Margaret Lin-Martore, MD

Margaret Lin-Martore, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at UCSF in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM). She is the Director of Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals-San Francisco, and is a Bridges Coach and Co-Director of the Physician Identity Weeks for the UCSF School of Medicine.

As an educator, Dr. Lin-Martore is interested in developing innovative curricula around Pediatric Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) applications and is the series editor of the PEM POCUS series at Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM). She is interested in examining and defining competency in POCUS and in procedural skills education, as well as motivation for life-long learning. Dr. Lin-Martore is a member of the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators.

Dr. Lin-Martore's other research and academic interests focus on the diagnostic accuracy of POCUS for various applications, as well as its effects on clinical care including length-of-stay and patient satisfaction. She has also examined health literacy and numeracy in the emergency department population.

Dr. Lin-Martore attends in the Pediatric Emergency Department at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Mission Bay and in the Emergency Department at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Fellowship, 2017 - Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Fellowship, 2015 - Emergency Ultrasound, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Residency, 2014 - Emergency Medicine, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
MD, 2011 - , Washington University in St Louis
Honors and Awards
  • Bedside Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, 2023
  • iAward for Innovation/Impact of Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAMed) Resources, Society for Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships, 2022
  • Academy of Medical Educators (AME) Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2019
Websites

  1. Alamin T, Lin-Martore M, Kornblith AE, O'Donnell A, Gragalia S. Piloting a Diagnostic Foot and Ankle Fracture Sonographic Algorithm with Rural and Adolescent Patients. POCUS Journal 2024. PMID: 39634680


  2. Damewood S, Finberg M, Lin-Martore M. Gastrointestinal and Biliary Point-of-Care Ultrasound. Emergency medicine clinics of North America 2024. PMID: 39326987


  3. Firnberg M, Addo N, Lin-Martore M, Shaahinfar A, Kornblith A. Evaluation of Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma Completeness of Children in the Clinical Setting. Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2024. PMID: 38282464


  4. Boyle MJ, Lin-Martore M, Graglia S. Point-of-care ultrasound in the assessment of appendicitis. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2023. PMID: 37277167


  5. Snelling PJ, Shefrin AE, Moake MM, Bergmann KR, Constantine E, Deanehan JK, Dessie AS, Elkhunovich MA, Gold DL, Kornblith AE, Lin-Martore M, Nti B, Pade KH, Parri N, Sivitz A, Lam SHF. Establishing the International Research Priorities for Pediatric Emergency Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Modified Delphi Study. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2022. PMID: 36043227


  6. Bergmann KR, Khant M, Lammers S, Arroyo AC, Avendano P, Chaudoin L, Cohen SG, Deanehan JK, Kornblith AE, Lam SHF, Lin-Martore M, Malia L, Pade KH, Park DB, Sivitz A, Shahar-Nissan K, Snelling PJ, Tessaro MO, Thomas-Mohtat R, Whitcomb V, Yock-Corrales A, Walsh P, Watson D, Madhok M, P2Network Intussusception Study Group. Accuracy and Interrater Reliability of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Image Interpretation for Intussusception. Pediatric emergency care 2022. PMID: 36040465


  7. Lin-Martore M, Firnberg MT, Kohn MA, Kornblith AE, Gottlieb M. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasonography for intussusception in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The American journal of emergency medicine 2022. PMID: 35749802


  8. Devarajan V, Nadeau NL, Creedon JK, Dribin TE, Lin M, Hirsch AW, Neal JT, Stewart A, Popovsky E, Levitt D, Hoffmann JA, Lee M, Perron C, Shah D, Eisenberg MA, Hudgins JD. Reducing Pediatric Emergency Department Prescription Errors. 2022. PMID: 35641470


  9. Kornblith AE, Addo N, Plasencia M, Shaahinfar A, Lin-Martore M, Sabbineni N, Gold D, Bellman L, Berant R, Bergmann KR, Brenkert TE, Chen A, Constantine E, Deanehan JK, Dessie A, Elkhunovich M, Fischer J, Gravel CA, Kharasch S, Kwan CW, Lam SHF, Neal JT, Pade KH, Rempell R, Shefrin AE, Sivitz A, Snelling PJ, Tessaro MO, White W. Development of a Consensus-Based Definition of Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma in Children. 2022. PMID: 35302632


  10. Lam SHF, Berant R, Chang TP, Friedman L, Gold DL, Kornblith AE, Lin-Martore M, Pade KH, Skaugset LM, Toney AG, Wang-Flores H. The P2Network-Advancing Pediatric Emergency Care With Point-of-Care Ultrasound. 2021. PMID: 34787985


