Dr Martin grew up in Sydney and attended Newington College on a scholarship and St Ignatius College, prior to gaining a scholarship to study Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at University.
Following internship and residency at Royal Perth Hospital, Dr Martin pursued Advanced Training in Rehabilitation Medicine (Royal Australasian College of Physicians FAFRM) at the State Rehabilitation Service. He has clinical interests and experience in pain management for:
• spinal cord injury
• brain injury
• amputee
• neurological disease
• spasticity/dystonia management (including botulinum toxin injection)
• complex disease including multi-trauma.
• botox for spasticity
Dr Martin is a consultant rehabilitation specialist with outpatient spinal cord injury clinics at Fiona Stanley State Rehabilitation Service.
Subsequently he completed a Fellowship in Pain Medicine under Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FFPMANZCA), via Sir Charles Gairdner and Royal Perth Hospitals. Dr Martin was selected for interventional fellowship, developing skills in advanced, minimally invasive procedural pain management. He has an interest in combining procedural intervention with rehabilitation techniques to optimise recovery of his patients.
He holds a consultant position publicly at Sir Charles Gairdner/Osborne Park Hospital pain management.
Dr Martin consults and performs procedures privately at St John of God Subiaco and St John of God Midland Private Hospitals.