Sanchez, Martha

Martha Cristina Sanchez

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator

Overview

Dr. Martha Sanchez is an Adult Infectious Diseases Physician at The Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital and Newport Hospital. Dr Sanchez is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University since 2016. She is the Director of the Immunology Center Adherence and Retention Program (ICARE) at The Miriam Hospital and the Director of the Brown University-Santiago, Dominican Republic Exchange Program. On 2018, she received the Mentorship Award in Diversity and Equity (MADE) by the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (ODMA). She earned her Medical School Degree at the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), in the Dominican Republic. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, New Jersey. She subsequently completed her Infectious Disease Fellowship at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Program, Newark, New Jersey. After her fellowship she worked providing HIV, Hepatitis, STI and Tuberculosis care to the underserved community in New Bedford, MA. Dr. Sanchez's Clinical and Research interest include the HIV Care Continuum in the US and Dominican Republic, Tropical Medicine.

La Dra. Martha Sanchez es una especialista en la División de Enfermedades Infecciosas en la Universidad de Brown. Ella recibió su Doctorado en Medicina en el Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Completó la residencia de Medicina Interna en la Universidad de Mount Sinai en el Englewood Hospital de New Jersey. Luego se especializo en Enfermedades Infecciosas en Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Program, New Jersey. Desde el 2016 ella ha sido Profesora Asistente en la Escuela de Medicina Warren Alpert de la Universidad de Brown. La Dra. Sanchez siempre ha estado interesada en advocar por el cuidado a las comunidades Latinas y con necesidad de atención por lo que recibió en el 2018 el Premio Mentoría en Diversidad y Equidad (MADE) de la Oficina de Diversidad y Asuntos Multiculturales (ODMA) de la Universidad de Brown. Ella es la directora de un Programa de Intercambio entre en Hospital Cabral y Baez en Santiago, Rep Dom y La Universidad de Brown así como también la Directora de un programa para facilitar la adherencia al cuidado de los pacientes con VIH, ICARE en la clínica ambulatoria del Hospital Miriam, Providence, RI.

Brown Affiliations

Medicine

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Dunkle LM, Kotloff KL, Gay CL, Áñez G, Adelglass JM, Barrat Hernández AQ, Harper WL, Duncanson DM, McArthur MA, Florescu DF, McClelland RS, Garcia-Fragoso V, Riesenberg RA, Musante DB, Fried DL, Safirstein BE, McKenzie M, Jeanfreau RJ, Kingsley JK, Henderson JA, Lane DC, Ruíz-Palacios GM, Corey L, Neuzil KM, Coombs RW, Greninger AL, Hutter J, Ake JA, Smith K, Woo W, Cho I, Glenn GM, Dubovsky F, 2019nCoV-301 Study Group. "Efficacy and Safety of NVX-CoV2373 in Adults in the United States and Mexico." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 386, no. 6, 2022, pp. 531-543.

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McCarthy M, Tao J, Lerebours A, Rodriguez C, Flanigan TP, Sanchez MC. "Evaluating Barriers to Viral Suppression among People with HIV in Santiago, Dominican Republic." Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, vol. 21, 2022, pp. 23259582221096522.

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Macias Gil R, Touzard-Romo F, Sanchez MC, Pandita A, Kalligeros M, Mylona EK, Shehadeh F, Mylonakis E. "Characteristics and outcomes of Hispanic/Latinx patients with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) requiring hospitalization in Rhode Island: a retrospective cohort study." Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 58, 2021, pp. 64-68.

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Collins JP, Friedman CR, Birhane MG, Karp BE, Osinski A, Montgomery MW, Thomas D, Barkley J, Sanchez MC, Hanna S, Adediran AA, Chen JC, Caidi H, Francois Watkins L. "Evidence of Failure of Oral Third-Generation Cephalosporin Treatment for Shigella sonnei Infection." Open Forum Infectious Diseases, vol. 7, no. 4, 2020, pp. ofaa113.

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Sanchez MC. "Hepatitis A and B Vaccination in the United States." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 6, 2020, pp. 44-46.

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Kalligeros M, Shehadeh F, Atalla E, Mylona EK, Aung S, Pandita A, Larkin J, Sanchez M, Touzard-Romo F, Brotherton A, Shah R, Cunha CB, Mylonakis E. "Hydroxychloroquine use in hospitalised patients with COVID-19: An observational matched cohort study." Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, vol. 22, 2020, pp. 842-844.

