Anthony Martinez

1 month ago | healio.com | Anthony Martinez |Anthony Martinez

The best way to prevent hepatitis A virus infection is with the HAV vaccine. Practicing good hand hygiene can also prevent the spread of the virus. The current recommendations are to vaccinate all children aged 12 to 23 months and all children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years who have not previously received the HAV vaccine. We call this a “catch-up” vaccination.

Sep 30, 2024 | pressenterprise.com | Anthony Martinez

As our communities come together to celebrate National Recovery Month, I want to take a moment to share my personal journey. My hope is that by telling my story, I can help inform ongoing discussions about addiction and criminal justice, while offering some hope to those who struggle with addiction. I am a recovered addict, and am proud to say I have been sober for almost five years.

Dec 21, 2023 | hcplive.com | Anthony Martinez |Tipu V Khan |Jordan Mayberry |Nancy Reau |Mark S. Sulkowski

December 21, 2023Expert hepatologists discuss future developments in HCV that they are excited about and provide resources for new providers to get started on delivering HCV care. TranscriptAnthony Martinez, MD: Mark, are you looking into the future? Are you excited about anything in whether treatment of hep[atitis][hepatitis] C or management of hep[atitis][hepatitis] C? Is there anything down the line that's got you excited? Mark Sulkowski, MD: Certainly, it's a very exciting time.

Dec 21, 2023 | hcplive.com | Anthony Martinez |Tipu V Khan |Jordan Mayberry |Nancy Reau |Mark S. Sulkowski

December 21, 2023The panelists discuss challenges faced in HCV care, especially in addiction medicine and strategies to overcome them. TranscriptAnthony Martinez, MD: We’ve talked about implementing this into our practice. Sometimes it can be a difficult patient group because of certain aspects of patients’ lives that are simply their reality., [for example,] And things I'm thinking about specifically whether its active substance use or unstable housing.

Dec 14, 2023 | hcplive.com | Anthony Martinez |Tipu V Khan |Jordan Mayberry |Nancy Reau |Mark S. Sulkowski

TranscriptAnthony Martinez, MD: I want to kind of just go around the table, andwhen we think about implementation of a program, …could each of you give me just some practical concepts that you feel are essential to implementing a program? Jordan Mayberry, MPAS, PA-C: I think much like Dr Khan was saying, it's really about empowering your APPs [advanced practice provider] as someone who can treat hepatitis C and not just in our GI and hepatology clinics.