Tamara Isakova, MD
Enriched profileFowler McCormick Professor of Nephrology; Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine · Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Tamara Isakova is Fowler McCormick Professor of Nephrology; Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 247 publications with 19,663 citations (h-index 60); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 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 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Tamara Isakova, MD, is Fowler McCormick Professor of Nephrology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The public record shows 247 publications with 19,663 citations (h-index 60), centered on ESRD / Dialysis. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 9 NIH-funded awards (2013–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
- Top research focus: ESRD / Dialysis
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 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; 14 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- A Communication Tool to Assist Older Adults Facing Dialysis Choices
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2022–2022. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20222 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
62%Vitamin D3 Analog32.4%Calcitriol100%Part D<11 patientsSGLT2 inhibitor29.6%Jardiance100%Part D<11 patientsCardiovascular
38%Calcium channel blocker21.1%Amlodipine Besylate100%Part D<11 patientsAngiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)16.9%Losartan Potassium100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 27 Aug 2026
9 NIH research awards on record, funded 2013–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Physical Activity/Physical Function and Longitudinal Changes in Cognitive Function in Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease.
Northwestern University
FY2025$39,221TL1DK132769
Publications
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Percutaneous Native Kidney Biopsy Complications in Diabetic Patients in the TRIDENT Cohort.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Article2026 - Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 Trajectories in Children and Association with CKD Progression: The CKD in Children Study.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Article2026 - Quantifying Capillary Pericytes In Vivo Links Them to Retinal Vascular Leakage and Potentially Albuminuria: A Pilot Study in Diabetes.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
Article2025 - Higher versus Lower Phosphate Targets for Patients Undergoing In-Center Hemodialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Article2025 - Effects of Lowering Dietary Phosphorus Additive Intake on Mineral Metabolism in Adults with and without CKD.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Article2025
Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Owned accounts
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researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Tamara-Isakova-38244487
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Mentions by others
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asn-online.org/about/bio.aspx
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- YouTube
youtube.com/watch
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD
State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine
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 →data.the-asci.org ↗ - MMSc (Master of Medical Science)
Harvard Medical School
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Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Director
Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Translational Metabolism and Health
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NUCATS KL2 Program (Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute)
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Awards & honors
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- Faculty Mentor of the Year
Medical Faculty Council, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Secondary affiliations
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- Robert J. Havey
MD Institute for Global Health - Center for Global Communicable and Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) Podcast
nephrology research discussion featuring related mineral-metabolism/CKD research coverage
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