Antonio Bianco, MD
Enriched profileSenior Vice President of Health Affairs and Dean of the John Sealy School of Medicine, Chief Research Officer · The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Antonio Bianco is Senior Vice President of Health Affairs and Dean of the John Sealy School of Medicine, Chief Research Officer at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. OpenAlex indexes 386 publications with 28,431 citations (h-index 82); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 18 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Antonio Bianco, M.D., is Senior Vice President of Health Affairs and Dean of the John Sealy School of Medicine, Chief Research Officer at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. The public record shows 386 publications with 28,431 citations (h-index 82), centered on Thyroid Disorders and Treatments, Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 10 companies, 5 NIH-funded awards (2013–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Clinical endocrinology
- Top research focus: Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 10 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 41 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 214.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 18 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Feeding the Critically Ill During Phases of Altered Redox Status
Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago
Industry payments
Updated 18 Oct 2026
10 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20252 payments$19,374openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- ABBVIE INC.Program year20255 payments$16,856openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year20254 payments
NIH funding
Updated 18 Oct 2026
5 NIH research awards on record, funded 2013–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Metabolic and xenobiotic control of thyroid hormone metabolism
University of Texas Med Br Galveston
FY2026$423,748R01DK077148
Congress activity
Updated 18 Oct 2026
11 congress contributions (2020–2025) across AACE, ENDO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- OR06-04 Sociodemographic Differences in Hypothyroidism Disease Control-Measured by "Time-In-Range"
ENDO Annual Meeting
ENDO2025Co-author - 6602 Classification of TSH Trajectories During Levothyroxine Treatment in the ELSA-Brasil Cohort
ENDO Annual Meeting
ENDO2024Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Response to Letter to the Editor from Hedberg et al: "Treatment of Hypothyroidism That Contains Liothyronine Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Dementia and Mortality".
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Letter2026 - Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Hypothyroidism Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Study Using TriNetX.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Article2026 - Measuring Hypothyroidism Disease Control Using a TSH-based "Time-in-range".
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Article2026 - Treatment of Hypothyroidism That Contains Liothyronine is Associated With Reduced Risk of Dementia and Mortality.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Meta-analysis2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Bile acids induce energy expenditure by promoting intracellular thyroid hormone activationArticle2,217 citations2006
- 02
- 03
- 04HypothyroidismArticle1,152 citations2017
- 05Cellular and Molecular Basis of Deiodinase-Regulated Thyroid Hormone Signaling1Article892 citations2008
Network
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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deiodinase.org
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Mentions by others
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thyroid.org/bianco-stanbury-thyroid-pathophysiology-medal
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utmb.edu/internalmedicine/divisions/endocrinology/our-team/faculty/antonio-bianco
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Background & recognition
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- M.D. from Santa Casa School of Medicine
São Paulo, Brazil
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São Paulo, Brazil
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Regular member
NIH Study Sections
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →thyroid.org ↗
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- Van Meter Award
American Thyroid Association
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British Thyroid Association
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Latin American Thyroid Society
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Associate Professor of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Medicine
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The University of Chicago
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Chief Endocrinology Division, University of Miami Health System
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President Medical Group, Rush University Medical Center
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University of Sao Paulo
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Media & interviews
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