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Robert G. Martindale, M.D., Ph.D.

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  • Professor of Surgery
  • Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, School of Medicine

Specialty

  • Cancer
  • Digestive Health
  • Surgery

Clinical focus

  • Digestive Surgery
  • Gastrointestinal Cancer
  • General Surgery
  • Nutrition (Digestive Health)
  • Surgery
  • Surgical Critical Care

Locations and contact

I see patients at
Modern building on a clear day with the tram in the background.
Center for Health & Healing, Building 2
503-494-8311
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About me

Dr. Robert Martindale joined OHSU in May 2005. He is currently Professor of Surgery and served as head of the Division of General Surgery from 2005 - 2019. He also serves as the Medical Director for Hospital Nutrition Services. He is board certified in General Surgery with special clinical interest in abdominal wall reconstruction and surgical nutrition and metabolism.

Dr. Martindale completed his medical training at George Washington University in Washington DC and his surgical residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. He obtained his PhD in Nutrition at UCLA, in the laboratories of Drs. Morton Grossman, Tachi Yamada, and Seymour Levin at the Center for Ulcer Research and Education.



Upon completion of his military obligation, Dr. Martindale joined the faculty at the Medical College of Georgia, where he held many distinguished positions, including Chief of the General Surgery Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, Director of Nutrition Support Service at the Medical College of Georgia, and Chief of the Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia. While at the Medical College of Georgia, Dr. Martindale also served as the Surgical Residency Program Director.



Dr. Martindale’s primary focus throughout his professional career has been in surgical education and patient care in surgery and nutrition. He has won numerous teaching awards and continues to publish and mentor young physicians and investigators. In addition to being the co-editor of a textbook dealing with surgical and critical care nutrition, he is the author of well over 200 publications, including peer reviewed articles, review articles, chapters, and several medical educational videos.



Dr. Martindale is on numerous professional committees on local, national, and international levels. He is on the editorial board for several surgical and nutritional journals, as well as serving as an editorial reviewer for over 15 peer reviewed journals. He routinely is invited to give lectures not only nationally, but internationally.

Languages spoken

  • English

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • Ph.D., 1982, University of California
    • M.D., 1984, George Washington University

  • Residency

    • Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, 1984-1989

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Surgery, 1990; recertification, 2000, 2010

Memberships and associations:

  • American Surgical Association
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine Oregon Chapter
  • American College of Surgeons Oregon Chapter
  • Surgical Infection Society
  • North Pacific Surgical Association
  • Pacific Coast Surgical Association
  • International Society of Probiotics
  • International Society of Surgery
  • International Association for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition
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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.9 out of 5 (36 Ratings, 21 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized NRC patient surveys.

  1. He previously operated on me and offered counsel on a prio hernia. Very good for my age

  2. Always lession

  3. Excellent experience

  4. Dr. Martindale is a very kind and caring physician who takes time to listen and help his patients.

  5. Everything was fine.

  6. Martindale is one intelligent Dr. He listens and acts to make sure the patient is taken care of.

  7. The Dr that I saw on my last visit was very easy to understand and very clear on the surgery he recommends.

  8. I learned so much from him.

  9. Dr. Martindale will assist with surgery I will have in August. I trust that he will do well.

  10. He always takes the time to listen to me. I have a complicated history. He is so attentive.

  11. He was wonderful. Very upbeat and positive while still honest. I wish we'd been sent to him years ago

  12. Doctor Martindale and staff are so concerned and conscientious of your well-being

  13. He worked fast and seemed to know what he was doing.

  14. Enjoy him every time

  15. Dr. Martindale will assist with a back surgery which I will have this summer. He will guide the main surgeon through the front in order to reach a certain part of my spine. He seemed very knowledgeable and has a lot of experience, according to what he told me.

  16. Dr. Robert Martindale and his staff were the best I have met for an introduction appointment. They were kind, considerate to me and each other. They seemed to be a well oiled working together machine. They were professional, caring and educational to me and to each other. A great opportunity for a patient to offer trust and keep it with this team. Exactly what a patient deserves, needs and leaves with hope that continuation of care will continue regardless of a full healing yet leaves with the hope and trust the best of all was offered and genuine forward progression will be had.

  17. It was great I hope they will be able to fix my problem he did give me some hope

  18. I've had several visits with Dr. Martindale and his team...I'm very confident with the care I receive there.

  19. Dr Martindale is a healer not just a doctor. The whole time he explained the upcoming procedure his hand was warmly on my leg and it was like he was transmitting comfort.

  20. All a very good experience

  21. The best care that I have ever received from a doctor!!