John Martindale, MD

Brown Emergency Medicine

Biography

Dr. Martindale is a PGY-4 at Brown Emergency Medicine. In his three-and-a-half years as an emergency medicine resident, Dr. Martindale has held numerous leadership roles including medical education chief resident since 2022. He has worked with multiple faculty members on design and successful implementation of both research and quality improvement projects, including a campaign of teaching faculty and fellow’s placement of peripheral ultrasound-guided intravenous lines in the adult and pediatric emergency department, patient and staff safety initiatives, multiple residency curricula designs, and interdepartmental educational initiatives. He is a frequent guest lecturer at the Brown Warren Alpert School of Medicine and a mentor to several medical students. After residency, Dr. Martindale is poised to continue his career in academic medicine in a medical education fellowship with the intention of taking part in residency and medical student curriculum design.

Prior to his time in Rhode Island, Dr. Martindale attended medical school at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, during which he was awarded the ACEP/EMRA National Outstanding Medical Student Award. In his spare time, Dr. Martindale enjoys all things outdoors, from gardening to dog training to backpacking and boating.