Dr. Matt Martinez | Source | Cardiologist at Atlantic Health System
Dr. Matt Martinez
Dr. Matthew Martinez is director of Atlantic Health System Sports Cardiology at Morristown Medical Center and a nationally recognized expert in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). He specializes in identifying and treating athletes who have underlying heart issues such as arrhythmia or HCM, a hereditary medical condition where the walls of the heart become excessively thick, obstructing blood flow from leaving the heart. Dr. Martinez sees patients at Morristown Medical Center’s Chanin T. Mast Center for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, a center dedicated exclusively to the diagnosis and treatment of HCM patients, a first-in-kind, multidisciplinary HCM program in New Jersey.
Board-certified and fellowship-trained in cardiovascular disease at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Dr. Martinez serves as a cardiology consultant for professional sports including acting as the League cardiologist for Major League Soccer and team cardiologist for the New York Jets. He also maintains a thriving practice evaluating structural heart disease in both symptomatic and asymptomatic athletes using cardiac imaging, including echocardiography, stress testing, cardiac CT and cardiac MRI.
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Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center Offers First in the U.S. Fellowship for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) and Sports Cardiology
April 21, 2022 – Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center (MMC) announced that it is offering the first fellowship in the United States for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and sports cardiology. The program will be led by Matthew Martinez, MD, FACC, Medical Director of Sports Cardiology at Atlantic Health System and Co-Director, Chanin T. Mast Center for HCM at MMC. HCM is the most common hereditary heart disease that results in the walls of the heart becoming excessively thick causing blood flow obstruction. Symptoms often overlap other medical complaints which can delay diagnosis and complicate treatment. HCM afflicts one in 500 people worldwide yet estimates indicate only 15 percent of those patients are diagnosed, leaving 85 percent undiagnosed. HCM is the most common structural heart disease in athletes with sudden cardiac arrest. Dr. Martinez is part of many national and international efforts to increase education and care for those with HCM...
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There is no better way to gain expertise in a complex problem than to fully immerse yourself in it for a year, and learn all you can about it. The first of its kind fellowship leverages the expertise we have here at Atlantic Health System from our nationally recognized cardiac surgical, interventional cardiology and advanced cardiac imaging programs that are paramount for HCM and athlete care.
