Lucia Smith-Martinez, MD

Employment

Clinical Assistant Professor

January 2021 – present
East Carolina University/ Brody School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Greenville, NC

Interim Medical Director

September 2023 – May 2025
North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP)
Greenville, NC

Education

Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

Graduation September 2020
Psychiatry Residency

American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

Degree awarded October 2015
Doctor of Medicine

University of Arkansas

Degrees awarded July 2011
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish

Professional Licenses & Board Certification

• 2021 – present: Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Active
• 2020 – present: North Carolina Medical Board Licensure, Active
• 2020 – present: Florida Medical Board Licensure, Active
• 2016 – 2020: Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety — Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• 2016 – 2020: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certification
• 2016 – present: Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certificate
• 2009 – present: Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language, (DELE) certified superior proficiency level. Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo. Santander, Spain.

Professional Organizations

• 2025 – present: Florida Psychiatric Association
• 2021 – 2024: New York Psychiatric Association
• 2016 – 2020: North Carolina Psychiatric Association
• 2016 – present: American Psychiatric Association
• 2011 – 2013: Member, Latin Medical Student Association, American University of the Caribbean.

Scholarly Activity

Publications

• Ali, H., Patel, P., Obaitain, I., Mohan, B.P., Sohail, A.H., Smith-Martinez, L., Lambert, K., Gangwani, M.K., Easler, J.J., Adler, D.G. Evaluating the performance of ChatGPT in responding to questions about endoscopic procedures for patients. iGIE. 2023; 2(4), p 553-559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.igie.2023.10.001.
• Ali H, Patel P, Dhillon R, Sarfraz S, Poola S, Smith-Martinez L, Fatakhova K, Rajapakse R, Disparities and trends in suicidal ideations for inflammatory bowel disease hospitalizations: a decade-long national database analysis. Explor Med. 2023;4:23–32. https:// doi.org/10.37349/emed.2023.00122
• Patel, P., Ali, H., Inayat, F., Pamarthy, R., Giammarino, A., Ilyas, F., Smith-Martinez, L.A., Satapathy, S.K. (2023). Racial and Gender-Based Disparities and Trends Among Common Psychiatric Conditions in Liver Cirrhosis Hospitalizations: A Ten-Year United States study. World Journal of Hepatology, 15(2), 289–302. https://doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v15.i2.289
• Smith-Martinez L.A., Muppavarapu K., & Lang M. (2021). Antidepressants, TMS, and the risk of affective switch in bipolar depression. Current Psychiatry, 20(4), p 24-28. doi: 10.12788/cp.0099
• Smith-Martinez, L.A., Chatham L.N., & Muthukanagaraj, P. (2019). Intramuscular Ketamine Protocol as an Alternative to Physical Restraints for Electroconvulsive Therapy Administration in a Psychotic Patient: A Case Report. The Journal of ECT, 35(1), p e1–e2 . doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000522

Oral Presentations and Posters

• 2025 American Psychiatric Association Presentation – The MOTHeRs Project, Saeed, S., Smith-Martinez, LA. APA annual meeting. May 2025. Los Angeles, CA.
• 2024 North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP): Using Telepsychiatry to Enhance Evidence-Based Care. Saeed, S., Jones, K., Smith-Martinez, LA., Baker, R. Telehealth Summit of South Carolina annual meeting. October 2024. Charleston, SC.
• 2024 American Psychiatric Association Presentation – Building and Sustaining a Statewide Telepsychiatry Program: Lessons Learned from the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP), Smith-Martinez, LA., Saeed, S. APA annual meeting. May 2024. New York, NY.
• 2024 “Creating an Effective Framework for Providing Multidisciplinary Integrated Care in Rural Areas: Insights from a Telehealth Outreach Program for High-Risk Pregnant Women”. Xue, Y., Saeed, S., Baker, R., Liang, H., Jones, K., Smith-Martinez, L.A. Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center annual meeting. April 2024. Pocono Manor, PA.
• 2023 American Psychiatric Association Presentation – Building and Sustaining a Statewide Telepsychiatry Network- A Decade Long Experience of the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP), Saeed, S., Davis, K., Xue, Y., Baker, R., Kothadia, R., Smith-Martinez, L. APA annual meeting. May 2023. San Francisco, CA.
• 2022 – “MOTHeRS: Maternal Outreach Through Telehealth for Rural Sites”, Saeed, S., Muppavarapu, K., Baker, R., Jones, K., Sacks, A., Smith-Martinez, L.A., Craven, K. Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center annual meeting. Concord, NC.
• Grand Rounds Presentation – Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. Smith-Martinez, L.A. February 2020. Department of Psychiatry, East Carolina University. Greenville, NC.
• 2020 Journal Club Presentation – Efficacy of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Insomnia Symptoms Among Pregnant Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial: JAMA Psychiatry. 2020. Department of Psychiatry, East Carolina University. Greenville, NC.
• 2019 Journal Club Presentation – The Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Lamotrigine in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial: American Journal of Psychiatry. 2018. Department of Psychiatry, East Carolina University. Greenville, NC.
• 2018 Journal Club Presentation – Multicenter Pilot Treatment for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: A Randomized Clinical Trial: JAMA Psychiatry. 2014. Department of Psychiatry, East Carolina University. Greenville, NC.

Teaching

• Reproductive Psychiatry Didactic Series to PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents at East Carolina University (2022 – present)
• Professionalism Didactic Series to PGY-2 residents at East Carolina University (2022 – 2023)
• Behavioral Science Guest Lecturer (Dec 2019), Presented on normal childhood development to first year medical students, Brody School of Medicine.
• M1 Behavioral Science and M2 Basic Psychiatry Group Leader, (January 2018 – September 2020), Brody School of Medicine.

Electronic Medical Record Skills

• Epic Systems: One of the largest providers of health information technology, used primarily by large U.S. hospitals and health systems to access, organize, store and share electronic medical records.
• VitelNet: EMR used by North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program
• Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS): A Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) computer application
• eNotes: An EHR developed specifically for Mental & Behavioral Health
• Titanium: The leading EMR software for college counseling

Languages

Fluent in English and Spanish.

Interests

Spending time with family, trying new recipes, and exploring hiking trails.