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Kalligeros M, Tashima KT, Mylona EK, Rybak N, Flanigan TP, Farmakiotis D, Beckwith CG, Sanchez M, Neill M, Johnson JE, Garland JM, Aung S, Byrd KM, O'Brien T, Pandita A, Aridi J, Macias Gil R, Larkin J, Shehadeh F, Mylonakis E. "Remdesivir Use Compared to Supportive Care in Hospitalized Patients with Severe COVID-19: A Single-Center Experience." Open Forum Infectious Diseases, vol. 7, no. 10, 2020, pp. ofaa319.

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Byrd KM, Beckwith CG, Garland JM, Johnson JE, Aung S, Cu-Uvin S, Farmakiotis D, Flanigan T, Gillani FS, Macias-Gil R, Mileno M, Ramratnam B, Rybak NR, Sanchez M, Tashima K, Mylonakis E, Kantor R. "SARS-CoV-2 and HIV coinfection: clinical experience from Rhode Island, United States." Journal of the International AIDS Society, vol. 23, no. 7, 2020, pp. e25573.

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Nama N, McCarthy M, Noska A, Charles A, Sanchez MC. "An Overview of the Rhode Island Hospital-Cabral y Baez Medical Exchange Program." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 102, no. 7, 2019, pp. 44-46.

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Mileno MD, Nau GJ, Larkin J, Sanchez MC, Garland JM, Lonks JR. "Vaccines for Travelers.", Elsevier, 2019, pp. 163-177.

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Sanchez MC, Sebti R, Hassoun P, Mannion C, Goy AH, Feldman T, Mato A, Hong T. "Osteomyelitis of the patella caused by Legionella anisa." Journal of clinical microbiology, vol. 51, no. 8, 2013, pp. 2791-3.

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Gomez, Eric, Sanchez, Martha, Gul, Zonaira, Urban, Carl, Mariano, Noriel, Eng, Robert H. K., Huang, David B., Chiang, Tom. "Polymyxin Combination Therapy and the Use of Serum Bactericidal Titers in the Management of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections: A Report of 3 Cases." Case Reports in Medicine, vol. 2011, 2011, pp. 1-5.

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Research

Funded Research

1. 710-9126 Ryan White part C. 10% salary support. 2016-current.

2. 710-9976 ACTG. 5% salary support. 2017-2020.

3. Co-Investigator. Mobile Health Application to Improve HIV Medication Adherence (Ramsey). NIMH. 7/16/15-5/31/19.

4. Principal Investigator. RI Foundation Grant. 2019.

5. Principal Investigator. CFAR Developmental Grant. 2020.

6. Co-investigator. Gilead 5773. 2020

7. Principal Investigator. BPI Research Grant. 2020.

8. Co-investigator. CoVID. 7/2020-11/2021

9. Co-investigator. Novavax. 9/2020-11/2021

10. Co-Investigator. ACTG A5401. 12/2020-2021.

11. Co-Investigator.1R34DA053738-01. NIDA. Improving Retention in care for persons with HIV who use substances by increasing acceptance and reducing stigma. 6/2021-5/2024

Scholarly Work

SCHOLARLY WORK PUBLISHED IN OTHER MEDIA

03/1998 - 05/1998. Padre Billini Hospital. Martha Sanchez, M.D. Heidi Guerra, Carlos Gonzalez, M.D. Incidence of Diabetic Neuropathy, Santo Domingo. Dom. Rep. Bio-INTEC Annual Meeting.
02/1999 - 05/1999 Gomez Patiño. Clinical Coordinator. Felix Diaz Rancaño, M.D.. Incidence of abdominal pain associated to Giardiasis in children of school age, Santo Domingo. Dom. Rep. Bio-INTEC Annual Meeting.
09/1999-11/1999. Gomez Patiño. Clinical Coordinator. Josefina Salas, M.D. Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus in adult patients that assisted the endocrinology consult at the Gomez Patiño Clinic, Santo Domingo. Dom. Rep. Bio-INTEC Annual Meeting.
02/2001 – 04/2001. Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo. Martha Sanchez, M.D. Mariel Morey, M.D. Rafael Johnson, M.D. Incidence of Non-Psychotic Psychiatric Diseases of the Axis 1 applying the MINI (Mini International Neuropsychiatry Interview) in students of the INTEC, Santo Domingo. Dom. Rep. Bio-INTEC Annual Meeting.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Local

