Dr. Martinez, MD, AAHIVS, FAASLD,  is an associate professor of medicine at the University at Buffalo and medical director of hepatology at Erie County Medical Center. His clinic, “La Bodega,” has been recognized nationally and internationally as a novel co-localized model for managing liver disease and addiction disorders. Since 2013, the clinic has treated thousands of individuals for hepatitis C and substance use disorder. It has been recognized twice with the New York State World AIDS Day Commissioner’s Special Recognition Award. Dr. Martinez, who has been treating HCV since 2006, has lectured worldwide on Hepatitis C management among people with substance use disorders. His team’s work has been presented at the annual liver meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver, the annual conference of the International Network On Viral Hepatitis in Substance Users, and the International Liver Congress. He has been a primary and co-investigator on numerous clinical trials related to hepatitis C and fatty liver disease. He is board-certified by the ABIM and the American Academy of HIV Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, ambassador and co-chair of the Chronic Liver Disease Foundation HCV Committee, and an inductee in the Gold Humanism Honor Society. In 2024, Dr. Martinez was honored with a Hepatitis Elimination Champion recognition by the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination.