SUNA Spotlight: Martin Carey, BA, CCRP

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Martin Carey is new to urology and new to SUNA, but facing those two challenges is something he welcomes with open arms.

Currently working in the Urology Research Department at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., Martin assists with the coordination of the Urology Research outcomes databases.

But he’s far from a newbie when it comes to the medical field.

Martin was previously employed as a hemodialysis technician at Beaumont while attending St. Mary’s College of Ave Maria University (Orchard Lake, Mich.), where he graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a minor in chemistry.

“I enjoyed the direct interaction with the patients and found it to be extremely rewarding,” Martin says. “Shortly after I graduated, I transferred to the Cardiology Department at Beaumont, where I coordinated Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials. I wanted exposure to Phase 1 clinical trials, so in 2004, I accepted a position at the Karmanos Cancer Institute at Wayne State University.”

Once he came back to Beaumont this past summer, he heard about SUNA through department co-workers and quickly joined. Combine that with the intense research activity at Beaumont and Martin believes he has found a perfect fit.

“I joined SUNA in October of this year to expand my knowledge of urology and to grow professionally,” says Martin. “I selected urology due to the essential and innovative research being conducted at Beaumont.”

Martin currently lives in Clawson, Mich., with his wife, Melissa, and their four-year-old Brittany spaniel, Cooper. Martin and Melissa, both originally from Royal Oak, celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary this past May.