Thomas Nickolas, MD
Enriched profileChief, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis · Washington University in St. Louis
Thomas Nickolas is Chief, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis at Washington University in St. Louis. OpenAlex indexes 210 publications with 10,993 citations (h-index 57); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 7 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 18 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Thomas Nickolas, MD, is Chief, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis. The public record shows 210 publications with 10,993 citations (h-index 57), centered on Bone health and osteoporosis research, Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes. It also documents an investigator role on 7 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 5 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2025–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Cardiovascular research
- Top research focus: Bone health and osteoporosis research
- 7 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 5 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; 18 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 114.
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 7 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Precision Medicine Approaches to Renal Osteodystrophy
Sponsor: Thomas Nickolas
- The Impact of Glomerular Disorders on Bone Quality and Strength
Sponsor: Columbia University
- The Effects of 12-months of Denosumab on Bone Density in Prevalent Kidney Transplant Recipients
Sponsor: Thomas Nickolas, MD MS
Industry payments
Updated 18 Oct 2026
5 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Amgen Inc.Program year20254 payments
- Radius Health, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc.Program year20242 payments$14,075openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
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.
Hormonal (systemic)
43.6%Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide Analog28.2%Tymlos100%Part D<11 patientsParathyroid Hormone Analog15.4%Forteo100%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
28.2%Vitamin D3 Analog28.2%Calcitriol100%Part D<11 patientsMusculoskeletal
28.2%RANK Ligand Inhibitor28.2%Prolia100%Part D≥13 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 18 Oct 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2025–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- NonInvasive Virtual Biopsy for Determining Bone Turnover in Chronic Kidney Disease
University of California, San Francisco
FY2026$676,564R01AR084815 - NonInvasive Virtual Biopsy for Determining Bone Turnover in Chronic Kidney Disease
University of California, San Francisco
FY2025$642,951R01AR084815
Congress activity
Updated 18 Oct 2026
1 congress contribution (2006) across ASCO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Renal toxicity associated with zoledronic acid and pamidronate in multiple myeloma patients: A retrospective study
ASCO Annual Meeting
ASCO2006Presenting 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.
- Vitamin D in coronary heart disease: a Mendelian randomization meta-analysis of data stratified by 25(OH)D levels.
Cardiovascular research
Article2026 - Waiting for Godot: why therapeutic hesitancy fails patients with early CKD.
Journal of bone and mineral research
Article2026 - Cassandra's Cortex: The False Reassurance of a Normal T Score in CKD.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Article2026 - A consensus statement on the management of vertebral fractures in CKD stages G4-G5D.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation
Review2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02MC4R-dependent suppression of appetite by bone-derived lipocalin 2Article454 citations2017
- 03Relationship between Moderate to Severe Kidney Disease and Hip Fracture in the United StatesArticle412 citations2006
- 04
- 05Rapid cortical bone loss in patients with chronic kidney diseaseArticle352 citations2013
Network
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
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nationalkidneyfoundation.podbean.com/e/ckd-mbd-in-2025-updates-from-kdigo
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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- MD
University of Pittsburgh School 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 →bonehealth.wustl.edu ↗ - MS in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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Rutgers University
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- 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 →internalmedicine.wustl.edu ↗
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- Committee Member
Scientific Advisors, International Osteoporosis Foundation
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NIH/NIDDK DDK-D study section
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CKD-MBD section, American Society of Nephrology
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CKD-MBD section, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
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- Editorial Board Member
Bone Reports
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Osteoporosis International
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Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology
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Journal of American Society of Nephrology
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CKD-MBD section, Current Osteoporosis Reports
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ASBMR Primer chapters on bone diseases in CKD patients
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Awards & honors
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Secondary affiliations
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- Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center (previous)
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