Dr. Richard Martinez, a radiologist with Radiology Associates of Southwest Louisiana, was recently elected by his peers to serve as President of the Lake Charles Memorial Medical Staff.

During his term of office, Dr. Martinez will be involved with many aspects of Memorial Hospital, including performance improvement, quality assurance, and physician advocacy, and he will be an active part of Memorial’s Board of Trustees.

A native of Lake Charles, Dr. Martinez is a graduate of McNeese State University and the Louisiana School of Medicine in Shreveport, and completed his internship and residency at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport.

Board certified by the American Board of Radiology, Dr. Martinez also serves as Medical Director of Radiology at Memorial and as the Medical Director of Advanced MRI.

Dr. Martinez succeeds Memorial surgeon Ken Moss Jr., MD, with Surgical Associates of Southwest Louisiana, who served as Medical Staff President in 2007.