Clinical Geneticist
Arelis Mártir-Negrón, M.D., FAMG, is a medical geneticist at Miami Cancer Institute, a world-class cancer center, part of Baptist Health South Florida. She is trained in internal medicine, genetic diagnosis and the treatment of patients with hereditary disorders. Collaborating with genetic counselors and other medical specialists, she develops interventions to minimize the risk and impact of genetic disorders and improve the efficacy of therapies to treat such diseases as cancer. Dr. Mártir-Negrón is Board certified in medical genetics and internal medicine. Her clinical interests include genetic cancer risk assessment, breast cancer, colon cancer and ovarian cancer. She has presented scientific posters and abstracts in her medical specialty at various conference forums. Her teaching experience includes mentoring and instructing residents and fellows in the areas of cancer genetics and internal medicine genetics. She is a fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. Dr. Mártir-Negrón received her medical degree from Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine in Guadalajara, Mexico. She completed a residency in medical genetics and genomics at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, Ala., and a residency in internal medicine at the Ponce School of Medicine, Ramon E. Betances Hospital-Mayaguez Medical Center in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. She also completed a fellowship in cancer genetics at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, Calif. Prior to joining Miami Cancer Institute, Dr. Mártir-Negrón was an attending medical geneticist at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. She is fluent in English and Spanish.
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About Arelis Martir-Negron
Arelis Mártir-Negrón, M.D., FAMG, is a medical geneticist at Miami Cancer Institute, a world-class cancer center, part of Baptist Health South Florida. She is trained in internal medicine, genetic diagnosis and the treatment of patients with hereditary disorders. Collaborating with genetic counselors and other medical specialists, she develops interventions to minimize the risk and impact of genetic disorders and improve the efficacy of therapies to treat such diseases as cancer. Dr. Mártir-Negrón is Board certified in medical genetics and internal medicine. Her clinical interests include genetic cancer risk assessment, breast cancer, colon cancer and ovarian cancer. She has presented scientific posters and abstracts in her medical specialty at various conference forums. Her teaching experience includes mentoring and instructing residents and fellows in the areas of cancer genetics and internal medicine genetics. She is a fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. Dr. Mártir-Negrón received her medical degree from Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine in Guadalajara, Mexico. She completed a residency in medical genetics and genomics at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, Ala., and a residency in internal medicine at the Ponce School of Medicine, Ramon E. Betances Hospital-Mayaguez Medical Center in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. She also completed a fellowship in cancer genetics at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, Calif. Prior to joining Miami Cancer Institute, Dr. Mártir-Negrón was an attending medical geneticist at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. She is fluent in English and Spanish.
| February 2016 - Present | Clinical Geneticist, Baptist Health South Florida ‐ Miami Cancer Institute | |
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| Present | Assistant Professor, Florida International University ‐ Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine | |
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| January 2015 - January 2016 | Clinical Geneticist, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital ‐ Palm Beach Outpatient Center | |
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| January 2015 - January 2016 | Clinical Geneticist, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital ‐ Victor Center for the Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases | |
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| February 2013 - December 2014 | Physician, Advocate Healthcare ‐ Advocate Medical Group Genetics | |
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| July 2010 - August 2012 | Instructor, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center ‐ Clinical Cancer Genetics | |
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Disciplines
Grants
| 2010 - 2012 | Cancer Risk Counseling on Underserved Women |
| Clinical Cancer Genetics Division, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
| Role: Sub-Investigator | |
| 2010 - 2012 | Hereditary Breast Cancer and Novel Hispanic BRCA Mutations |
| Clinical Cancer Genetics Division, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
| Role: Investigator | |
| 2010 - 2012 | Intervention to Promote Uptake of Cancer Risk Counseling for Underserved Latinas |
| Clinical Cancer Genetics Division, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
| Role: Sub-Investigator | |
| 2010 - 2010 | Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes (CCDS): retrospective analysis of a phenotypically consistent patient cohort |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Human Genetics | |
| Role: Principal Investigator | |
| 2005 - 2005 | Epigenetics Profile of Endometriosis Candidate Genes |
| Ponce School of Medicine | |
| Role: Co-Investigator |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2015 - Present | Member, Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group | 2010 - Present | Member, American College of Medical Genetics | 2010 - Present | Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology | 2005 - Present | Member, American College of Physicians | 2016 - 2016 | Planning Committee Member, 2016 Annual Symposium Down Syndrome – Medical Interest Group | 2002 - 2003 | Internship Ethics Committee, Doctor’s Community Hospital |
Honors and Awards
- Best PGY-2 Research: Epigenetics Profile of Endometriosis Candidate Gene Ponce School of Medicine/Mayaguez Medical Center University Hospital — May 2008
- American College of Physicians 2007 Meeting Selected to represent the Internal Medicine Residency — April 2007
- American Cancer Society Calle/Rodriguez Memorial Minority Travel Award for a Top Ranked Abstract ASPO meeting — March 2012
Courses
- Principles of Mendelian Inheritance
- Von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Genotype-Phenotype Correlation and the UAB Medical Genomics Laboratory Mutation Analysis Experience
- Genetics in Internal Medicine Series: Genetic Syndromes in Breast Cancer and Colon Cancer
- Cancer Genetics: An interdisciplinary approach
| July 2010 - August 2013 | Cancer, Fellow, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center ‐ Cancer Genetics Career Development Program | |
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| July 2008 - June 2010 | Fellowship Program - Medical Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham | |
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| July 2005 - June 2008 | Residency Program - Internal Medicine, Ramon E. Betances University Hospital (Puerto Rico) | |
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| January 1996 - February 2004 | Doctor of Medicine, M.D., Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara ‐ School of Medicine | |
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| August 1990 - June 1995 | Biology, B.S., University of Puerto Rico | |
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