Francisco Martinez-Wittinghan, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor; Medical Director, UF Health Family Medicine – Augustine Oaks

Department: Community Health and Family Medicine – Jacksonville

Business Phone: (904) 633-0210

Business Email: f.martinezwittin@ufl.edu

About Francisco Martinez-Wittinghan

Francisco Martinez-Wittinghan, M.D., Ph.D., has been a family physician in North Florida for more than 13 years. He was born in Colombia, South America, and graduated from the Universidad del Rosario’s Medical School in 1995. He moved to Stony Brook, New York, where he earned his doctorate in physiology and biophysics.

Dr. Martinez-Wittinghan worked a few years as a researcher and returned to clinical work in the family residency program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. During his last year of training, he was elected chief resident by his peers and program director.

He is passionate about improving quality, team-based care and completed his master’s degree in health sciences informatics through the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is now Board Certified in Clinical Informatics. He believes that technology should be used to improve patient care and decrease the burden to health care professionals.

Dr. Martinez-Wittinghan’s unique training helps him focus on finding the cause, not just masking the symptoms of disease. He bases patient care on prevention and lifestyle changes that can have a lasting effect on health. He is very compassionate and enjoys counseling, teaching and listening to his patients. His areas of expertise include management of asthma, diabetes, habit modification, hypertension and preventive care.

He and his family enjoy being involved with the community, scouting, bicycling, hiking, going to the beach and walking their dogs.

Dr Martinez-Wittinghan speaks English and Spanish.

Additional Positions:

Medical Director

2022 – Current · UF Health Family Medicine – Augustine Oaks

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

2020 – Current · University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville

Board Certifications

Clinical Informatics

American Board of Preventive Medicine
Family Medicine

American Board of Family Medicine

Clinical Profile

Specialties

Family Medicine

Publications

Academic Articles

2022

Study protocol for a type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial to evaluate scaling interoperable clinical decision support for patient-centered chronic pain management in primary care.

Implementation science : IS. 17(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s13012-022-01217-4. [PMID] 35841043.

4 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site

2011

PKCγ, role in lens differentiation and gap junction coupling.

Current eye research. 36(7):620-31 [DOI] 10.3109/02713683.2011.573899. [PMID] 21599470.

10 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site

2009

The effects of GPX-1 knockout on membrane transport and intracellular homeostasis in the lens.

The Journal of membrane biology. 227(1):25-37 [DOI] 10.1007/s00232-008-9141-5. [PMID] 19067024.

34 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site

2006

Mefloquine effects on the lens suggest cooperative gating of gap junction channels.

The Journal of membrane biology. 211(3):163-71 [PMID] 17091216.

11 citations · PubMed

2004

Connections between connexins, calcium, and cataracts in the lens.

The Journal of general physiology. 124(4):289-300 [PMID] 15452195.

101 citations · PubMed

2004

Lens gap junctional coupling is modulated by connexin identity and the locus of gene expression.

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 45(10):3629-37 [PMID] 15452070.

38 citations · PubMed

2003

Dominant cataracts result from incongruous mixing of wild-type lens connexins.

The Journal of cell biology. 161(5):969-78 [PMID] 12782682.

50 citations · PubMed

2001

Gap junctional coupling in lenses from alpha(8) connexin knockout mice.

The Journal of general physiology. 118(5):447-56 [PMID] 11696604.

77 citations · PubMed

Grants

Sep 2024 ACTIVE

Artificial Intelligence Passport for Biomedical Research (AIPassportBMR ): Digital Experiential Learning Community for Upskilling in Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical, Behavioral and Clinical Research

Role: Co-Investigator

Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIGMS

May 2022 ACTIVE

Comparative Effectiveness of Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Approaches among Underserved Patients in Primary Care

Role: Co-Investigator

Funding: PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RES INST

Sep 2021 ACTIVE

Scaling Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Patient-Centered Chronic Pain Care

Role: Co-Investigator

Funding: AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RES AND QUALITY