ABOUT

Dr. Martinez is Associate Medical Director for Co-Occurring Disorders at Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and also provides some private consulting.

He is a graduate of Harvard University and attended medical school at UC San Diego. He completed training in Psychiatry at the UCLA-San Fernando Valley Program and in Addiction Psychiatry at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. He is board certified in Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine.

His interests include Street Psychiatry, using Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) for mental health and substance use disorders, and the use of technology for behavioral health treatment. He also has a keen interest in how Architecture and the Built Environment impact mental health. In his free time, he has developed products for behavioral health treatment including a Meditation CD for Anxiety and Stress that uses guided imagery, mindfulness, and meditation.

Dr. Martinez served as the CEO of Matrix Institute on Addictions from 2014-2018. Prior to Matrix, he founded The Solstice Clinic, which is now under the ownership of Dr. James Luzano, MD.

Additional information on:

Treatment Philosophy

Clinical Consulting

Business Consulting

To learn more, see Dr. Martinez’s Resume.