Mark Unruh, MD
Enriched profileChair of the Department of Internal Medicine and Chair of the Kidney Institute of New Mexico · University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Mark Unruh is Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and Chair of the Kidney Institute of New Mexico at University of New Mexico School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 409 publications with 16,894 citations (h-index 69); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 5 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Nephrology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Mark Unruh, M.D., is Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and Chair of the Kidney Institute of New Mexico at University of New Mexico School of Medicine. The public record shows 409 publications with 16,894 citations (h-index 69), centered on Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Sleep and related disorders. It also documents an investigator role on 5 registered clinical trials, 1 NIH-funded awards (2019–2023).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2024 · Clinical transplantation
- Top research focus: Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- 5 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
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trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 5 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 221.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingPublic positions
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 5 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Technology Assisted Collaborative Care Intervention to Improve Patient-centered Outcomes in Dialysis Patients
Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
- American Indian Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study (AI-CRIC Study)
Sponsor: University of New Mexico
Industry payments
No payments involving this person were reported to CMS in program years 2021–2024. Why? →
NIH funding
Updated 14 Oct 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2019–2023 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Hospital-to-SNF Transitions of Care in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease
Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
FY2026$748,277R01DK144679 - Technology Assisted Collaborative Care Implementation Trial
University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
FY2026$660,679R01DK114085 - Incremental Hemodialysis for Veterans in the First Year of Dialysis (IncHVets): A Pragmatic, Multi-Center, Randomized Controlled Trial
Veterans Health Administration
FY2026I01CX002382
Congress activity
Updated 14 Oct 2026
3 congress contributions (2020–2025) across AACR, ADA per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- 1131-P: Reducing Health Disparities for Rural People with Diabetes—Study Design of a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study of Project ECHO
ADA Scientific Sessions
ADA2025Co-authorPoster - Abstract P5-07-14: Chronic kidney disease in breast cancer treatment and survival
AACR (meeting unresolved)
AACR2020Co-authorPoster
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 14 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Experiences of Unanticipated Outcomes Among Ethnically Diverse Living Kidney Donors: A Qualitative Pilot Study.
Clinical transplantation
Article2024 - Do pre-transplant cultural factors predict health-related quality of life after kidney transplantation?
Clinical transplantation
Article2024 - Effectiveness of Existing Insomnia Therapies for Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis : A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Annals of internal medicine
Clinical Trial2024
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Mortality: A Prospective Cohort StudyArticle1,484 citations2009
- 02
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- 04Symptom Burden, Depression, and Quality of Life in Chronic and End-Stage Kidney DiseaseArticle512 citations2009
- 05
Network
Updated 14 Oct 2026
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Online presence
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →hsc.unm.edu ↗
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →hsc.unm.edu ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Section Chief of Nephrology
New Mexico Veterans Hospital
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Gardner and Sterling Research Chair
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