL and University of California, Irving 1984 - 1989
    • AAGL and Presbyterian Hospital / University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas 1984 -1989

Editorial Board or Reviewer

  • Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders
  • Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders
  • Diagnostics
  • Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
  • Journal of Gynecologic Surgery
  • Fertility and Sterility
  • F&S Reports, (Fertility & Sterility associated)
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Endometriosis Zone

Recognition

  • Axel Munthe Award Presenter
  • Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy Society
  • Japanese Endometriosis Society
  • Argentina Endoscopy Society
  • International Society of Gynecological Endoscopy
  • International Educator
    • Argentina
    • Australia
    • Brazil
    • Belgium
    • Canada
    • China
    • Dominican Republic
    • England
    • Iceland
    • Israel
    • Italy
    • Japan
    • Mexico
    • New Zealand
    • Republic of South Africa
    • Russia
    • Singapore
    • Switzerland
    • West Germany
    • Zimbabwe

Performed Surgery in International Education

  • Australia
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Republic of South Africa
  • Russia
  • New Zealand

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Updated February 21, 2024

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