Dr. Jerry Martel, MD, MPH

Dr. Jerry Martel, MD, MPH, is a gastroenterologist with Gastro Health in Miami, Florida, and he has been in practice since 2009. He is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine, which first certified him in internal medicine in 2006, and he holds staff privileges at Baptist Hospital of Miami and Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables.

He earned a BS in microbiology and immunology at the University of Miami and his MD at Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine in 2003. He completed his internal medicine internship and residency at the University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital, followed by a gastroenterology fellowship there from 2006 to 2009.

His practice covers a wide range of digestive conditions, including constipation, indigestion, gastritis, celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease, and he performs procedures such as upper endoscopy and capsule endoscopy. He sees patients in English and Spanish.

During his fellowship he was first author on two papers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine: a review of the history, incidence and epidemiology of diverticulosis in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology (2008), and a report on celiac disease in Digestive Diseases and Sciences (2009).

Dr. Martel is a member of the Physician's Choice Scientific Advisory Board.