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Petter Bjornstad, MD

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Executive Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute; Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine · University of Washington

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Region🇺🇸 Seattle, WA · West · United StatesSpecialtyPediatric EndocrinologyFocusChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes+4
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Petter Bjornstad is Executive Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute; Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at University of Washington. OpenAlex indexes 429 publications with 8,454 citations (h-index 48); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 11 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Pediatric Endocrinology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.

Data verified 18 Oct 2026

Overview

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Petter Bjornstad, MD, is Executive Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute at University of Washington. The public record shows 429 publications with 8,454 citations (h-index 48), centered on Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Diabetes Management and Research, Diabetes Treatment and Management. It also documents an investigator role on 11 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 12 companies, 4 NIH-funded awards (2022–2026).

  • Top research focus: Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • 11 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 12 companies

Generated from the cited public record · current as of 18 Oct 2026. Every fact links its source below.

Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Diabetes Mellitus7 trialsDiabetic Nephropathies6 trialsType 2 Diabetes4 trialsType 1 Diabetes5 trialsObesity4 trialsRenal Insufficiency2 trialsChronic Kidney Disease1 trialWeight Loss1 trialRenal Insufficiency, Chronic1 trialAcute Kidney Injury1 trialKidney Diseases1 trialHypoxia1 trialHeart Failure1 trialAutoimmune Diseases1 trialMetabolic Diseases1 trialImmune System Diseases1 trialGlucose Metabolism Disorders1 trialEndocrine System Diseases1 trialNutritional and Metabolic Diseases1 trial

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Chronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesDiabetes Management and ResearchDiabetes Treatment and ManagementAcute Kidney Injury ResearchDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Drugs & molecules

across trials, industry payments and publications
Jardiancegeneric · EmpagliflozinClinical trials—Industry payments5Publications1Kerendiageneric · FinerenoneClinical trials—Industry payments28Publications—Ozempicgeneric · SemaglutideClinical trials—Industry payments7Publications—Krystexxageneric · PegloticaseClinical trials—Industry payments5Publications—Tzieldgeneric · TeplizumabClinical trials—Industry payments3Publications—Adempasgeneric · RiociguatClinical trials—Industry payments1Publications—Trulicitygeneric · DulaglutideClinical trials—Industry payments1Publications—

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Eli Lilly and CompanyClinical trials—Industry payments63Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments29Novo Nordisk ASClinical trials—Industry payments16University of Colorado, DenverClinical trials6Industry payments—Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbHClinical trials—Industry payments5Horizon Therapeutics plcClinical trials—Industry payments5AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPClinical trials—Industry payments3Novo Nordisk IncClinical trials—Industry payments3E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Clinical trials—Industry payments2Genzyme CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments2Alessandro DoriaClinical trials1Industry payments—City of Hope Medical CenterClinical trials1Industry payments—Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClinical trials1Industry payments—Petter BjornstadClinical trials1Industry payments—Roche Products LimitedClinical trials—Industry payments1Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLCClinical trials—Industry payments1University of WashingtonClinical trials1Industry payments—

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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429publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 41 in PubMed.

8,454citations

Total citations across indexed works.

48h-index

Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 151.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
11clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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12companies · 2021–2025

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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4NIH grants · 2022–2026

Federally funded research awards.

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Contact

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Practice address

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Clinical trials

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Listed as an investigator on 11 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

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Industry payments

Updated 18 Oct 2026

12 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

Updated 18 Oct 2026

4 NIH research awards on record, funded 2022–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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Congress activity

Updated 18 Oct 2026

65 congress contributions (2018–2026) across ADA, ENDO per OpenAlex. The most recent:

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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

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Most-cited works

by citation count (OpenAlex)
  1. 01
    Sodium Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibition in Heart Failure
    Article459 citations2017
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  2. 02
    Age-Related Consequences of Childhood Obesity
    Article444 citations2014
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  3. 03
    Asymptomatic hyperuricaemia: a silent activator of the innate immune system
    Review320 citations2019
    doi.org ↗
  4. 04
    Pathogenesis of Lipid Disorders in Insulin Resistance: a Brief Review
    Article243 citations2018
    doi.org ↗
  5. 05
    Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia Without Comorbidities Predicts Cardiometabolic Diseases
    Article233 citations2017
    doi.org ↗
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Network

Updated 18 Oct 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

David Z.I. Cherney107Daniël H. van Raalte92Kalie L. Tommerdahl87Kristen J. Nadeau82Laura Pyle68Richard J. Johnson67Robert G. Nelson67Laura L. Pyle64Ye Ji Choi54Matthias Kretzler54Phoom Narongkiatikhun47Hiddo J.L. Heerspink40Janet K. Snell‐Bergeon40Yuliya Lytvyn38David M. Maahs37Bruce A. Perkins35Jeffrey B. Hodgin33Fadhl Alakwaa32Leif Erik Lovblom31Viji Nair30Tim Vigers29Miguel Angel Lanaspa29Julie A. Lovshin29Phillip J. McCown25Marian Rewers24Abhijit S. Naik24Jennifer A. Schaub23Sushrut S. Waikar23Frank Chip Brosius22Pierre‐Jean Saulnier22Michael Henry Brent22Hillary A. Keenan22Edgar A. Otto22Helen C. Looker22Amy Baumgartner21Narinder Singh Paul21Rajasree Menon21Vera Bril21Geneviève Boulet21Alanna Weisman20

Online presence

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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  • Doximity

    doximity.com/pub/petter-bjornstad-md

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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

Editorial & leadership roles

journal and society appointments

Awards & honors

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Secondary affiliations

appointments beyond the home institution
  • Associate Professor Adjoint

    Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

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  • Professor of Pediatrics

    Seattle Children's Research Institute

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