Dr. Ciro Martins, MD

Dr. Ciro Martins has been practicing dermatology since 1987. He is board certified by both the American Board of Dermatology and the Brazilian Society of Dermatology, and he is an Associate Professor of Dermatology and Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he earned his medical degree at the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, the most competitive and sought after medical center in South America. After completing his first dermatology residency, still at the University of Sao Paulo, he joined the faculty as an instructor and was invited to come to the Johns Hopkins Hospital for a post-doctoral research fellowship in immunodermatology. Upon finishing his fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin he returned to Baltimore, where he repeated his internship and residency training, a requirement for licensing and board certification in this country. He completed his second dermatology residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in 1998, developing a very successful academic career as a clinician, researcher, and educator. He is currently a part-time Associate Professor, and practices dermatology full-time in his recently established clinic, CRM Dermatology, located at the Village of Cross Keys in Baltimore. His clinical interests include general medical and cosmetic dermatology, infectious diseases of the skin, the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer, and skin conditions associated with HIV infection.