Christopher Robert Martin, MD

• 2011 Gold Teaching Award, Jefferson Medical College
• 2013 Alexander Wilson Schweizer Teaching Award for dedication and commitment to medical student education, Thomas Jefferson University Psychiatric Residency Program
• 2013 Dr. Henry P. and M. Page Durkee Laughlin Fellow for training program leadership, Thomas Jefferson University Psychiatric Residency Program
• 2015 Rising Star Award for early career physicians seen as future leaders within their field of practice, Christiana Care Health System
• 2016 Delaware Today Magazine “Top Docs” Distinction for State of Delaware in Psychiatry
• 2020 Sidney Kimmel Medical College Education Honor Roll

Dr. Martin has broad experience in both inpatient psychiatry as well as General C-L and Transplant / Advanced Heart Failure Psychiatry. In addition to working closely with the Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant programs at Jefferson, Dr. Martin especially enjoys treating medically ill patients with catatonia. He also maintains an interest in caring for patients with substance use disorders, collaboratively managing their many comorbidities including acute and chronic pain, as well as complicated withdrawal states and delirium. He is passionate about teaching these skills to both trainees and our medical-surgical peers to provide ideal care for some of our most vulnerable patients.

Nutting, Sean; Martin, Christopher; Prensner, Richard; Francis, Andrew; Bellon, Alfredo. Antipsychotics for patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. Clinical Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses: 2019 Jan 3. Epub ahead of print. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30649911/

Cusimano, Joseph; Martin, Christopher; VandenBerg, Amy. Olanzapine-associated Edema Decreasing Serum Lithium Concentrations: A Case Report. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology: Sep/Oct 2020; 40(5):499-500.

Becker, M; Trenton, A; Martin, C. SCR Publishers. Rhinoplasty Archive. Chapter: Psychiatric Screening of the Rhinoplasty Patient. www.rhinoplastyarchive.com. June 4, 2013. https://www.rhinoplastyarchive.com/articles/rhinoplasty-special-topics/psychiatric-screening-rhinoplasty-patient