Russell Wiesner, MDEnriched profile
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Emeritus/Emeriti Staff, retired May 3, 2019) · Mayo Clinic, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester, MN
Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Russell H. Wiesner, MD, is Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Emeritus/Emeriti Staff, retired May 3, 2019). The public record shows 432 publications with 48,556 citations (h-index 111), centered on Gastroenterology. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 2 NIH-funded awards (1987–1999).
- Top research focus: Gastroenterology
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 companies
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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:
- LCP-Tacro vs. Azathioprine for the Treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis
Sponsor: Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
InvestigatorPhase 2TerminatedNCT00608894 - A Trial to Assess Campath-1H and Tacrolimus Followed by Immunosuppression Withdrawal in Liver Transplantation
Sponsor: Mayo Clinic
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT00166556
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:
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year202213 payments$76,532openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 1987–1999 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- EFFICACY &SAFETY OF IV &ORAL MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL &AZATHIOPRINE
Mayo Clinic Coll of Medicine, Rochester
FY1999M01RR000585
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Office address
200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
- 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 →alumniassociation.mayo.edu ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →doximity.com ↗
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- Board Certified
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
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Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Founder and Second President
International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), incorporated April 20, 1992; hosted the First ILTS Congress in Minneapolis
1992verifiedCorroborated 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 →ilts.org ↗ - Established the Mayo Clinic liver transplant program
1985; Principal Investigator, NIDDK Liver Transplant Database Project, 1985-1987
1987provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →aasldnews.org ↗ - Co-editor
Liver Transplantation journal (AASLD/ILTS official journal)
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
- AASLD Distinguished Achievement Award
2020 (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases), recognized for sustained scientific contributions to hepatology …
2020provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →aasldnews.org ↗
Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Practiced at multiple Rochester
MN sites including Mayo Clinic Hospital Saint Marys Campus, Mayo Clinic Hospital Methodist Campus, and Olmsted Medical Center
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
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researchgate.net/profile/Russell-Wiesner
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LinkedIn profile identifies him as "professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic" (unverified beyond SERP snippet, auth-walled)
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