  11. McGinness A, Lin-Martore M, Addo N, Shaahinfar A. The unmet demand for point-of-care ultrasound among general pediatricians: a cross-sectional survey. 2022. PMID: 34980087


  12. Vertelney H, Lin-Martore M. A Baffling Bump: A Case Report of an Unusual Chest Wall Mass in a Pediatric Patient. Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine 2021. PMID: 34437037


  13. Lin-Martore M, Kornblith AE. Diagnostic Applications of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Emergency medicine clinics of North America 2021. PMID: 34215400


  14. Lin-Martore M, Kant S, O'Brien BC. Procedural skill maintenance: Perspectives and motivations of pediatric emergency medicine faculty. 2021. PMID: 34671710


  15. Bergmann KR, Arroyo AC, Tessaro MO, Nielson J, Whitcomb V, Madhok M, Yock-Corrales A, Guerrero-Quesada G, Chaudoin L, Berant R, Shahar-Nissan K, Deanehan JK, Lam SHF, Snelling PJ, Avendano P, Cohen SG, Friedman N, Ekpenyong A, Pade KH, Park DB, Lin-Martore M, Kornblith AE, Montes-Amaya G, Thomas-Mohtat R, Jin J, Watson D, Sivitz A, P2Network. Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Intussusception: A Multicenter, Noninferiority Study of Paired Diagnostic Tests. Annals of emergency medicine 2021. PMID: 34226072


  16. Lin-Martore M, Olvera MP, Kornblith AE, Zapala M, Addo N, Lin M, Werner HC. Evaluating a Web-based Point-of-care Ultrasound Curriculum for the Diagnosis of Intussusception. AEM education and training 2020. PMID: 34041433


  17. Lin-Martore M, Kornblith AE, Kohn MA, Gottlieb M. Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Intussusception in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. The western journal of emergency medicine 2020. PMID: 32726276


  18. Lin-Martore M, Anaya N. SONO case series: a 63-year-old male with shortness of breath. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2020. PMID: 32201379


  19. Lin MJ, Neuman MI, Monuteaux M, Rempell R. Does Point-of-care Ultrasound Affect Patient and Caregiver Satisfaction for Children Presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Department? 2017. PMID: 30051063


  20. Lin MJ, Neuman M, Rempell R, Monuteaux M, Levy J. Point-of-Care Ultrasound is Associated With Decreased Length of Stay in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department With Soft Tissue Infection. 2017. PMID: 29110982


  21. Lin MJ, Gurley K, Hoffmann B. Bedside Ultrasound for Tracheal Tube Verification in Pediatric Emergency Department and ICU Patients: A Systematic Review. 2016. PMID: 27487913


  22. Lin MJ, Tirosh AG, Landry A. Examining patient comprehension of emergency department discharge instructions: Who says they understand when they do not? 2015. PMID: 26358466


  23. Lin M, Wolfe RE, Shapiro NI, Novack V, Lior Y, Grossman SA. Observation vs admission in syncope: can we predict short length of stays? 2015. PMID: 26342395


  24. Griffey RT, Melson AT, Lin MJ, Carpenter CR, Goodman MS, Kaphingst KA. Does numeracy correlate with measures of health literacy in the emergency department? 2014. PMID: 24673670


  25. Carpenter CR, Kaphingst KA, Goodman MS, Lin MJ, Melson AT, Griffey RT. Feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of brief health literacy and numeracy screening instruments in an urban emergency department. 2014. PMID: 24673669


  26. Tiggelaar SM, Lin MJ, Viscidi RP, Ji J, Smith JS. Age-specific human papillomavirus antibody and deoxyribonucleic acid prevalence: a global review. 2012. PMID: 22265107


  27. Zhao FH, Lewkowitz AK, Chen F, Lin MJ, Hu SY, Zhang X, Pan QJ, Ma JF, Niyazi M, Li CQ, Li SM, Smith JS, Belinson JL, Qiao YL, Castle PE. Pooled analysis of a self-sampling HPV DNA Test as a cervical cancer primary screening method. 2012. PMID: 22271765


  28. Feng CY, Lin M, Lakhaney D, Sun HK, Dai XB, Zhao FH, Qiao YL. The association between dietary intake and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or higher among women in a high-risk rural area of China. 2011. PMID: 21061128


  29. Zhao FH, Lin MJ, Chen F, Hu SY, Zhang R, Belinson JL, Sellors JW, Franceschi S, Qiao YL, Castle PE, Cervical Cancer Screening Group in China. Performance of high-risk human papillomavirus DNA testing as a primary screen for cervical cancer: a pooled analysis of individual patient data from 17 population-based studies from China. 2010. PMID: 21075054