Dr. Lawrence Martin was born in the East but raised in Illinois. His undergraduate education was at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, and he is grateful for the excellent liberal arts and sciences and pre-medical education he received. In 2004, he was inducted into The Centurion Society, which was created by the Board of Trustees to honor outstanding Bradley Alumni for their career achievements in business, public life and the professions.

Medical school followed at the University of Illinois in Chicago (1970) when it was the only site for medical students within the University system. Two very influential years at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado included a year of internship and a year of general surgery residency. Dr. Martin returned to the University of Illinois in Chicago in 1972 to further his training by completing a residency in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (1975). Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery was a major portion of the residency with excellent supervision and teaching from well-known physicians.

Board Certification in ENT-Head & Neck Surgery was achieved in 1975, and when the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery was established in 1986, Dr. Martin became board certified in 1992.

Professional society memberships and appointments include:

• Fellow-American College of Surgeons (1978)
  
• Fellow-American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (1979)
  
• Fellow-American Society for Head and Neck Surgery (1984)
• Clinical Assistant Professor - University of Illinois (1990)
  
• The Centurion Society - Bradley University, 2004
  
• American Medical Association (1975)
  
• Illinois Medical Society (1975)
  
• Chicago Medical Society (1975)
  
• Chicago Laryngological and Otological Society (1976)
  

His current presentations and publications include “Rhinoplasty”, “Aesthetic and Reconstructive Facial Plastic Surgery”, “Nasal Surgery in Children and Adolescents”, “Facial Skin Resurfacing – Botox® Cosmetic and Fillers”, “Head and Neck Cancer”, “Head and Neck Skin Cancer”, and “Endoscopic Sinus Surgery”. Office seminars and quarterly newsletters are available to patients.

As a solo practitioner, Dr. Martin is associated with only one hospital, Northwest Community Healthcare in Arlington Heights, Illinois. He is also an attending surgeon at Northwest Community Day Surgery Center and Northwest Surgicare. The hospital has been undergoing tremendous expansion and is considered one of the finest facilities in the Chicago area. Thanks to its administration, staff and employees, Northwest Community Hospital has been designated as one of the top 100 places in the United States to work. Although he is inactive at present, he taught at the University of Illinois for over twenty years as a Clinical Assistant Professor.

Dr. Martin is married, has three children and resides in Barrington. He and his family are members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Palatine. An advocate of personal fitness and healthy lifestyles, his own “outside” activities involve the outdoors and all it has to offer including snow and water skiing, snowboarding and wake boarding, cycling, jogging and tennis. He started competing in triathlons in 2001.