Emily Marquez, M.D.

Emily Marquez, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of the Division of General Internal Medicine's Palliative Medicine Section. Her clinical interests include the impact of function on quality of life in patients with serious illness, as well as cancer rehabilitation.

Dr. Marquez holds a bachelor's degree in biology with a minor in chemistry from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas, where she graduated summa cum laude. She earned her medical degree from UT Southwestern, and completed her residency training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she served as chief resident. She then received advanced training through a fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at UT Southwestern.

Certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2022.

She has given numerous lectures, participated in panel discussions, and published abstracts and articles related to her areas of expertise.

As both student and a physician, Dr. Marquez has championed diversity, ethics, and inclusion efforts. She has won several awards, including the Sarah Baskin Resident and Fellow Research Day Trailblazer Award and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion Award, both given by Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.

She is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Associate of Academic Physiatrists, and International Society of Physical and Rehabilittive Medidine.

Personal Note

Outside of work, Dr. Marquez enjoys running, cooking, spending time with her husband and their three dogs and cat.

Medical School

UT Southwestern Medical School (2017)

Internship

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University (2018), Internal Medicine

Residency

McGaw Medical Center at Northwestern University (2021), Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2022), Hospice & Palliative Medicine

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Award
  Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine (2021)
• Sarah Baskin Resident and Fellow Research Day Trailblazer Award
  Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine (2021)
• Walter E. Heller Chief Resident Physician
  Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine (2020)
• Exemplary Model of Professionalism
  Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine (2019)
• Star Resident Award
  Shirley Ryan Ability Lab (2019)
• Eliot Goldings Award in Rheumatology
  UT Southwestern (2017)
• House Staff Teaching Award
  Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine (2017)
• Stanley H. Kaplan Achievement Award
  Texas Association for Advisors for the Health Profession (2012)

• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Association of Academic Physiatrists
• International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine