Martin Reriani, MD

A specialist in pulmonology & critical care

As a critical care specialist, Martin Reriani, M.D., spends all of his time treating critically ill hospital patients.

"I worked in a critical care center in Nairobi, Kenya, and really enjoyed working with very sick patients but I had no formal training," he said. He has since completed fellowship training in critical care medicine as well as internal medicine at Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education. He also recently became an assistant professor at Mayo, where he is still completing research.

Critical care medicine can be draining but also rewarding, he said. "You see people come in who are intubated and close to dying, and you see them get better. Sometimes they come back just to say thank you." Most of his contact is with family members, since the patients are often too ill to communicate, most often with respiratory failure and/or sepsis.

Dr. Reriani earned his medical degree in his home country of Kenya and completed an internal medicine residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago before undertaking his advanced training at Mayo.

He is married to Rosemary Nwoko, M.D., a nephrologist at Marshfield Clinic. He enjoys playing soccer, traveling and trying different cuisines, and he also considers research a hobby. He and Dr. Nwoko have a son, Gabriel.

Speaks: English