Gabriel J. Martinez-Diaz is a third year medical student at Stanford University School of Medicine, who's originally from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. He graduated in 2003 with a degree in Biomedical Engineering, distinction of Honors in Research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He's currently taking a year off to pursue the Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship at the University of California - San Francisco. Gabriel's research interest include, but are not limited to, studying orthopedic trauma, surgical outcomes, surgical infections and complications due to surgery, and issues related to the delivery of orthopedic care in developing countries and in medically indigent and underserved communities. His prior research, both during his undergraduate and post-baccalaureate year at the National Institutes of Health, focused on the field of tissue engineering from a basic engineering and biomedical sciences point of view. Upon entering medical school at Stanford University, Gabriel decided to pursue research opportunities in the field of clinical orthopedic surgery. For nearly two years, he has been collaborating in a study that is looking at the outcomes and benefits of knee arthroscopy surgery in patients with concomitant knee arthritis and meniscal tears.