Dr. Mesha Martinez is the nation's only pediatric radiologist with specialized training in both adult and pediatric neurointerventions. As an Associate Professor of Radiology at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, she is developing a comprehensive neurointerventional radiology program for both adults and children in Austin. Dr. Martinez is dedicated to pediatric neurointerventions, patient advocacy, and addressing healthcare disparities.

      She received her undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Biological Sciences from the University of Delaware in 2005 and earned her Doctor of Medicine from Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia in 2009. She completed additional training in internal medicine in 2010 and a diagnostic radiology residency, graduating in 2014. Further specialization included training in pediatric neuroradiology at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, pediatric radiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. She completed ACGME-accredited fellowships in Pediatric Radiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (2015), Diagnostic Neuroradiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City (2016), and Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (2018). She was certified by the American Board of Radiology in 2016, with subspecialty qualifications in pediatric radiology and neuroradiology.

      Dr. Martinez specializes in vascular diseases of the brain, spine, head, and neck in both adults and children. Her clinical and research interests encompass the diagnosis and treatment of perinatal and pediatric neurologic, neurovascular, and psychiatric diseases. Her current research focuses on endovascular pediatric neurointerventions, spinal angiography and embolization, intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma, dural sinus stenting, and cerebrospinal fluid pressure disorders such as idiopathic intracranial hypertension/pseudotumor cerebri and spontaneous intracranial hypotension.

      She is an active member of numerous national and international societies, including the Society of Pediatric Radiology, Society of Pediatric Interventional Radiology, American Society of Neurology, American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Society of Neurointerventional Surgery, World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, and the International Pediatric Stroke Organization. She is Associate Editor for the national journals Neurographics and Interventional Radiology, and the international journal Neuroradiology. Dr. Martinez is a recognized leader and educator both nationally and internationally in her field.