Email

ericm@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Education

MPAS from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center At Lubbock

01/2011 - Lubbock, TX United States

BS from Texas A&M University

05/2008 - College Station, TX United States

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

01/2013 - Houston, Texas United States

Emergency Medicine

Certifications

Texas PA license

(12/09/2011)

Texas Medical Board

Certified Physician Assistant

NCCPA

Certificate of Added Qualification- Emergency Medicine

NCCPA

Professional Statement

Eric Martinez has been with BCM Emergency Medicine since 2012. He is currently the program director for the Emergency Medicine APP postgraduate training program and the clerkship coordinator for the BCM PA students rotating through the emergency department. Eric serves on several emergency department committees and oversees APP, development recruitment, and onboarding. He served on the BCM faculty senate from 2020 to 2023 and was recently appointed to the Harris Health System medical staff advisory council. In 2020, he was elected to the American Academy of Physician Associates board after serving as president of the Texas Academy of PAs in 2019.

In 2019, his PA school, Texas Tech, inducted him into the Phi Alpha honors society for his contributions to the PA profession. He was also honored as a distinguished alum in 2024. In 2023, BCM awarded him the Carl Fasser Visionary Leadership Award.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Patterson T., Chlebowski A., Martinez E., Mehkri F., Hoxhaj S., and Fisher A "Benefits of an Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Fellowship to an Academic Level 1 Trauma Center Emergency Department." ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference. 2013 May 19;

Memberships

Texas Academy of Physician Assistants

Past President

American Academy of Physician Associates

Director At Large- AAPA Board of Directors

Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants

Member