Erin is a wife, mom, friend, pharmacist, and patient advocate. She invites you to be part of her family at Choice Pharmacy. Attending the University of Arizona in beautiful Tucson, Erin earned a degree in Molecular & Cellular Biology with minors in physics, mathematics, and chemistry then completed graduate school with her Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD). Erin was very active in community health promotion and awareness activities. Erin held multiple leadership positions and shared her passion for progressive pharmacy practice and improving public health. A glutton for punishment, Erin then pursued 2 years of residency training; first at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD and then here at University of Mississippi Medical Center with a concentration in Infectious Disease.

Dr. Martinez has always advocated for patients and patient care. She attempts to inspire her patients toward better health through practical steps in lifestyle change. At Choice Pharmacy Erin works to impact her patients and community through each individual interaction. Our goal is simple; we wish to provide education, information, resources, safe and effective drug therapies, and other specialty services to enhance adherence, effectiveness, and safety for patients. We provide various services to ensure our patients can be successful such as specialty packaging, flavoring, laboratory monitoring, consistent encouragement, and responsible dispensing practices. Choice Pharmacy also strives to develop and maintain relationships with other healthcare providers in order to enhance overall patient care and well-being and improve clinical outcomes for shared patients. Dr. Martinez provides presentations on disease pathophysiology and treatment modalities including drug therapies. Erin remains dedicated to patients and organizations working to improve pharmacy practice and healthcare practices for their communities.

Ric attended Mississippi State University and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary studies with concentration in General Business Management, Industrial Technology, and Office Business Technology. Mr. Martinez has over 36 years in many areas of grocery and pharmacy retail management. Ric is a self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic and exceptional organizational and leadership skills. Throughout his career, Mr. Martinez has enjoyed various executive positions with national and regional chain retailers.

Mr. Martinez has a passion for learning all aspects of running a business. His passion is molding, motivating, hiring and developing associate skills and preparing them for larger roles in management. Ric has a no-nonsense style of management that empowers his associates; thus encouraging associates to take ownership in their responsibilities.

Ric understands that people value their time highly and have choices as to where to spend their money. For this reason, Ric instills in his associates that being friendly, happy, helpful employees with a sense of urgency is what sets us apart from our competitors. Mr. Martinez is keenly aware that clean stores, variety, and freshness of products are paramount to remain competitive with big box stores and online retailers.