Dr. Martha Sanchez is an Adult Infectious Diseases Physician at The Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital and Newport Hospital. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University since 2016 and the Associate Program Director for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship. She is the Director of the Immunology Center Adherence and Retention Program (ICARE) at The Miriam Hospital and the Director of the Brown University-Dominican Republic Exchange Program. 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. Dr. Sanchez's Clinical and Research interest include the HIV Care Continuum in the US and Dominican Republic, Tropical Medicine.
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Sanchez MC. "Hepatitis A and B Vaccination in the United States." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 6, 2020, pp. 44-46. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Mileno MD, Nau GJ, Larkin J, Sanchez MC, Garland JM, Lonks JR. "Vaccines for Travelers.", Elsevier, 2019, pp. 163-177. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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
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| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | MD | Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo |
| 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 |
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.
Infectious Diseases Society of America
| 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 |
| Committee member. Providence/Boston CFAR DEIB Committee, 2022- |
| Internal Medicine Residency Program Director . Search Committee, Brown University, 2021- |
| Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Division of Infectious Diseases, Brown University , 2021- |
| Member. Resident Selection Committee, 2018- |
| Director Brown-Dominican Republic Elective Rotation. Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, 2018- |
| Pregnancy and Postpartum Care Coordination for HIV positive Women in Rhode Island . Team Leader and Development of Protocol, 2017- |
| Director of the Adherence and Retention Team (ICARE). The Immunology Center, 2017- |
| Assistant Professor . Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2016- |
| Physician . The Miriam Hospital. Providence, RI, 2016- |
| Physician . Newport Hospital. Newport, RI, 2016- |
| Physician. Rhode Island Hospital. Providence, RI, 2016- |
| Primary Care/ Infectious Disease Attending. Greater New Bedford Community Health Center. New Bedford, MA, 2010- |
| Physican. Southcoast Health Physican Group, 2010-2016 |
| Infectious Diseases Fellow. University Hospital. Newark, NJ , 2008-2010 |
| Infectious Diseases Fellow. Hackensack University Medical Center. Hackensack, NJ, 2008-2010 |
| Infectious Diseases Fellow. VA New Jersey Health Care Systems. East Orange, NJ, 2008-2010 |
| Mount Sinai Faculty Appointment. Englewood Hospital and Medical Ceter. Englewood, NJ , 2007-2008 |
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