Professional Bio
Sara F. Martin, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). She received her bachelor's and medical degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Vanderbilt. She subsequently completed a hospice and palliative medicine fellowship and joined the Department of Medicine faculty.
She is the Medical Director of Outpatient Palliative Care at VUMC and has led the effort to create and expand this clinical component of the palliative care service. She also serves as the Co-Medical Director of the Supportive and Palliative Oncology clinic and worked to integrate this new service line into Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. She specializes in the practice of outpatient palliative care for anyone living with a serious illness.
Dr. Martin's academic interests include the study of early palliative care in multiple populations. She has participated in research studying early palliative care in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, liver disease, and patients undergoing high risk oncologic surgeries. She has presented nationally on the topic of early palliative care.
Dr. Martin is also interested in the diagnosis and management of post-acute sequala of COVID (PASC) or long COVID. She serves as a clinical expert for VUMC as part of the large, NIH-funded RECOVER grant and is partnering with colleagues on studies focused on treatment of PASC.
Dr. Martin is committed to educating the next generation of palliative care physicians. She currently serves as the Fellowship Director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship. She enjoys teaching trainees palliative care skills and medical ethics. In addition, she has produced and conceptualized documentaries related to palliative care that have screened at film festivals throughout the U.S.
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Education
MD - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006
Internship - Vanderbilt University, 2007
Residency - Internal Medicine - Vanderbilt University, 2009
Fellowship - Hospice & Palliative Med - Vanderbilt University, 2010
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307