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Seth S. Martin, MD, MHS

Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Maryland, United States

Dr. Seth Martin is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, specializing in preventive cardiology, lipids, and digital health.

Dr. Martin is a core faculty member at the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, where he directs the Advanced Lipid Disorders Program and co-directs the Digital Health Innovations Lab. He is a member of the AHA’s National Health Tech Advisory Group, Immediate Past Chair of the AHA National Statistics Committee, and is President of the Maryland AHA Board.

With research grounded in preventive cardiology, Dr. Martin focuses at the intersections of digital/mobile health technology, lipidology, cardiovascular risk assessment, health equity, big data and precision medicine. Using a database of more than 1 million patients, Dr. Martin led the development of an improved LDL cholesterol algorithm that was externally validated in databases, cohort studies, and clinical trials, and has been clinically adopted at scale around the world in professional guidelines and practice.

Dr. Martin is invested in the careers of early-stage investigators to build a diverse biomedical research workforce to promote equity in health and healthcare. He has also mentored >70 trainees, including students, residents, fellows, and young faculty, in clinical research and innovation.

Dr. Martin has published more than 350 articles in leading cardiology and medicine journals, more than 20 book chapters, and served as the editor for the book Precision Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.

Dr. Martin was selected as one of 125 individuals who personify Johns Hopkins Medicine’s mission to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care, in celebration of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s 125th anniversary.

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