Martin Camacho, CRNP

Martin Camacho MSN, ACNP-BC, is an acute care nurse practitioner in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. As a clinician, Martin provides advanced nursing care to adults with acute, critical and chronic conditions that require complex and continuous monitoring, intricate and invasive therapies, and interpretation of diagnostic testing. He also provides extensive preventive health, patient education, disease management and illness prevention services. Martin has clinical interest in augmenting and improving the delivery of emergency services, including the education and development of advanced practice nursing. He is also involved in multiple research studies exploring emerging trends and advancements in emergency medicine. Academically, Martin is a clinical preceptor for the Acute Care, Primary Care and Family Nurse Practitioner programs for the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson University, with a primary focus on emergency medicine. He is a former faculty member for the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program and remains engaged as part-time faculty with several undergraduate and graduate courses. He is a reviewer of medical and scientific journals within the area of advanced practice nursing, critical care and emergency medicine. Martin was the recipient of the Penn Medicine Alumni Association’s Recent Alumni Award for Clinical Excellence 2007 and is a member of the Honor Society of Nursing. He graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, North Carolina, and was a former United States Navy Corpsman with the Fleet Marine Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.