Richard W. Martin, MD, MA

Professor of Medicine
Michigan State University
Medicine, Rheumatology
1155 East Paris SE Suite 100
Grand Rapids, MI
USA 49506
Email: Martin@mi-arthritis.com


Biographical Sketch: Dr. Martin was introduce to the study of medical decision making as a MS-1, by Arthur Elstein, PhD who was a founding professor of decision sciences at the MSU College of Human Medicine in E Lansing, MI. In addition to being an active clinician, Dr. Martin has conducted over 50 clinical trials of emerging biologic therapies for rheumatoid arthritis. He was a fellow at three of the Dartmouth Summer Institutes for Informed Patient Choice. The current translational research thread seeks to understand and support patient:physician dialogues about initiating complex biologics that lead to informed patient choice.

Papers:
2D-4 COMPARISON OF BRIEF VS LONG PATIENT DECISION AIDS ON DECISIONAL OUTCOMES IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS