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Tanya Martinez Fernandez, M.D.

Tanya Martinez Fernandez, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Professor

Schools
Medical School
Departments
Pediatrics

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  • Education
    Medical School
    University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (1997), Medicine
    Internship
    University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (1998), Pediatrics
    Residency
    University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (2000), Pediatrics
    Fellowship
    Indiana Sch. of Med.-Riley Hospital for Children (2003), Pediatric Pulmonology
    Fellowship
    Indiana Sch. of Med.-Riley Hospital for Children (2004), Pediatric Pulmonology
    Research Fellowship
    Riley Hospital for Children (2004), Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Publications
    Cost-related barriers to medication use among diverse participants with obesity-associated asthma
    Xie L, Kim J, Almandoz JP, Afolabi F, Fernandez TM, Gelfand A, Liao JM, Messiah SE Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy 2025 Sep 31 937-948
    Ventilatory response and dyspnea on exertion in children with obesity and respiratory symptoms
    Wilhite DP, Bhammar DM, Balmain BN, Martinez-Fernandez T, Liu Y, Babb TG Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 2025 Jul 335
    Referral Rates and Diagnostic Evaluation for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in Patients With Laterality Defects Who Meet Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Evaluation Criteria
    Salinas AK, Smits G, Spurgin SB, Martínez-Fernandez TM, Rivera-Sánchez YM Pediatric pulmonology 2025 Jun 60
    Sleep-disordered breathing in a multiethnic cohort of preterm adolescents and adults: assessment of neonatal and subsequent risk factors
    Sanchez-Solano NJ, Barton GP, Martinez-Fernandez T, Lee MJ, Goss KN Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2025 Mar 21 519-528
    School Start Times
    Martinez-Fernandez T, Gannarapu S, Manuel R, Jetpuri Z 2025 Jan 33-40
    Pulmonology
    Martínez-Fernández T, Sánchez-Solano N, Rivera-Sánchez Y 2025 Jan 671-722
    Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship Interviews: The More Options, the Better
    Richard K, Kirkby S, Bishay L, Martinez-Fernandez TM, Iwanaga K, Sheares BJ, De A, Nelson BA ATS Scholar 2024 Dec 5 531-537
    Body composition in early pubescent children with obesity: effects following 1 year of nonintervention
    Babb TG, Wilhite DP, Martinez-Fernandez T, Liu Y, Gupta OT, Barlow S, Bhammar DM Journal of Applied Physiology 2024 Apr 136 977-983
    Association between asthma, obesity, and metabolic syndrome in adolescents and young adults
    Xie L, Chandrasekhar A, Ernest D, Patel J, Afolabi F, Almandoz JP, Martinez Fernandez T, Gelfand A, Messiah SE Journal of Asthma 2024 61 368-376
    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Pediatric Pulmonary Workforce An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report
    Author Collaboration AT, Stephenson N, Forno E, Laguna TA, Lovinsky-Desir S, Moore PE, Sheares BJ, Kazmerski TM, Udoko MN, Lypson ML, Walker Harding LR, Wilkes DS, Adair DJ, Afolabi F, Balasubramaniam V, Beltran Ale GJ, Castner LM, Ghera P, Heras A, Jordan K, Ly NP, Martinez-Fernandez TM, Mishra PE, Narang I, Palla JB, Rivera-Sanchez YM, Tapia IE, Toprak D, Torres-Silva CA, Cohen RT Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023 20 1373-1388
  • Honors & Awards
    • Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in Dallas
      D Magazine (2013) (2018)
    • Clinical Research Grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
      Project title: Evaluation of Airway Responsiveness and Exhaled Nitric (2002)
    • Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
      (1996)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Sleep Medicine (2005)
    • American Thoracic Society (2003)