Mr Martin qualified from King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1999. His interest in trauma surgery and burns developed soon after. After completion of his basic surgical training, he undertook a postgraduate degree in burns modelling and protection at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, which included additional research into hypotensive resuscitation following blast and ballistic injury. He subsequently completed his higher surgical training and was awarded a Certificate of Completion of Training in Plastic Surgery in 2014. During this time, he also completed postgraduate degrees in Forensic Anthropology and Medical Education. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Faculty for a number of their education-based courses. He regularly teaches on a number of other courses.

Mr Martin has been commissioned in the Defence Medical Services for more than twenty years and has operational experience. He was appointed as a Lecturer in Surgery (Burns) for the Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in 2016. His current research interest is focused on burn care in austere environments but, with a keen interest in fire scene investigation and the forensic analysis of burn wounds and patterns. He also pursues a number of additional research interests.