Carlie Martinez, NP

I saw Carlie at at UCSF Urgent Care for shoulder pain. The first words I remember her saying was, ''I'm going to take care of you.'' And she did exactly that! I work in healthcare and also have had my fair share of navigating the healthcare system for my own care - and Carlie has the qualities anyone could hope for in a physician. She is a SHARP DIAGNOSTICIAN, a quality honed through attentive listening, care, curiosity, and knowledge. She not only diagnosed me with frozen shoulder, she also suspected a labral tear because of my pain level. She did thorough exams, sent me for x-rays, then ordered an MRI and made referrals to orthopedics. When I met with the orthopedic surgeon, he scoffed at why an MRI was even ordered. When the MRI results came back, it indeed showed a labral tear amongst other findings. Most of all - Carlie is efficient — she conveys warmth, examines and diagnoses, and follows through with ease — all within an overburdened healthcare system.

You may never find a more caring hard working and truly professional nurse practitioner then Carlie. I can say this because she saved my life. She met me at the v.a. I was so lucky to have her as my appointed nurse practitioner. I had a parathyroid that was the size of a small marble there normally the size of a gran of rice when they go bad all sorts of problems happen they controll your calseum my calseum was so high it was producing kidney stones she found it and it's been removed ty Carlie..