Amelia Gallitano
Maximize self. Reclaim time.
Intentional coaching for your career in medicine
Physical wellness is critical for patient safety and quality of care. While coaching has been successfully and widely applied across many industries to enhance well-being, it has only recently been considered for physicians.
US Physicians report experiencing burnout is down
49%
Improvement from 2023 attributed to higher pay, improvement to system improvements, and openness to new positive coping mechanisms.
Source: Medscape: 2024 physician burnout and depression report
30%
of faculty respondents from US medical schools experience one or more symptoms of burnout
Source: Association of American Medical College (AAMC) StandPoint Faculty Engagement Survey 2019
23%
[Nearly] 1 in 4 (23%) practicing physicians in the U.S. report frequent or intense Imposter Phenomenon experiences (IP)… (with the) most severe (being) among women physicians, younger physicians, and those in Veterans Health Administration or academic practice setting.
Source: Shanafelt et al. 2022
WHAT WE DO
Strategic career and promotion guidance for physicians in academic medicine and U.S. healthcare
Preparing for or re-integrating from medical/parental/administrative leave ?
Such career transitions are a reflection of your life’s dreams and challenges. This can be an exciting yet anxious time around our change and growth. Accessing the right professionals to have on our support team is critical to managing emotions and our success.
This is particularly important for women and those of marginalized groups in medicine as a unique set of challenges are present. Through professional coaching, DLM can help you:
Provide a competent, respectful and inclusive space to explore your mindset
Access your self-awareness
Guide you through individualized:
S.M.A.R.T. Goal-setting
Co-development of transition plan/team
Bite-size achievement
Settlement into a “new normal”
OUR SERVICES
Here are some of our professional services
This is how we can help you and your team
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Our core values
When working together, you can expect these values to guide our every interaction.
Competency
Curiosity
Trustworthiness
Wisdom
Openness
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Here’s what other people say...
Dr. Lu Martinez has an outstanding track record of successfully guiding faculty through academic promotion, and coaching. She has extensive knowledge of the procedures, policies and culture of academic medical centers. She is an engaged listener, articulate speaker, astute advisor and highly effective advocate who is a joy to work with. I give her my highest endorsement.
She naturally creates emotional security in conversations, effortlessly drilling down to core desires, aspirations, motivations, and ideology. Lu possesses a unique ability to guide you toward your goals, even if you may be uncertain of them yourself. Finding someone as impartial as her, willing to listen, help prioritize, and provide actionable steps, is exceedingly rare.
Casey Giblin, DO
PGY-I
Internal Medicine Abrazos Hospital
Dr. Federico-Martinez is a strong physician advocate and leader. She empowers and encourages those around her, and she provides insightful and meaningful approaches for career transformation. Highly recommend!
Jennifer Hartmark-Hill, MD
Director, Narrative Medicine & Health Humanities
Program Director, UACOMP Academic Medicine Fellowship Director, Narrative Medicine & Health Humanities
Program Director, UACOMP Academic Medicine Fellowship
Accountable, caring, professional, holistic. Working with Lu is a gift informed by her deep understanding and rich experience in faculty affairs and faculty development. She can tailor advice and suggestions to the unique facets of academic medicine faculty promotion and development, as she possesses insight into multiple aspects of the process.”
Catherine Grossman, MD
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine – Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine
I was eligible for promotion for years, but unable to set aside the time needed to complete the process. DLM Coaching was the perfect solution. Dr. Martinez took a process that was intimidating and time-consuming and made it stress-free and enjoyable! I am so grateful for her services and proud of the promotion that came from our partnership!
Cindy Bauer, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI
Associate Professor, Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
Dr Martinez’s individualized career coaching proved immensely beneficial for me. Her support was thoughtful, practical, and tailored to my specific goals and circumstances. Having a neutral voice was invaluable, [and] now a surgical resident in one of my top choice programs.
Alex Meraz, MD
Surgical Resident
I got my promotion! I was navigating my career into Academic Medicine and preparing for my faculty promotion. The process is extremely cumbersome. I would not have been able to complete the process successfully or effectively without the guidance and expertise of Dr. Federico-Martinez. To add, she gave me individualized coaching to expand and refine my career direction.
Her service was extremely personal and thorough; she is always accessible and very responsive. It’s truly a white glove experience. Her knowledge about faculty development and the inner workings of all things academia makes her an asset to anyone looking for external, neutral, and honest 1:1 to advance their career in academic medicine.
As an extremely busy clinician, utilizing DLM Coaching was the best investment I have made; much stress was lifted off my plate.
Linda Makdesi, MD
PGY-I
Internal Medicine Abrazos Hospital
I highly recommend DLM Coaching Consulting & Wellness LLC. Dr. Martinez helped me enormously in preparing my dossier for academic promotion. She is efficient, expert, and knowledgeable in preparing all promotion-related documents in record time!
Anonymous, MD
Full Professor, Medicine
Here’s what other people* say...
Dr. Lu Martinez has an outstanding track record of successfully guiding faculty through academic promotion, and coaching. She has extensive knowledge of the procedures, policies and culture of academic medical centers. She is an engaged listener, articulate speaker, astute advisor and highly effective advocate who is a joy to work with. I give her my highest endorsement.
Amelia Gallitano
Professor, Basic Medical Sciences, Psychiatry and Translational Neuroscience, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
*These testimonials reflect the individual's view and not any affiliated institutions.
Featured Book Editor & Author
Dr. Guadalupe Federico-Martínez is a co-editor and contributing author of Advancing Latino, Hispanic, or of Spanish Origin+ Leadership in Academic Medicine (Springer, 2026), where she authored “How to Switch Academic Tracks” and “Faculty Affairs and Development Leadership.”
Her work reflects deep expertise in promotion systems, faculty evaluation, and academic advancement. This is the same framework she uses to guide physician clients through dossier preparation and career transitions—open access, available March 2026.
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While DLM Coaching, Consulting & Wellness, LLC is physically based out of Paradise Valley, Arizona, we serve faculty and organizations in the U.S., U.S. territories and commonwealth countries subject to LCME and ACGME regulations.
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