Overview
Updated 14 Jul 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 focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 14 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 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
InvestigatorCompletedNCT04466865
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 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
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 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 14 Jul 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
2026 - 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
2026 - Quantifying Capillary Pericytes In Vivo Links Them to Retinal Vascular Leakage and Potentially Albuminuria: A Pilot Study in Diabetes.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
2025 - Higher versus Lower Phosphate Targets for Patients Undergoing In-Center Hemodialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2025 - Effects of Lowering Dietary Phosphorus Additive Intake on Mineral Metabolism in Adults with and without CKD.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2025
Contact
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Office address
675 N Saint Clair St, Ste 18-250, Chicago, IL 60611
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees 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 rolesjournal 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 & honorshonors on the public record
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- Faculty Mentor of the Year
Medical Faculty Council, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- 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 →feinberg.northwestern.edu ↗
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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 & interviewspress, 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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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
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researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Tamara-Isakova-38244487
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Other
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- YouTube
youtube.com/watch
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