Biography

Kate Martin is a board-certified family physician, professor, and senior associate dean for graduate medical education (GME) at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. Her work centers on designing healthier communities by strengthening the educational pipeline and physician workforce, building innovative academic health system partnerships, and advancing medical education that responds to the healthcare needs of Nevada.

Dr. Martin provides strategic leadership for the institution's graduate medical education enterprise — collaborating with university, hospital, and community partners. These efforts have led to the expansion of residency and fellowship training programs, strengthened academic-clinical partnerships and learning environments, and physicians prepared to meet the evolving needs of patients and communities. Under Dr. Martin's leadership, the Kerkorian medical school has additionally broadened graduate medical education across multiple specialties, secured millions of dollars in support of physician training, and launched novel approaches to workforce development.

Before assuming her current leadership role, Dr. Martin developed nationally recognized programs to improve healthcare for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. She founded the state's first Down Syndrome Program, served as clinical director of Special Olympics MedFest — a program that provides free sports physicals to assist athletes — and led numerous initiatives that foster disability-inclusive healthcare and health promotion.