Martin, Dr. John

John R. Martin was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1922. He had his early schooling at the High School, Dublin, Montreal West High School and Lower Canada College. He graduated M.D., C.M. from McGill University in 1945. His postgraduate work included: Junior Rotating Internship at Montreal General Hospital, 1945-1946; Rotating Intern at Queen Mary Veteran’s Hospital, 1946-1947; Student at British Post Graduate Medical School, Hammersmith, London, 1947-1948; Pathology, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1948-1949; Assistant Resident in Medicine, Queen Mary Veteran’s Hospital, Montreal, 1949-1950; Assistant Resident in Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, 1950-1951; Research Fellow, Clinical Investigation Unit, Queen Mary Veteran’s Hospital, Montreal, 1951-1952; Assistant Resident in Psychiatry, Queen Mary Veteran’s Hospital, 1952-1953; Research Fellow, Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA, 1953-1954; and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, combined course in Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, 1985-1986.

Dr. John Martin held several professional positions over the course of his career, beginning with the position of Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at McGill University in Montreal, which he left in 1975 to accept a Professorship in Rheumatology at the new medical school at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland. While at Memorial University, Dr. Martin was Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), 1975-1990; Professor of Occupational Medicine, 1987-1990; Director, Northern Medicine and Health Program, 1978-1994; Associate, Memorial University of Newfoundland Centre for Offshore and Remote Medicine (MEDICOR), 1984-1991; History of Medicine Group, 1985-1990; Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) (part-time), 1990, and professor of Community Medicine (Occupational Health), 1990-1991.

In addition to teaching responsibilities, Dr. Martin held other positions as well. He was Chief Occupational Medical Officer for the Province of Newfoundland from 1983 to 1991, and was president of the Newfoundland Medical Association from 1976 to 1977. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Martin is married to Claire (nee Connor), daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Connor of Balinderry, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and they have three children: Richard (b. 29 August 1960), Jennifer (b. 8 November 1962), and Christopher (b. 13 December 1967).