Biographical summary
Born and raised in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico, Dr. Zamora-Martinez received her medical degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León in 1996. She completed postdoctoral training in interstitial lung disease at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) between 2004 and 2006. After relocating to the United States, she completed her residency in internal medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Science Center at El Paso in 2013, and her fellowship in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in 2016.
She is the Medical Director of the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Clinic at the Mayo Clinic Arizona, where she treats patients with, among other conditions, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, familiar pulmonary fibrosis, short telomere biology, collagen vascular disease associated ILD, hypersensitivity pneumonitis and diffuse cystic lung diseases.
She is the co-director of the autoimmune ILD Clinic, where she collaborates with rheumatologists to diagnose and manage patients with this condition in real time.
Conditions treated
Interests
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Pulmonary fibrosis associated Collagen Vascular Diseases
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Short Telomere Syndrome
- Sarcoidosis
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2019
FellowHospice & Palliative Care Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2016
FellowPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- 2013
Internship/Residency - Internal MedicineTexas Tech University
- 2006
Post Doctoral Fellowship - Interstitial Lung DiseaseUniversity of California, San Francisco
- 2004
Fellowship - Interstitial Lung DiseaseNational Institute of Respiratory Diseases
- 2003
Fellowship - Pulmonary MedicineHospital Universitario “Dr. José E. González”
- 2001
Chief Resident - Internal MedicineHospital Universitario “Dr. José E. González”
- 2000
Internship/Residency - Internal MedicineHospital Universitario “Dr. José E. González”
- 1996
MDUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2017
Critical Care MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
- 2015
Pulmonary MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
- 2013
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and honors
- 2023
Top Performance in Likelihood to RecommendMayo Clinic Arizona
- 2012
“Hispanic for Excellence” Award to attend American Thoracic Society conferenceTexas Tech University
- 2011
Travel Award to attend Southern Regional Internal Medicine MeetingTexas Tech University
- 2011
1st Place “Annual In-House Internal Medicine Clinical Vignettes Competition”Texas Tech University
- 2011
3rd Place “Sectional Internal Medicine Clinical Vignettes Competition”Texas Tech University
- 2008
Teaching award “Distinguished Pulmonary Professor”Hospital Universitario “Dr. José E. González”
- 2006
“Walter Travel Fund Grant” award for the abstract “Mycophenolate Mofetil in Scleroderma-related Interstitial Lung Disease” presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) conferenceAmerican Lung Association of San Francisco
- 2006
FellowAmerican College of Chest Physicians
- 2004
1st Position (Mexican National Examination)Mexican Pulmonary Boards
- 2003
2nd place for “Best Original Article”: “Tos cronica en el adulto, Analisis comparativo del espectro y causas, entre nuestra poblacion y la reportada en la literatura”Revista de Medicina Universitaria
- 2000
Winner of Knowledge CompetitionNational Mexican Internal Medicine Knowledge Competition
- 1994
Honorific Mention for being in the top 10 of my class (average 600 students) in medical schoolUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Professional memberships
- 2024 - present
MemberBeacons (Phenotypic Project), Executive Committee, Department of Internal Medicine
- 2013 - present
MemberSociety of Critical Care Medicine
- 2006 - present
FellowAmerican College of Chest Physicians
- 2006 - present
MemberAmerican College of Chest Physicians
- 2004 - present
MemberAmerican Thoracic Society
- 2002 - present
MemberMexican Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Publications