Ben M. Martin, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S.

Professional Background

Dr. Benjamin Martin, MD, FACS, FASCRS is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Oncologic Surgery Division for Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Martin was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri. He attended William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri on a baseball scholarship while pursuing his undergraduate degree. His medical degree was obtained at the University of Missouri before moving to Atlanta, GA, for his General Surgery training at Emory University. During that time, he completed a two-year research fellowship with an emphasis on tumor and transplant immunology. He then went on to obtain additional fellowship training in Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Emory Endosurgery Unit and Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Martin joined our faculty in 2017. His clinical and research interests include the multidisciplinary treatment of complex colon and anorectal pathology via minimally invasive techniques (endoscopic, laparoscopic, robotic) including colon cancer, rectal cancer, anal cancer, diverticular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and pelvic floor disorders.

• BA, Biology, William Jewell College, Liberty, MO
• MD, Allopathic Medicine, Univ of Missouri-Columbia
• Residency, General Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
• Residency, General Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
• Post Doctoral Fellowship, Transplantation, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
• Clinical Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
• Clinical Fellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

• Diplomate of the Board, The American Board of Surgery

• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Self-Assessment Committee, Member, 2022 - Present
• Kansas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Other, 2021 - Present
• Midwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Other, 2021 - Present
• Alliance/American College of Surgeons Cancer Research Program, Cancer Care Standards Development Committee, Member, 2020 - Present
• American College of Surgeons, Fellow, 2020 - Present
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Fellow, 2020 - Present
• Kansas University Medical Center, Ambulatory Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee, Member, 2020 - Present

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• Postlewait LM, Farley CR, Diller ML, Martin B, Hart Squires, 3rd M, Russell MC, Rizzo M, Ogan K, Master V, Delman K. 2017. A Minimally Invasive Approach for Inguinal Lymphadenectomy in Melanoma and Genitourinary Malignancy: Long-Term Outcomes in an Attempted Randomized Control Trial.. Annals of surgical oncology, 24 (11), 3237-3244
• Lowe M, Badell IR, Thompson P, Martin B, Leopardi F, Strobert E, Price AA, Abdulkerim HS, Wang R, Iwakoshi NN, Adams AB, Kirk AD, Larsen CP, Reimann KA. 2012. A novel monoclonal antibody to CD40 prolongs islet allograft survival.. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 12 (8), 2079-87
• Martin BM, Samy KP, Lowe MC, Lowe PW, Cano J, Farris AB, Song M, Dove CR, Leopardi FV, Strobert EA, Jenkins JB, Collins BH, Larsen CP, Kirk AD. 2015. Am J Transplant, 1241-52
• Shah MM, Martin BM, Stetler JL, Patel AD, Davis SS, Lin E, Sarmiento JM. 2017. Biliary reconstruction options for bile duct stricture in patients with prior Roux-en-Y reconstruction.. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 13 (9), 1629-1634
• Song M, Fitch ZW, Samy KP, Martin BM, Gao Q, Patrick Davis R, Leopardi FV, Huffman N, Schmitz R, Devi GR, Collins BH, Kirk AD. 2021. Coagulation, inflammation, and CD46 transgene expression in neonatal porcine islet xenotransplantation.. Xenotransplantation, 28 (3), e12680
• Martin B, Thompson P, Lowe M, Farris A, Song M, Strobert E, Jenkins J, Larsen CP, Kirk AD. 2012. Defining the effects of transgenic modification in islet xenotransplantation using the dual transplant model. Presented at the American Transplant Congress
• Martin BM, Love TP, Srinivasan J, Sharma J, Pettitt B, Sullivan C, Pattaras J, Master VA, Brewster LP. 2014. Designing an ethics curriculum to support global health experiences in surgery.. The Journal of surgical research, 187 (2), 367-70
• Martin BM, Samy KP, Lowe MC, Thompson PW, Cano J, Farris AB, Song M, Dove CR, Leopardi FV, Strobert EA, Jenkins JB, Collins BH, Larsen CP, Kirk AD. 2015. Dual islet transplantation modeling of the instant blood-mediated inflammatory reaction.. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 15 (5), 1241-52
• Samy KP, Davis RP, Gao Q, Martin BM, Song M, Cano J, Farris AB, McDonald A, Gall EK, Dove CR, Leopardi FV, How T, Williams KD, Devi GR, Collins BH, Kirk AD. 2018. Early barriers to neonatal porcine islet engraftment in a dual transplant model.. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 18 (4), 998-1006
• Etra JW, Squires, 3rd MH, Fisher SB, Rutz DR, Martin BM, Kooby DA, Cardona K, Sarmiento JM, Staley, 3rd CA, Maithel SK, Russell MC. 2014. Early identification of patients at increased risk for hepatic insufficiency, complications and mortality after major hepatectomy.. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 16 (10), 875-83