2010. Education on HIV to staff members of CURA and Broadway House. Newark, NJ.
10/2015. The Women’s HIV Health Care Conference. New Bedford, MA. Keynote Speaker.
10/2011 The Women’s HIV Health Care Conference. New Bedford, MA. Keynote Speaker.
12/2011. World AIDS Day. New Bedford, MA. Keynote Speaker.
3/2017. Preventing Community Acquired Pneumonia. Renaissance Adult Day Care Center. Providence, RI.
2017-current. Immunizations. Internal Medicine Residency Program. Brown University. Core lecture.
9/2018. HIV Treatment Update. ANAC RI Annual Education Day. Providence, RI. Invited Speaker.
10/2020. Primary Care for Unserved Populations. Family Medicine Interest Group at Warren Alpert Medical School. Brown University.
COVID-19 and vaccines. Rhode Island Informa. 2020.
2021. El Camino: Becoming a Latinx physician. LatinX Medical Student Association. Brown University.
COVID-19. Telemundo New England. Interviews. 2021.
COVID-19 training videos. Spanish version. Rhode Island Department of Health. 2020-2021.
Improving Providence school student’s vaccination rates. Bilingual format. In-school talks, special guest 211 call center. 2/2022, 3/2022.
Latin American Perspectives on Medical Education Panel. Panelist. The Latinx Medical Student Association. Brown University. 10/2022.
PLME Whole Patient Program. Invited Speaker. Brown University. 10/2022

Regional

10/2018. The Women’s HIV Health Care Conference. New Bedford, MA. Keynote Speaker.
2022. Aging with HIV: A Clinical Update. American Academy of HIV Medicine. Guest Speaker. Newport, RI.
8/2022. HIV, diagnosis and care cascade. Providence/Boston CFAR Learning Community Program.

National

3/2018. HIV and Healthcare challenges in the Hispanic/Latino population. 2018 National Hispanic Medical Association 22^nd Annual Conference. National Harbor, MD.
2021. Leadership Alliance- CFAR collaboration. COVID-19 and importance of engagement with underserved Communities.
National CFAR meeting. CFAR Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Pipeline Initiative (CDEIPI) project, Learning Community and Needs assessment. 11/2022.

International

2/2017. Diagnosis and Management of Active Pulmonary and Latent Tuberculosis. Hospital Regional Universitario Jose Maria Cabral y Baez. Santiago. Dominican Republic.
2/2018. Antimicrobial Stewardship and basics of antibiotic therapy. Hospital Regional Universitario Jose Maria Cabral y Baez. Santiago. Dominican Republic.
2021. APPNA MERIT. International Symposium. Hepatitis C. Guest Speaker
6/2021. HIV Transmitted Drug Resistance. Universidad Iberoamericana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Background

Education and Training

Year	Degree	Institution
2003	MD	Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo

Postdoctoral/Other Training

Fellowship	Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (former UMDNJ-NJMS), infectious diseases	2008-2010	Newark, NJ
Residency	Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinani, internal medicine	2005-2008	Englewood, NJ, USA

Honors and Awards

Recognition for work and dedication with the INTEC Ecologico program. 2003.

Resident Leadership Award. Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. 2008

Excellence in Ambulatory Care. Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. 2008

Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award. Clinical Elective. Alpert Medical School at Brown University. 2018.

The mentorship award in Diversity and Equity (MADE) in Medicine. Alpert Medical School at Brown University. 2018.

Positive Champion of the Learning Environment. 2020

Dominican Independence and Heritage Awards. Recognition for work during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021.

Bilingual clinician certification		2016-
Rhode Island Department of Health License	Rhode Island Department of Health License	2016-
American Board of Internal Medicine Certificate	Infectious Diseases	2010-2021
American Board of Internal Medicine Certificate	Internal Medicine	2008-2022
USMLE Step 3		2008-
ECFMG Certification		2005-

Researchers@Brown

Researchers@Brown

Martha Cristina Sanchez

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator

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