About Dr. Martin

Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, since 2007
M.D. - University of California, Irvine, 2002
Ph.D. - Neurology & Behavior, University of California , Irvine, 2002
B.S. - University of California, Los Angeles, magna cum laude, 1993

Private practice psychiatrist since 2006

Consulting Psychiatrist, Optimum Performance Institute, 2006-2010, 2015 - present
Psychiatrist, Van Nuys Medical and Mental Health Services, 2004-2007
General Psychiatry Resident (Chief Resident 2006), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 2002-2006

Martin JA and Naqvi S. - "Treatment of depression during pregnancy”, Women and Psychology Conference, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 2005 

Henderson SP, Karnik NS, Kaplan SJ, Dryden, Edwards R, and Martin JA - Workshop: “Children under fire: Enhancing psychiatry’s global response", APA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 2005

Gallofin L, Mellot K, Martin JA, Wilkins J - . Workshop: “Substance abuse in the Prison Setting”, APA Annual Meeting, Atlanta Georgia, 2005

Martin JA, Craft DK, Su JH, Kim RC, and Cotman CW - "Astrocytes degenerate in frontotemporal dementia: possible relation to hypoperfusion," Neurobiology of Aging, 2001

Martin JA, Larsen JO, and Cotman CW - Abstract: "Examination of the cerebral vasculature in frontotemporal dementia," Journal of the American Aging Assn." 2000

APA/Astra Zeneca Minority Fellowship for 2004-2006
Louis Gottschalk Award for Excellence in Psychiatry, UC Irvine, 2002
Glenn Foundation/American Federation for Aging Research Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging, 1999
American Heart Association Medical Student Research Fellowship, 1997-98
Ralph Waldo Gerard Prize for History of Neuroscience, Honorable Mention, UCI, 1996
UCI College of Medicine Dean's Office Summer Research Fellowship, 1994
UCLA Dean's Honor List, 1988-1992
UCLA Regents Scholarship, 1988-1992

American Psychiatric Association/Astra Zeneca fellow on the Council for Children, Adolescents, and Their Families, 2004-2006
Current memberships: APA, SCPS