Dr. Laura F. Martin received a B.S. in Psychology from Duke University and her M.D. from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She completed Psychiatry Residency training at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (UCSOM) and a Research Fellowship at the Denver Veterans Medical Center. She was employed with UCSOM full-time until joining Valiant Living in 2019. Her professional roles at UCSOM included Medical Director at the Center for Dependence, Addiction and Rehabilitation (CeDAR), Medical Director of the Behavioral Health and Wellness Program, Associate Program Director of the General Psychiatry Residency Training Program and Program Director of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship. 

She has served as the President of the Colorado Society of Addiction Medicine and Co-chair for the Treatment Workgroup of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention. She is Board Certified in General Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. She has published numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts in both general and addiction psychiatry and as a reflection of her commitment to her work, she has been recognized as a member of the American College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.