Professor Christopher Martin, MD, MSc, of West Virginia University, has been selected as the recipient of the National Board of Medical Examiners Edith J. Levitt Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dr. Martin is the director of the WVU Health Sciences Global Engagement Office and the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program, as well as a professor in the School of Medicine's Department of Medicine and the School of Public Health's Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences.
This award is named in honor of Edith J. Levitt, who served as NBME President from 1977 to 1986 and recognizes outstanding contributions to the NBME that are essential to protecting the nation's health and advancing the reputation of medical education. We will recognize individuals who have done so.
“Of all my interactions with outside professionals, I consider my work at NBME to be the most satisfying,” Martin said. “Having worked for many years in a prestigious organization, it has been my privilege and a reward in itself to benefit from professional growth and rejuvenation. I work as part of a committee with a group of talented medical educators. Being directly involved in evaluating new physicians is the most effective way to continue medical evaluation.”
Martin's involvement with NBME began in 2007 and currently serves on the Global Advisory Committee. He recently completed his eight-year term on his 80-member NBME Council, which advises the board. During his service to the organization, he served on several exam development committees and was involved in the development and review of questions used in the three-part United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). The USMLE is required for all allopathic medicine (MD) physicians to pass in order to obtain a medical license. Medical license.
